Time Tagger Series
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Swabian Instruments
Time Tagger Series
Streaming time-to-digital converters
Time Tagger Series
Streaming time-to-digital converters
Frequency Stability Analysis made easy.
Are you looking for a versatile frequency counter or Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA)? Do you perform Allan Deviation, Modified Allan Deviation,
or Hadamard Deviation measurements? Or do you test synchronization of 1 PPS signals? The Time Tagger Series lets you do this easier than ever.
features:
- Allan Devation 8E-13 at 1 s
- realtime ADEV, MDEV, HDEV, phase and
- up to 18 inputs simultaneously
- easy 1 PPS testing and logging
- log and post process your raw data
Take Dynamic Light Scattering to the next level.
Unsurpassed timing resolution paired with unlimited logarithmic histograms on a multitude of detectors. That's the Time Tagger's capabilities
for dynamic light scattering.
Key features:
- measure simultaneously at up to 18 different scattering angles
- remove intensity spikes on-the-fly and in post processing with advanced data filtering tools
- calculate particle size distributions with Cumulants and CONTIN analysis
- resolve down to picoseconds
Implement your ideas within minutes
Versatile on-board event filter
Native software librariesRun your measurements in your preferred programming language with our included native software libraries, covering Python, MATLAB,
LabVIEW, C#, C++, and even Mathematica.
Unlimited network capabilities
You can use the Time Tagger’s software engine to cast your Time Tag Streams into a network. On client computers you can fire up virtual Time Taggers
and work with them as if they were physically attached to your computer, providing the full measurement and data processing capabilities of a hardware Time Tagger.
Low latency FPGA output
The Time Tagger X introduces a low latency FPGA interface with 300 M tags / s bandwidth to transfer your time tags into your own FPGA,
enabling endless processing capabilities. Get started immediately with your own FPGA project with our free FPGA reference designs.
Hardware Options
Specifications
| Timing Precision | Time Tagger 20 | Time Tagger Ultra | Time Tagger X |
| RMS jitter (typical) | 34 ps | 8 ps (Performance) 42 ps (Value) | 2.0 ps |
| RMS jitter (typical, HighRes) | - | 3 / 4 / 6 ps | - |
| FWHM jitter (typical) | 80 ps | 19 ps (Performance) 100 ps (Value) | 4.7 ps |
| FWHM jitter (typical, HighRes) | - | 7 / 10 / 14 ps | - |
| digital resolution | 1 ps | 1 ps | 1 ps |
| Processing Capabilities | |||
| input channels | 8 | 4 to 18 | 4 to 18 |
| dead time | 6 ns | 2.1 ns | 1.5 ns |
| data transfer rate (to PC) | 8.5 M tags/s | 70 M tags/s | 70 M tags/s |
| data transfer rate (FPGA link) | - | - | 300 M tags/s |
| burst memory | 8 M tags | 512 M tags | 512 M tags |
| maximum input frequency | 167 MHz | 475 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Input Signals | |||
| input impedance | 50 Ω | 50 Ω | 50 Ω / 1M Ω |
| input signal range | 0 to 3 V | -3 to 3 V | -1.5 to 1.5 V |
| maximum input (no damage) | -0.3 to 5 V | -5 to 5 V | -3 to 3 V |
| trigger level range | 0 to 2.5 V | -2.5 to 2.5 V | -1 to 1 V |
| minimum pulse width | 1000 ps | 500 ps | 350 ps |
| minimum pulse height | 100 mV | 100 mV | 100 mV |
| External Clock Input | |||
| frequency | - | 10 MHz or 500 MHz | 10 MHz or 500 MHz |
| coupling | - | AC, 50 Ω | AC, 50 Ω |
| amplitude | - | 1 to 3 Vpp | 0.5 to 4 Vpp |
| General Parameters | |||
| data interface | USB 2.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0, SFP+ |
| size (L x W x H) in mm | 145 x 100 x 50 | 190 x 140 x 60 | 380 x 480 x 90 (2U) |
Typical Performance
Instrument response
1 MHz square wave, 1 Vpp, 1 ns rise, applied to two input channels, trigger 50%. The standard deviation of the distribution measures the jitter of two input channels.
The RMS jitter of each individual channel is σ/√2. The FWHM jitter of each channel is 2.35σ/√2.
RMS jitter
The plots show the RMS jitter obtained from instrument response measurements with all pairs of the first 8 input channels.
Time Tagger Series
Streaming time-to-digital converters
Frequency Stability Analysis made easy.
Are you looking for a versatile frequency counter or Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA)? Do you perform Allan Deviation, Modified Allan Deviation,
or Hadamard Deviation measurements? Or do you test synchronization of 1 PPS signals? The Time Tagger Series lets you do this easier than ever.
features:
- Allan Devation 8E-13 at 1 s
- realtime ADEV, MDEV, HDEV, phase and
- up to 18 inputs simultaneously
- easy 1 PPS testing and logging
- log and post process your raw data
Take Dynamic Light Scattering to the next level.
Unsurpassed timing resolution paired with unlimited logarithmic histograms on a multitude of detectors. That's the Time Tagger's capabilities
for dynamic light scattering.
Key features:
- measure simultaneously at up to 18 different scattering angles
- remove intensity spikes on-the-fly and in post processing with advanced data filtering tools
- calculate particle size distributions with Cumulants and CONTIN analysis
- resolve down to picoseconds
Native software librariesRun your measurements in your preferred programming language with our included native software libraries, covering Python, MATLAB,
LabVIEW, C#, C++, and even Mathematica.
Unlimited network capabilities
You can use the Time Tagger’s software engine to cast your Time Tag Streams into a network. On client computers you can fire up virtual Time Taggers
and work with them as if they were physically attached to your computer, providing the full measurement and data processing capabilities of a hardware Time Tagger.
Low latency FPGA output
The Time Tagger X introduces a low latency FPGA interface with 300 M tags / s bandwidth to transfer your time tags into your own FPGA,
enabling endless processing capabilities. Get started immediately with your own FPGA project with our free FPGA reference designs.
Hardware Options
Specifications
| Timing Precision | Time Tagger 20 | Time Tagger Ultra | Time Tagger X |
| RMS jitter (typical) | 34 ps | 8 ps (Performance) 42 ps (Value) | 2.0 ps |
| RMS jitter (typical, HighRes) | - | 3 / 4 / 6 ps | - |
| FWHM jitter (typical) | 80 ps | 19 ps (Performance) 100 ps (Value) | 4.7 ps |
| FWHM jitter (typical, HighRes) | - | 7 / 10 / 14 ps | - |
| digital resolution | 1 ps | 1 ps | 1 ps |
| Processing Capabilities | |||
| input channels | 8 | 4 to 18 | 4 to 18 |
| dead time | 6 ns | 2.1 ns | 1.5 ns |
| data transfer rate (to PC) | 8.5 M tags/s | 70 M tags/s | 70 M tags/s |
| data transfer rate (FPGA link) | - | - | 300 M tags/s |
| burst memory | 8 M tags | 512 M tags | 512 M tags |
| maximum input frequency | 167 MHz | 475 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Input Signals | |||
| input impedance | 50 Ω | 50 Ω | 50 Ω / 1M Ω |
| input signal range | 0 to 3 V | -3 to 3 V | -1.5 to 1.5 V |
| maximum input (no damage) | -0.3 to 5 V | -5 to 5 V | -3 to 3 V |
| trigger level range | 0 to 2.5 V | -2.5 to 2.5 V | -1 to 1 V |
| minimum pulse width | 1000 ps | 500 ps | 350 ps |
| minimum pulse height | 100 mV | 100 mV | 100 mV |
| External Clock Input | |||
| frequency | - | 10 MHz or 500 MHz | 10 MHz or 500 MHz |
| coupling | - | AC, 50 Ω | AC, 50 Ω |
| amplitude | - | 1 to 3 Vpp | 0.5 to 4 Vpp |
| General Parameters | |||
| data interface | USB 2.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0, SFP+ |
| size (L x W x H) in mm | 145 x 100 x 50 | 190 x 140 x 60 | 380 x 480 x 90 (2U) |
Typical Performance
Instrument response
1 MHz square wave, 1 Vpp, 1 ns rise, applied to two input channels, trigger 50%. The standard deviation of the distribution measures the jitter of two input channels.
The RMS jitter of each individual channel is σ/√2. The FWHM jitter of each channel is 2.35σ/√2.
RMS jitter
The plots show the RMS jitter obtained from instrument response measurements with all pairs of the first 8 input channels.