Signal Conditioners for Electric Power Steering

The term "signal conditioning" refers to the preservation of a signal through circuit protection, buffering, isolating, or boosting a signal. Analog signal conditioners are also used to preserve the accuracy and legibility of measurements. In a control system, measurements such as temperature, pressure, level, flow, weight, or speed, for example, are used to determine if more or less control should be applied. This measurement, or feedback, typically has a long way to travel before it is used by the processor, displayed, or recorded. Signal conditioners boost and “clean” the signal to help maintain signal integrity and/or isolate it from other circuitry.