Surface Concept SC-TDC-1100 Series, Manual

Page 1: ...Time to Digital Converter SC TDC 1100 Series Release 212 312 322 Manual...

Page 2: ...e 49 6131 62716 0 fax 49 6131 62716 29 email info surface concept de web www surface concept de All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced without the prior permission of Surface Con...

Page 3: ...3 Installation 7 3 1 Initial Inspection 7 3 2 Cabling 7 3 3 Software Installation Requirements and Interface 9 4 TDC Layout 11 4 1 Schematic Description 11 4 2 Layout of the SC TDC 1100 Series 12 4 2...

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Page 5: ...mation hints about the operation of the detector Follow these information to ensure a proper functioning of the detector The high voltage symbol marks warnings given in conjunction with the descriptio...

Page 6: ...in Release 312 and 322 is laid out for NIM signals on LEMO 00 type connectors in Release 212 it is laid out for low voltage LV TTL signals on BNC connectors for all stop and the start inputs All othe...

Page 7: ...r provider immediately Please check the delivery according to the packing list see Table 1 for completeness SC TDC 1100 R212 R312 R322 1x USB cable 1x power cable Table 1 Packing list for the SC TDC 1...

Page 8: ...ls see Chapter 4 2 2 for detailed information Use the USB cable to connect the TDC to the PC Do not use PC front panel USB connectors they are often restricted in performance see Chapter 3 3 for furth...

Page 9: ...tall the software package as described in the Software Installation Manual Read out of the TDC is done with a standard PC via USB3 0 For the PC the following minimum system requirements are highly rec...

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Page 11: ...only informative Figure 2 Schematic sketch of TDC functioning Arrival times of pulses at the stop inputs are measured by the TDC with respect to either an internal reference start signal provided by t...

Page 12: ...Sockets for Device Synchronization Signal IN and OUT 4 USB Connection Socket 5 Power switch to turn the TDC ON OFF Lighted when set to ON 6 Power Socket Figure 3 Front Panel of SC TDC 1100 08S R212 a...

Page 13: ...x_Start X X is either NO or YES The default setting is YES Ext_Gpx_Start YES must be set for the TDC to accept the external start signal In addition the following entries in the tdc_gpx3 ini must be s...

Page 14: ...easy to be identified as such For applications with time distances larger 10 7 s R212 and 40 s R312 R322 use the start counter or the extended measurement range see Chapter 4 2 5 Note The temporal res...

Page 15: ...Hz To cope with larger start frequencies the SC TDC 1100 devices are equipped with an internal start frequency divider for external start frequencies of up to 150MHz this mode only works when using th...

Page 16: ...inputs of the TDC must be used to apply the external start signal which reduces the number of available stop inputs by one Additionalchangesinthetdc_gpx3 inifilemustbemadefortheextendedmeasurementran...

Page 17: ...asured in reference to themselves With such definition the results from channel 3 provide the time between two subsequent signals on channel 3 in case that this signal is a periodic signal the time re...

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Page 19: ...fold multi hit capability per channel 40MHz internal device measurement rate Stop Signal Input Low voltage TTL on 50Ohm BNC socket External Start Signal Input Low voltage TTL on 50Ohm BNC socket Exte...

Page 20: ...ble resolution insensitive to temperature variations adjustable via software no calibration necessary Digital time bin resolution per channel 82 3ps 5 5ns pulse pair resolution on one channel and 0ns...

Page 21: ...t NIM on LEMO 00 socket External Start Signal Input NIM on LEMO 00 socket Device Synchronization Signal Input Low voltage TTL on 50Ohm BNC socket Device Synchronization Signal Output Low voltage TTL o...

Page 22: ...in resolution per channel 27 4ps 5 5ns pulse pair resolution on one channel and 0ns between two channels Trigger to rising edge Start retrigger rate max 9MHz Measurement range 0ns 40 s in start stop o...

Page 23: ...100 Series Manual Surface Concept GmbH Figure 1 General connection scheme of the SC TDC 1100 devices 7 Figure 2 Schematic sketch of TDC functioning 11 Figure 3 Front Panel of SC TDC 1100 08S R212 and...

Page 24: ...the following standards or other normative documents where relevant EN 61000 6 2 2005 AC 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Generic standards Immunity for industrial environments EN 61000 6 4 200...