Abstract Every transducer needs some deconvolution
operation to return the original signal. In the seismometer’s
case, this is usually done by using the pole-zero
instrument models. This method assumes that the seismometer
can be described by a linear model that can be
schematized by a ratio of polynomials of the Laplace
variable s. This paper shows a deconvolution method
that uses the mechanic-electric model of a transducer.
Such a model can also give a better description of a
transducer since it can also take into account nonlinear
behavior which cannot be included in pole-zero models.
Examples of deconvolution of both linear and nonlinear
transfer functions are shown, and some considerations
about friction damping and the electromechanical analogies
used to perform the simulations are included in the appendix
