Arrays of sensors are more than only a number of individual probes
mounted together.
Apart from the acquisition, an array application solution consists
of a three basic elements:
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The method of positioning the sensors
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The particular sensor used
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The electrical connections
The method of position the sensors
There are numerous methods to configure an array of sensors. The
probes can be mounted in a grid so that handheld array is created,
it is also possible to put them on a surface as is done in source
path contribution methods. Some solutions are listed below:
The particular sensor used
The PU-mini,
PU-match
and the USP-mini
are used in array configurations most often.
The electrical connections
Obviously, the number of cables and connectors increase if a lot
of sensors are used.
The change of making mistakes, mixups and set up time increase with
that. To minimize this,
Microflown technologies designes therefore
special preamplifiers, multipin conmnectors and
BNC breakout boxes that go to the dedicated frontends (24channel,
96channel).
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