• DocumentCode
    2584770
  • 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
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    15-17 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1077
  • Lastpage
    1080
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9351-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098383
  • Filename
    6098383