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Key characteristics – Atec Agilent-N6030A User Manual

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External triggers

Number of inputs

8 each (4 SMB female front-panel

connectors plus four software triggers

over the PCI backplane from host

processor)

Trigger polarity

Negative/positive

Trigger impedance

2 k Ω

Maximum input level

±4.5 volts

Input sensitivity

250 mV

Trigger threshold

-4.3 volts to +4.3 volts

Trigger timing resolution

Clock/8 (6.4 ns at full rate)

Trigger latency

34 * Clk/8 (217.6 ns at full rate)

Trigger uncertainty

< 50 ps

Minimum trigger width

12.8 ns at full clock rate

Trigger delay

Programmable from 1 to 256 sync

clock cycles with 1 sync clock cycle

resolution

1

External markers

Markers can be defined for each

waveform segment.

Number of outputs

4 each SMB female

Marker polarity

Negative, positive

Output impedance

50 Ω

Marker low level

100 mV nominal into high impedance

load

Marker high level

3.2 Volts nominal into high impedance

load

Marker timing resolution

Clock/8 (6.4 ns at full rate)

Marker latency

Marker precedes analog output and

is adjustable in 2 sample clock period

steps.

Marker latency repeatability

< 100 ps

Marker width

Programmable from 1 to 256 sync

clock cycles

Marker delay

Programmable from -8 to 502 sample

clock cycles, with 2 sample clock

cycle resolution

Module synchronization

Supports system scaling for any

number of N6030A modules. A

single module can support fan-out

of 8 N6030A modules for precise

triggering and repeatability. Driver

boards may be used to scale any

number of modules.

Sync clock output level

800 mV p-p (50 Ω, AC coupled)

Sync clock input sensitivity

100 mV p-p minimum into 50 Ω AC

coupled

Analog output

Output connector

SMA female

Output impedance

50 Ω

Analog output levels

The following output levels are

specified into 50 Ω

Single-ended Differential

Passive mode 0.5 Vp-p

N/A

Active mode

1 Vp-p with
±0.2 V offset

N/A

Direct DAC

mode

N/A

1 Vp-p
(0 volt offset)

Uncorrected passband flatness

±1 dB DC - 200 MHz;

±2.5 dB DC - 500 MHz

(with 1.25 GHz clock)

Uncorrected passband group delay

±500 ps DC - 200 MHz;

±1 ns DC - 500 MHz

(with 1.25 GHz clock)

Reconstruction filters

500 MHz and 250 MHz realized as

7-pole Cauer Chebychev filters plus

thru-line output

Pulse response

Rise time (10 to 90%): < 1 ns

Fall time (10 to 90%): < 1 ns

Amplitude: 0.5 Vp-p

Key characteristics

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1. A sync clock cycle is clock/8.