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Analog-to-Digital Converters

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As we have seen in Chapter 1, the registration of pulses corresponding to selected events is performed in digital devices. Therefore it is necessary to digitize the analog information carried by the pulse, i.e. to decide whether or not and where a given pulse should be registered. A circuit performing the described operation is denoted as an analog-to-digital converter, shortened to ADC.

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