Specifications
Important
Unless otherwise stated, all specifications apply after 30 minutes of
instrument warm-up.
For measurements in which high gate fidelity is crucial, it is
highly recommended to enable all required outputs and wait for 2 hours
after powering on the instrument.
Important
Important changes in the specification parameters are explicitly
mentioned in the revision history of this document.
General Specifications
Table 1: General and storage
Parameter
Min
Typ
Max
storage temperature
–25 °C
-
65 °C
storage relative humidity (non-condensing)
-
-
95%
operating temperature
5 °C
-
40 °C
operating relative humidity (non-condensing)
-
-
90%
specification temperature
18 °C
-
28 °C
power consumption
-
-
300 W
operating environment
IEC61010, indoor location, installation category II, pollution degree 2
operating altitude
up to 2000 meters
power inlet fuses
250 V, 2 A, fast acting, 5 x 20 mm
power supply AC line
100-240 V (±10%), 50/60 Hz
dimensions (width x depth x height)
45.0 × 39.7 × 13.2 cm (no handle), 17.7 × 15.6 × 5.2 inch, 19 inch rack compatible
weight
15 kg (33 lb)
recommended calibration interval
2 years
Table 2: Maximum ratings
Parameter
Min
Typ
Max
damage threshold Out
-
-
+30 dBm
damage threshold Mark Out
–0.7 V
-
+4 V
damage threshold Trig In (1 kΩ input impedance)
–11 V
-
+11 V
damage threshold Trig In (50 Ω input impedance)
–6 V
-
+6 V
damage threshold Aux In (DC)
-10 V
-
+10 V
damage threshold Aux In (AC)
-
-
+20 dBm
damage threshold External Clk In (DC)
–3 V
-
+3 V
damage threshold External Clk In (AC, with DC offset 0 V)
-
-
+13.5 dBm
damage threshold External Clk Out (DC)
–3 V
-
+3 V
MDS In / Out
–0.7 V
-
+4 V
DIO In / Out in default configuration 3.3 V CMOS/TTL
–0.7 V
-
+4 V
torque limit front panel SMA connectors
-
-
0.5 Nm
torque limit back panel SMA connectors
-
-
1.0 Nm
Table 3: Host computer requirements
Parameter
Description
supported Windows operating systems
Windows 10, 11 on x86-64
supported macOS operating systems
macOS 10.11+ on x86-64 and ARMv8
supported Linux distributions
GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 14.04+, CentOS 7+, Debian 8+) on x86-64 and ARMv8
supported processors
x86-64 (Intel, AMD), ARMv8 (e.g., Raspberry Pi 4 and newer, Apple M-series)
Analog Interface Specifications
Table 4: Signal Outputs
Parameter Details Min Typ Max
connectors - SMA, front panel single-ended impedance - - 50 Ω - coupling LF path DC RF path AC
synthesizers SHFSG4+ One per channel SHFSG8+ One per channel pair
synthesizer frequency range 0.6-8 GHz instantaneous bandwidth (–3dB) RF path ±500 MHz LF path DC - 2500 MHz
total frequency range DC - 8.5 GHz range RF path, into 50 Ω -30 dBm - +10 dBm LF path, into 50 Ω -30 dBm - +5 dBm
output level accuracy into 50 Ω - ±(1 dBm of setting) - output level temperature drift - 0.15 dB/°C - D/A converter vertical resolution - 14 bit D/A converter sampling rate after internal x3 interpolation 6 GSa/s voltage spectral noise density RF path, 10 dBm range - -143 dBm/Hz - phase noise RF path, 5 GHz, 10 kHz offset frequency - -110 dBc/Hz - RF path, 5 GHz, 10 MHz offset frequency - -138 dBc/Hz -
spurious free dynamic range (excluding harmonics) RF path, 10 dBm range, - 48 dBc - worst harmonic component 10 dBm range 1 GHz - -40 dBc - 4 GHz - -40 dBc -
6 GHz - -38 dBc -
8 GHz - -36 dBc -
Table 5: Time Domain Output Characteristics
Parameter Details Min Typ Max
skew adjustment resolution - 500 ps
Table 6: Marker Outputs & Trigger Inputs
Parameter
Details
Min
Typ
Max
marker outputs
-
1 per channel
marker outputs connector
-
SMA, front panel single-ended
marker output high voltage
-
-
3.3 V
-
marker output low voltage
-
-
0 V
-
marker output impedance
-
-
50 Ω
-
marker output rise time 20% to 80%
-
-
300 ps
-
trigger inputs
-
1 per channel
trigger inputs connector
-
SMA, front panel single-ended
trigger input impedance
-
50 Ω / 1 kΩ
trigger input voltage range
50 Ω impedance
–5 V
-
5 V
1 kΩ impedance
–10 V
-
10 V
trigger input threshold range
50 Ω impedance
–5 V
-
5 V
1 kΩ impedance
–10 V
-
10 V
trigger input threshold resolution
-
-
< 0.4 mV
-
trigger input threshold hysteresis
-
-
> 60 mV
-
Table 7: Other Inputs and Outputs
Parameter
Details
min
Typ
Max
reference clock input
-
SMA on back panel
reference clock input impedance
-
50 Ω, AC coupled
reference clock input frequency
-
10 / 100 MHz
reference clock input amplitude
10 MHz
-4 dBm
-
+13 dBm
100 MHz
–5 dBm
-
+13 dBm
reference clock output
-
SMA on back panel
reference clock output impedance
50 Ω, AC coupled
reference clock output amplitude
into 50 Ω
2 Vpp
-
5 Vpp
reference clock output frequency
10/100 MHz
reference clock output jitter
derived from integrated phase noise measurement (12 kHz to 20 MHz offset frequency)
-
280 fs RMS
-
Table 8: Oscillator and Clocks
Parameter
Details
Min
Typ
Max
internal clock type
-
OCXO
internal clock long term accuracy / aging
-
-
-
±0.3 ppm/year
internal clock short term stability (1 s)
-
-
-
±0.05 ppm
internal clock initial accuracy
-
-
-
±0.5 ppm
internal clock temperature stability
–20°C to 70°C
-
-
±0.5 ppm
internal clock phase noise
offset 100 Hz
-
–135 dBc/Hz
-
offset 1 kHz
-
–157 dBc/Hz
-
Table 9: Waveform Generation
Parameter
Details
Specification
number of AWG cores
for SHFSG+ base version
1 per channel
for SHFSG+ with SHFSG-RTR
8 total
AWG sampling rate
dual-channel
2 GSa/s
waveform memory per output channel
-
96 kSa
sequence length
-
32 kInstructions instructions per core
waveform granularity
-
16 samples
minimum waveform length
-
16 samples (with command table)
sequencer clock frequency
-
250 MHz
Digital Interface Specifications
Table 10: Digital Interfaces
Parameter
Description
host computer connection
USB 3.0, 1.6 Gbit/s (1 communication, 1 maintenance)
1GbE, LAN / Ethernet, 1 Gbit/s
DIO port
4 x 8 bit, general purpose digital input/output port, 3.3 V TTL specification
ZSync peripheral port
connector for ZI proprietary bus to communicate with external peripherals
DIO Port
The DIO port is a VHDCI 68 pin connector as introduced by the SPI-3
document of the SCSI-3 specification. It is a female connector that
requires a 32 mm wide male connector. The interface standard is
switchable between LVDS (low-voltage differential signalling) and
LVCMOS/LVTTL. The DIO port features 32 user-controlled bits that can all
be configured byte-wise as inputs or outputs in LVCMOS/LVTTL mode,
whereas in LVDS mode, half of the bits are always configured as inputs.
For more specifics on how the user-definable pins can be set.
Figure 1: DIO HD 68 pin connector
Table 11: Electrical Specifications
Parameter
Details
Min
Typ
Max
supported DIO interface standards
-
LVCMOS/LVTTL (single-ended, 3.3 V); LVDS (differential)
high-level input voltage VIH
LVCMOS/LVTTL
2.0 V
-
-
low-level input voltage VIL
LVCMOS/LVTTL
-
-
0.8 V
high-level output voltage VOH
LVCMOS/LVTTL
2.6 V
-
-
low-level output voltage VOL
LVCMOS/LVTTL
-
-
0.4 V
high-level output current IOH (sourcing)
LVCMOS/LVTTL
-
-
12 mA
low-level output current IOL (sinking)
LVCMOS/LVTTL
-
-
12 mA
input differential voltage VID
LVDS
100 mV
-
600 mV
input common-mode voltage VICM
LVDS
0.3 V
-
2.35 V
output differential voltage VOD
LVDS
247 mV
-
454 mV
output common-mode voltage VOCM
LVDS
1.125 V
-
1.375 V
Table 12: DIO Pin Assignment in LVCMOS/LVTTL Mode
Pin
Name
Description
68
CLKI
digital input
67
unused
leave unconnected
66 .. 59
DIO[31:24]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
58 .. 51
DIO[23:16]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
50 .. 43
DIO[15:8]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
42 .. 35
DIO[7:0]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
34
GND
digital ground
33
unused
leave unconnected
32 .. 1
GND
digital ground
Table 13: DIO Pin Assignment in LVDS Mode
Pin
Name
Description
68
CLKI+
digital input
67
unused
leave unconnected
66 .. 59
DI+[31:24]
digital input byte
58 .. 51
DI+[23:16]
digital input byte
50 .. 43
DIO+[15:8]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
42 .. 35
DIO+[7:0]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
34
CLKI–
digital input
33
unused
leave unconnected
32 .. 25
DI–[31:24]
digital input byte
24 .. 17
DI–[23:16]
digital input byte
16 .. 9
DIO–[15:8]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
8 .. 1
DIO–[7:0]
digital input or output byte (set by user)
