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Why do we require a current to voltage coverter at the output of a photo detector circuits?
 

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deepak4prp said:
Why do we require a current to voltage coverter at the output of a photo detector circuits?

Welcome to the PF.

What are your thoughts on this? How else would you convert the photocurrent to something that can be monitored...?
 

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