Re: Detecting currents less than one femtoamp?

From: Watson A.Name - \ (NOSPAM_at_dslextreme.com)
Date: 10/10/04


Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 01:44:06 -0700


"Greysky" <greyskynospam@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:hjt8d.6675$nj.2550@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> Anyone know of a reliable way of detecting currents less than one
femtoamp
> i.e. 1X10^-16 amp full-scale? I figure to perhaps use some
instrumentation

Let's see..
1 mA = 10^-3
1 uA = 10^-6
1 nA = 10^-9
1 pA = 10^-12
1 fA = 10^-15 _not_ 10^-16!

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> Greysky
>
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