Time Measurement
Our time-to-digital converters target high-speed pulse processing applications that do not require information on analog pulse shapes. Several examples from our portfolio are shown below.
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Optimized for
TDC channels @ bin size
Additional inputs
Connectors
bin size
Double pulse resolution
Multihit
Dead time between groups
Readout rate
Timestamp range
Common start/stop
Number of boards that can be synced
Readout interface
Time base
Linux support available
TDC modules
low cost & space-saving
1 start & 4 stop channels
-
board-to-board
800 / 400 / 200 / 100 ps
2 bins
1000x per start event
none
min. 60 MHits/s total; 40 MHits/s per channel
1,67 ms / 430 ms extended
yes / no
no sync possible
PCIe2 x1 @ 400MB/s
external high quality time base required
yes
TimeTagger
low cost
1 start & 4 stop channels
-
5x LEMO 00
800 / 400 / 200 / 100 ps
2 bins
8000x per start event
none
60 MHits/s total; 40 MHits/s per channel
1,67 ms / 430 ms extended
yes / no
no sync possible
PCIe2 x1 @ 400MB/s (or connects to TBT)
250 ppb on board
yes
xTDC4
common start
1 start & 4 stop channels
-
5x LEMO 00
13 ps
5 ns
8000x per start event
parameter dependent
30 MHits/s total; 11.6 MHits/s per channel
218 µs / 14 ms extended
yes / no
no sync possible
PCIe2 x1 @ 400 MB/s (or connects to TBT)
10 ppb on board
yes
xHPTDC8-PCIe
flexibility + performance
8
event triggered ADC
10x LEMO 00
13 ps
5 ns
unlimited
none
30 MHits/s total; 11.6 MHits/s per channel
unlimited
yes / yes
6
PCIe x1 @ 200 MB/s
10 ppb on board
yes