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Acqiris High-Speed PCIe Digitizers with On-Board Signal Processing Targeting Embedded OEM Applications U1084A-001: 8-bit, 2 ch, 1.5 GHz, 2-4 GS/s U1084A-002: 8-bit, 2 ch, 1.5 GHz, 1-2 GS/s U1084A-003: 8-bit, 2 ch, 500 MHz, 0.5-1 GS/s With fi rmwares for high-speed digitization, simultaneous acquisition and readout, real-time averaging, and real-time signal peak detection A

• Highly flexible, high-speed data acquisition card with on-board FPGA for real-time data processing
• Dual- and single-channel acquisition modes
• Up to 4 GS/s sampling rate
• Up to 1.5 GHz bandwidth
• Processing memory options up to 512 MB
• High-speed PCI Express x4 bus transfers data up to

520 MB/s to a host processor

• Fully featured 50 Ω front-end with programmable full- scale, offset, and internal calibration
• Complete pre- and post-triggering
• Six I/O connectors for trigger, clock, reference, and control signals
• Built-in 15 ps Trigger Time Interpolator (TTI) for accu- rate timing measurements
• Low total power consumption
• Device drivers for 32- and 64-bit Windows ® and Linux
• Application code examples for C/C++
• Firmware hot switching for a wider field of applications INDUSTRY AWARDS Agilent's high-speed PCIe digitizer with on-board processing received multiple industry awards since its introduction. This level of acknowledgment confirms marketplace recognition and demonstrates excellence in creating value for the customers. AWARDS

Agilent Acqiris High-Speed Digitizers The proprietary ASICS in Agilent Acqiris high-speed digitizers are designed for the specific purpose of optimiz- ing high-speed ADC performance. The analog front-end technology provides signal conditioning, amplification, and interleaving functions essential for achieving high-speed data acquisition at GS/s rates. The digital data handling components provide vital clock and synchronization signals to capture and memorize acquired data with maximum data throughput. Together these ASICS make low-power, high- fidelity data acquisition much more accessible and provide maximum data throughput to the host PC or processor to reduce the time and cost of measurement. The Acqiris product line provides a range of high-speed digitizer cards with 8-, 10-, and 12-bit resolution, wide bandwidth, and large acquisition memory. These products, in PCI, PCIe, PXI, cPCI, and VME formats, are used in research, and in ATE and OEM applications in industries such as biotechnology, semiconductors, aerospace, phys- ics, and astronomy. Embedding Extreme Data Acquisition into your System The Agilent U1084A Acqiris high-speed data acquisition card allows you to leverage the performance of our lead- ing edge technology and know-how to meet your most demanding requirements. By integrating our proprietary technology into a standard PCIe card format, we help you reduce the risk associated with new product development, providing a state-of-the- art digitizer front-end that is easily integrated into more complex systems. This principle of using standardized, off- the-shelf, data conversion and signal processing platforms ensures cost-effectiveness, system longevity, and system flexibility, at low risk. Agilent high-speed digitizer products provide consistent quality and reliability you can depend upon. Compliance, Reliability and Accuracy As it is designed for OEM use, embedded in equipment that may well fall under RoHS compliance, the U1084A product uses only lead free components and non-toxic methods, to be fully RoHS compliant. Using Agilent technology and know-how the component count on U1084A is kept to a minimum, increasing the operational reliability of the card, and maximizing analog and digital performance. Analog performance of the U1084A is such that maximum measurement accuracy performance is obtained over the full bandwidth of the analog front end. Lower noise and more effective bits mean less repeated measurements, reducing measurement time and lowering cost per mea- surement. High-Speed Digitizers with Real-Time Analysis The Agilent U1084A Acqiris high-speed digitizer is a dual- channel, 8-bit PCIe digitizer card with an on-board, high- speed, field programmable gate array (FPGA) component that is used for real-time data processing tasks. Featuring

4 GS/s sampling rates, the digitizer provides on-board

real-time signal processing firmware for on-the-fly signal averaging. Four firmware options allow the digitizer card to perform specific post-processing tasks which are easily uploaded into the FPGA under program control. The firmware options redefine the way in which data acquisition can be performed, allowing extremely flexible and easy reconfigu- ration for optimum data analysis. Using the PCI EXPRESS ® (PCIe®) bus maximizes the data throughput. Implemented in the base product as a 4-lane PCIe 1.1 card, the U1084A products provide data throughput at up to 520 MB/s.

Front end mezzanine with ADC The analog mezzanine contains the analog signal condition- ing (amplification, offset, and channel interleaving) as well as the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) component. Impedance on the two input channels (CH1, CH2) is fixed at 50 Ω ± 1%. Either input can be used as a trigger source. Normally the two channel inputs are sent to their dedicated ADCs and simultaneously sampled at 2 GS/s. Alternatively, with channel interleaving, the signal from either one of the channels can be sent to both ADCs to achieve sampling rates of up to 4 GS/s. Trigger and clock The trigger and clock circuitry provides access to trigger input and output as well as reference clock input. The clock circuit provides calibration signals and ADC clock signals for the analog mezzanine as well as the FPGA for data processing. The built-in 15 ps trigger time interpolator (TTI) allows for accurate timing measurements. I/O control Control over the trigger, time base, and data processing is made even more flexible by the addition of front-panel input/output connections. The six MCX-type front-panel connectors can support an external clock (up to 2 GHz) or reference signal (10 MHz), an external trigger input, a trigger output, and three addi- tional I/O digital control lines (I/O A, B, and C). The latter can be used for monitoring or modifying the card’ status and configuration. Trigger output can also be used as an I/O control. PCI Express The use of the PCIe x4 allows data rates up to 520 MB/s, increasing throughput to reduce measurement time over traditional PCI based technologies. High-Speed Digitizer with On-Board Signal Processing

-001: Dual at up to 2 GS/s Single at up to 4 GS/s -002: Dual at up to 1 GS/s Single at up to 2 GS/s -003: Dual at up to 500 MS/s Single at up to 1 GS/s Bandwidth (-3 dB) -001: DC to 1.5 GHz (1.8 GHz typ.) -002: DC to 1.5 GHz (1.8 GHz typ.) -003: DC to 500 MHz (typ.) Bandwidth limit fi lter

700 MHz (-001 and -002 only), 200

MHz, and 20 MHz (typ) Full scale (FS) 50 mV 1, 100 mV, 200 mV, 500 mV,

1 V, 2 V, and 5 V

±2 V for 50 mV to 500 mV FS ±5 V for 1 V to 5 V FS Maximum input voltage ±5 V DC Coupling AC, DC Impedance 50 Ω ± 1% Connectors -BNC: two, gold plated -SMA: two, gold plated Digital conversion Sample rate 488.28 kS/s to maximum sample rate, using binary sparsing method Resolution 8 bits DNL ± 0.9 LSB Time base Clock accuracy Better than ± 2 ppm Sampling jitter < 1 ps rms for 10 μs record length with internal clock and reference (measured) Trigger (channel and external) Channel trigger input Threshold adjust range: FS of channel Sensitivity, DC to 1.5 GHz: > 15% FS (measured) Pretrigger Adjustable to 100% of horizontal full scale External trigger input (TR IN) MCX, gold-plated Impedance: 50 Ω and 1 MΩ ± 2% Sensitivity (measured): 50 Ω, DC to 1 GHz: > 0.5 V 1 MΩ, DC to 250 MHz: > 0.5 V Maximum input voltage: ± 5 V DC Coupling DC, AC 2, HF reject2 (50 kHz cutoff) (measured) Modes Edge (positive and negative) Window 2, HF divide by 42, spike stretcher2, dual-source pattern3 (OR, AND, NOR, NAND) Trigger output (TR OUT) MCX, gold-plated Offset: ± 2.5 V (no load) (typ) Amplitude: ± 0.8 V (no load), ± 15 mA max (measured) Rise/fall time: 2.5 ns into 50 Ω (mea- sured) Coupling: DC Output impedance: 50 Ω 1) Bandwidth limited to 500 MHz (typ) 2) Channel trigger only. 3) Between either one of the input channels and the external trigger. Control I/O Connectors MCX, gold-plated Control signals (I/O A, B, and C) TTL & CMOS compatible (3.3 V) Control output (I/O A, B, and C)

10 MHz reference clock out with

50 Ω output impedance Acquisition active Trigger ready Control input (I/O A and B) Trigger enable External clock (CLK IN) Connector MCX, gold-plated Clock reference Amplitude: > 1 V pk-pk into 50 Ω (measured) Threshold: variable between - 2 V and + 2 V (typ) Maximum input voltage: ± 5 V DC Clock input

1 GHz or 2 GHz

10 MHz ± 0.3% (measured) Acqiris High-Speed PCIe Digitizers U1084A-001, dual channel, 8-bit, 1.5 GHz, 2 to 4 GS/s U1084A-002, dual channel, 8-bit, 1.5 GHz, 1 to 2 GS/s U1084A-003, dual channel, 8-bit, 500 MHz, 0.5 to 1 GS/s

(I/O A, B, and C) FPGA Virtex 5-5SX95T Control Signals TTL & CMOS compatible (3.3 V) Memory 1

72 Mbit SRAM

-STD: 512 MB DRAM -256: 256 MB DRAM -128: 128 MB DRAM General Host computer and operating system PC compatible (x86) systems running 32-and 64-bit Microsoft Windows, and Linux. Transfer speed High-speed PCIe 1.1 x4 bus transfers data at sustained rates up to 520 MB/s (measured) to host PC Warranty 1 year 3 years (optional) Environmental and physical 2 Operating temperature 5° to 40 °C (PC internal ambient temperature) Relative humidity Type-tested at 80 % (non-condensing) Dimensions PCIe full-length standard EMC Complies with European EMC directive 2004/108/EC

• IEC/EN 61326-2-1
• CISPR Pub 11 Group 1, class A
• AS/NZS CISPR 11
• ICES/NMB-001 This ISM device complies with Canadian ICES-001. Cet appareil ISM est conforme a la norme NMB-001 du Canada. Power consumption See firmware option specifications 1) Available data point capacity of processing memory varies depending on the firmware option chosen. 2) Samples of this product have been type tested in accordance with the Agilent Environmental Test Manual and verified to be robust against the environmental stresses of Storage, Transportation and End-use; those stresses include but are not limited to temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, altitude and power line conditions.

Firmware for High-Speed Digitizers U1084A-DGT with long acquisition memory U1084A-DGS with simultaneous acquisition and readout The on-board processing engine of the U1084A provides extended performance for high speed data acquisition. Smart memory handling with sustained sequential record- ing mode, allows continuous data acquisition and readout of high-trigger rate signals. Digitizer fi rmware options Two digitizer firmwares are available for the U1084A. Digitizer firmware U1084A-DGT allows the platform to per- form as a high-speed analog to digital data acquisition mod- ule with long acquisition memories, up to 512 MSamples. Digitizer firmware U1084A-DGS in addition to the -DGT functionality includes a ping-pong memory buffer architec- ture. The processing memory is split in two so that module can continuously acquire data into one memory bank while the other bank is read into the host processor. This technique is particularly useful for continuous acquisition of data bursts at a sustained trigger rate. Main Features

• High-speed digitizer firmwares with dual- and single- channel acquisition modes
• Up to 4 GS/s sampling rate on either channel
• Segmented acquisition
• Simultaneous acquisition and readout (SAR) mode for maintained high measurement throughput (with Option U1084A-DGS)
• Up to 512 MSamples of acquisition memory with Option U1084A-DGT, 256 MSamples with Option U1084A-DGS
• 15 ps Trigger Time Interpolator (TTI) for accurate timing measurements
• High-speed PCI Express x4 bus transfers data up to

readout through the PCIe interface. Digitizers acquire waveforms in association with triggers. wares include both single and sequential storage modes. of a waveform recorded with a single trigger. Figure 2. With SAR function the trigger rate is maximized, the figure shows the maximum trigger rate as a function of segment size for a

1. The maximum trigger rate can be affected by operating system interrupts, PCIe bus activity and other system hardware compone nts.

4 GS/s (-001 only), 2 GS/s (-001 and

-002 only), 1 GS/s, 500 MS/s, 250 MS/s, 125 MS/s, 62.5 MS/s, 31.25 MS/s, 15.6 MS/s, 7.8 MS/s, 3.9 MS/s,

1.95 MS/s, 977 kS/s, 488 kS/s

-DGT: -STD: 512 MS or 256 MS/channel -256: 256 MS or 128 MS/channel -128: 128 MS or 64 MS/channel -DGS: -STD: 256 MS or 128 MS/channel -256: 128 MS or 64 MS/channel -128: 64 MS or 32 MS/channel Effective bits (at maximum dual channel sampling rate, 500 mV FSR and full bandwidth) > 6.5 at 10 MHz > 6.2 at 100 MHz > 5.9 at 410 MHz > 4.9 at 910 MHz Time base Clock accuracy Better than ± 2 ppm Sampling jitter < 1 ps rms for 10 μs record length with internal clock and reference (measured) Acquisition modes Single shot Sequence: 1 to 64 Ksegments Dead time: < 1.8 μs (measured) Trigger (channel and external) Channel trigger Threshold adjust range: FS of channel Sensitivity, DC to 1.5 GHz: > 15% FS (measured) Pretrigger Adjustable to 100% of horizontal full scale External trigger input MCX, gold-plated Impedance: 50 Ω / 1 MΩ ± 2% Sensitivity (measured): 50 Ω, DC to 1 GHz: > 0.5 V 1 MΩ, DC to 250 MHz: > 0.5 V Maximum input voltage: ± 5 V DC Coupling DC, AC, HF reject (50 kHz cutoff) (measured) Modes Edge (positive and negative) Window 1, HF divide by 41, spike stretcher1, dual-source pattern2 (OR, AND, NOR, NAND) Trigger output (TR OUT) Offset: ± 2.5 V (no load) (typ) Amplitude: ± 0.8 V (no load), ± 15 mA max (measured) Rise/fall time: 2.5 ns into 50 Ω (measured) Coupling: DC Output impedance: 50 Ω Firmware for High-Speed Digitizers U1084A-DGT with long acquisition memory U1084A-DGS with simultaneous acquisition and readout Running on U1084A card 1) Channel trigger only. 2) Between either one of the input channels and the external trigger.

Control I/O (MCX) Control signals (I/O A, B, and C) TTL & CMOS compatible (3.3 V) Control output (I/O A, B, and C) Acquisition active Acquisition skipping to next segment Control input (I/O A and B) Trigger enable External clock (CLK IN) Connectors MCX, gold-plated Clock reference Amplitude: > 1 V pk-pk into 50 Ω (measured) Threshold: variable between - 2 V and + 2V (typ) Maximum input voltage: ± 5 V DC Clock input 10 MHz ± 0.3% (measured) Environmental and physical Power consumption < 45 W (40 W typ) Current requirements (typ.) Sampling at 4 GS/s + 12 V 2.5 A + 3.3 V 3 A

As a signal averager, the U1084A takes full advantage of the high-speed signal processing performance of the mod- ule to create real-time averaged signals to reduce random noise levels in repetitive signals. Low noise, high dynamic range The U1084A real-time averaging firmware (U1084A-AVG option) allows real-time acquisition at up to 4 GS/s down to 488.28 kS/s with binary sparsing (4 GS/s divided by 2 n). Averaging signals reduces random noise effects, improving the signal-to-noise ratio, as well as increasing resolution and dynamic range. The fast sampling rate is achieved with a single trigger and acquisition, and does not require the use of equivalent-time sampling techniques. Full-speed averaging In contrast to Averagers that use equivalent-time sampling, the U1084A maintains maximum averaging speed and does not require additional triggers that reduce the total measurement throughput.

• Synchronous, dual-channel, real-time sampling and averaging with a maximum trigger rate of up to 500 kHz
• Averaging from 1 to over 16 million triggers per seg- ment
• Trigger and clock synchronization modes for improved accuracy
• Noise Suppressed Accumulation (NSA) Firmware for Real-Time Sampling and Averaging U1084A-AVG

summed data. The segment length is user-programmable. after the previous N triggers have been processed. ware will allow ping-pong accumulation and processing. speed PCIe bus at up to 520 MB/s. Figure 3. Signal detection using noise suppressed

-002 only), 1 GS/s, 500 MS/s, 250 MS/s, 125 MS/s, 62.5 MS/s, 31.25 MS/s, 15.6 MS/s, 7.8 MS/s, 3.9 MS/s, Better than ± 2 ppm Acquisition modes Single shot Sequence Averaging memory Acquisition length -STD: 1 to 524,288 -256: 1 to 262144 -128: 1 to 131072 Dead time: < 1.8 µs for successive triggers Averaging speed -001: Up to 4 GS/s -002: Up to 2 GS/s -003: Up to 1 GS/s Firmware for Real-Time Sampling and Averaging U1084A-AVG Running on U1084A card

130 MSamples/s

Coherent noise (typical) < 0.02 LSB RMS (73 dB SNR) Conditions: 10,000 accumulated triggers, 10 KSamples, no input signal, ext. TRG, 100 mV FS, zero offset Environmental and physical Power consumption < 50 W (43 W typ) Current requirements (typ.) Sampling at 4 GS/s + 12 V 2.5 A + 3.3 V 4 A

Firmware for Real-Time Signal Peak Detection, Time-to-Digital Conversion and Analysis U1084A-TDC The U1084A peak detection and analysis firmware (U1084A- TDC option) allows real-time acquisition and peak detection at up to 4 GS/s (down to 488.28 kS/s with binary sparsing). The firmware enables the creation of a histogram of peak position versus time for successive acquisitions, the histogram bins containing peak counts or summed peak amplitudes. A large FIFO is used to provide a peak overflow protection: In the event that a burst of peaks causes congestion in the data flow, none of the previously acquired data is lost. Large memory, high throughput With 580 KSamples of peak analysis memory, the acquired peak data can be transferred to the host PC at up to 130 Mbins/s, with each time bin as 32 bits.

• Single-channel sampling and processing at up to

4 GS/s, on either input

• Effective acquisition length of 580 KSamples per channel
• Peak interpolation with time resolution down to 1/16th of the sampling period
• Programmable on-board TDC histogram creation with up to 4 billion counts per bin, peak count or summed amplitude 1) U1084A-TDC firmware does not support synchronous dual-channel sampling.

-002 only), 1 GS/s, 500 MS/s, 250 MS/s, 125 MS/s, 62.5 MS/s, 31.25 MS/s, 15.6 MS/s, 7.8 MS/s, 3.9 MS/s, 1.95 MS/s, 977 kS/s, 488 kS/s Resolution 8 bits Time base Clock accuracy Better than ± 2 ppm Sampling jitter < 1 ps rms for 10 μs record length with internal clock and reference (measured) Acquisition modes Single segment Single input (Input 1 or 2) Peak histogram Acquisition length Programmable from 1 to 589,824 Samples Double-pulse resolution 0.5 ns at 4 GS/s Maximum sustained analysis rate

60 Mpeak/s (measured)

Firmware for Real-Time Signal Peak Detection, Time-to-Digital Conversion and Analysis U1084A-TDC Running on U1084A card

Count by peak value or event Vertical count 32 bits/bin Horizontal resolution down to 1/16th of sample rate Readout 130 Mbins/s Environmental and physical Power consumption < 40 W (32 W typ) Current requirements (typ.) Sampling at 4 GS/s + 12 V 2.3 A + 3.3 V 1.2 A

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“PCIe” and “PCI EXPRESS” are registered trademarks and/or service marks of PCI-SIG. Microsoft, Windows, Visual Studio, Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual Basic are either registered trademark or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Model Description U1084A U1084A-001 8-bit PCIe high-speed digitizer with on-board signal processing Dual channel, 2-4 GS/s digitizer with on- board signal processing U1084A-002 Dual channel, 1-2 GS/s digitizer with on- board signal processing U1084A-003 Dual channel, 0.5-1 GS/s digitizer with on-board signal processing U1084A-STD Standard 512 MB processing memory U1084A-256 Processing memory, 256 MB U1084A-128 Processing memory, 128 MB U1084A-BNC BNC connectors U1084A-SMA SMA connectors Choice of firmware options U1084A-DGT Digitizer firmware U1084A-DGS Digitizer firmware with simultaneous acquisition and readout U1084A-AVG Real-time sampling and averaging U1084A-TDC Time-to-digital conversion and peak analysis Accessories U1084A-UK6 Calibration certificate and data U1092A-CB5 MCX to BNC, 1 m cable For more information on Agilent Technologies’ products, applications or services, please contact your local Agilent office. The complete list is available at: www.agilent.com/find/contactus Product specifications and descriptions in this document subject to change without notice. © Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2012 Published in USA, September 21, 2012 5990-4316EN