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
TimeTagger
low cost
1 start & 4 stop channels
-
5x LEMO 00
800 / 400 / 200 / 100 ps
1600 / 800 / 400 / 200 ps
1000x per start event
none
30 MHits/s total; 11,6 MHits/s per channel
1,67 ms / 430 ms extended
yes / no
0
PCIe2 x1 @ 400MB/s
50 ppb on board
yes
xTDC4-PCIe
common start
1start & 4stop channels
-
5x LEMO 00
13 ps
5 ns
15
parameter dependent
30 MHits/s total; 11,6 MHits/s per channel
218 µs / 14 ms extended
yes / no
0
PCIe2 x1 @ 400 MB/s
50 ppb on board
yes
HPTDC8-PCI
none - this product is obsolete
8
13 CMOS @12.8 ns
10 x LEMO 00, 1x 26 pin ribbon
25 ps
<5 ns typical
unlimited
none
4 MHits/s
419 µs with trigger logic 2 h untriggered (extendable)
yes / yes
3
PCI, 5 V, 32 bit @ 33 MHz, bus master
1 ppm on board or external 78.125 MHz clock
no
xHPTDC8-PCIe
flexibility + performance
8
event triggered ADC
10x LEMO 00
13 ps
5 ns
unlimited
none
48 MHits/s
unlimited
yes / yes
8
PCIe x1 @ 200 MB/s
50 ppb on board
yes