Receiver for a Detector Signal and Method

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This invention describes a receiver and method for processing detector signals, such as those from sensors detecting sound, light, particles, or other physical phenomena. By dynamically analyzing and separating the incoming signal into high-frequency and low-frequency components using wavelet transformations, the system can digitize and process each component differently—high frequencies are digitally processed at high speed but lower resolution, while low frequencies use higher resolution but slower processing. This approach minimizes data loss while also limiting the volume of digital data that needs to be managed and processed.

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• Particle physics experiments where detector signals consist of pulses from events such as particle collisions or cosmic ray detections.
• Medical imaging devices (e.g., PET or CT scanners) where precise processing of pulse-type signals is critical.
• Acoustic detection systems (such as sonar or structural health monitoring) that need to efficiently process a wide range of signal frequencies.
• Environmental monitoring sensors that detect electric, magnetic, or vibration signals over varying frequencies and time scales.
• Industrial process monitoring where complex sensor signals must be digitized and analyzed efficiently for real-time decision making.
• Signal processing in telecommunications or radar systems where bandwidth and data throughput need to be optimized.

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• Reduces the total amount of digital data, optimizing storage and processing requirements.
• Minimizes information loss from detector signals, preserving crucial details for analysis.
• Improved flexibility and efficiency by tailoring analog-to-digital conversion and signal processing (sampling rates and resolutions) to each frequency band.
• Enables high-speed processing of crucial high-frequency events without overwhelming the system with data from lower-frequency components.
• Improves the effectiveness of signal analysis in time- and frequency-varying environments.
• Adaptable to various detector types and signal modalities, making it versatile for multiple industries.

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The invention relates to a receiver comprising a device for a dynamic wavelet analysis for a received detector signal, via which a received time-dependent detector signal can be divided into at least two frequency-dependent signal components, wherein the one signal component is assigned to high frequencies and the other signal component is assigned to low frequencies, comprising a converter device for the digitalisation of the detector signal or the digitalisation of signal components, comprising a signal processing device (5) that processes digitalised signal components, wherein the receiver is designed such that the signal component that is assigned to high frequencies is forwarded to the signal processing device (5) with a high clock rate, and the signal component that is assigned to the low frequencies is forwarded to the signal processing device (5) with a low clock rate, and/or wherein the receiver is designed such that the signal component that is assigned to high frequencies is digitalised with a low resolution, and the signal component that is assigned to the low frequencies is digitalised with a high resolution. The invention relates to a method for processing a detector signal using the receiver, wherein a pulse-type detector signal is forwarded from a detector (1) to the receiver. With the invention, a detector signal can be processed by a signal processing device of the receiver with low data loss. The digital data volume required for this is kept at a minimum, which is forwarded from the analog-digital converter to the signal processing device and processed by the signal processing device.