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Event Timer Features:

  • Clock Speed: 500 MHz
  • RMS Jitter: <5 ps (calibrated)
  • RMS Range Precision: <1 mm
  • Max Event Rate 10 MHz Burst with duration limited by computer (<100 nsec “dead time”)
  • Internal Data Buffer: 500 events
  • Quad Input with Digital ID of input port
  • Internal Coarse Clock 500 MHz
  • 12-bit A/D sampling over 2 ns period
Millimeter Precision Even Timer
Range Gate Generator
Event Timer
Range Gate Generator

Range Gate Generator Features:

  • Channels: 4 independent channels, upgradable to 8
  • Channel Resolution: 20 ps leading edge, 500 ps trailing edge
  • Coarse Clock: 250 MHz
  • RMS Jitter: < 50 ps (typically about 20ps)
  • Range: 20 ns to infinity
  • Update Rate: Multi-MHz limited by computer interface

 

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Author: Carey E. Noll
Responsible NASA Official: Jan McGarry
Last Updated: December 15, 2003

December 15, 2003