Title :
Design of signal preamplifier circuit for fluorescence detection system in quantitative PCR instrument
Author :
Mao, He ; Chen, Zhangwei ; Huang, Jing ; Zhong, Keke ; Hu, Kewei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) has revolutionized the detection of DNA and RNA. But the quantification results are susceptible to the effects of background noise and the intensity of detected fluorescent signals. Aiming at solving the above problem, this paper presents a signal preamplifier circuit which is compatible to the fluorescence detection system. In the entire process of genetic quantification, the signal preamplifier circuit plays a very important role in amplifying the subtle fluorescent signal and eliminating the noise in the meantime. Experiment results show that with the help of this amplifier, the qPCR instrument can have a better performance in detecting weak fluorescent signals and precise quantification.
Keywords :
DNA; RNA; biosensors; chemical variables measurement; fluorescence spectroscopy; instrumentation amplifiers; preamplifiers; signal processing equipment; spectrochemical analysis; DNA detection; RNA detection; fluorescence detection system; genetic quantification; quantitative PCR instrument; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; signal preamplifier circuit; Active filters; Cutoff frequency; Fluorescence; Instruments; Noise; Noise measurement; Optical filters; PMT; amplifier circuit; fluorescence detection system; noise suppression; qPCR;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9351-7
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098383