Spectrophotometer and spectrophotometric measurement method

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PATENT NO 9746374
APP PUB NO 20150241276A1
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14424442

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A spectrophotometer includes a photodetection unit configured to convert received light into an electric signal to output the electric signal; a circuit unit including a plurality of gain amplifiers and a plurality of AD converters configured to amplify an output signal from the photodetection unit by a plurality of gains using the plurality of gain amplifiers and configured to convert the amplified output signals into digital signals using the plurality of AD converters to output the digital signals as a plurality of pieces of light amount data; a saturation determination unit configured to determine whether or not each of the plurality of pieces of light amount data from the circuit unit has been saturated; and a measurement result calculation unit configured to calculate, in accordance with a result of the determination by the saturation determination unit, a measurement result of the received light using a part or all of the plurality of pieces of light amount data.

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OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO LTDJAPAN'S OSAKA TIAN RECRUIT MENTION HIRAKATA LAST THREE 26 TIMES 3 CHOME HIRAKATA-SHI OSAKA

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Shiraiwa, Hisashi Hirakata, JP 10 33

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