Options (19AMX)
#Switch Types
Selectable for each switch channel separately
Standard
Dual-level switch
- Output switches between two voltage levels Vneg and Vpos
In older devices: output ComOut
(in older devices: output Com) - Vneg ≤ Vout ≤ Vpos must be fulfilled at all times (even when the switch is deactivated)
Option T (Trilevel)
Three-level switch
- Output switches between three voltage levels Vneg, Vmid, and Vpos
In older devices: output ComOut
(in older devices: output Com) - Vneg ≤ Vout ≤ Vpos and Vneg ≤ Vmid ≤ Vpos must be fulfilled at all times (even when the switch is deactivated)
- Allows for field-free phases in digital ion traps (DITs)
- Undisturbed injection or extraction of charged particles
#Switch Drivers
Modification of entire device
Standard
First switch generation
Typical parameters:
- Maximum isolation voltage: 1.4 kV
- Maximum continuous operating frequency: 450 kHz
- Propagation delay: 350 ns
Option F (Fast)
Second switch generation with fast drivers, lower capacitance, and high-voltage isolation
Typical parameters:
- Maximum isolation voltage: 2 kV (5 kV or more upon request)
- Maximum continuous operating frequency: 1.3 MHz
- Maximum burst frequency: 2 MHz
- Propagation delay: 120 ns
Option E (Extra Fast)
Third switch generation with faster drivers, lower capacitance, and high operating frequency
Typical parameters:
- Maximum isolation voltage: 2.1 kV
- Maximum continuous operating frequency: > 5 MHz (3 MHz for 1.5 kV switches)
- Maximum burst frequency: > 10 MHz
- Minimum pulse duration: < 50 ns
- Propagation delay: 65 ns
- Jitter: < 1 ns
Option D (Digital Control)
Only available as Option ED:
Option E + digital control with integrated internal pulse generator
- 7 freely configurable digital inputs/outputs
- 1 digital oscillator with 32 bits and 10 ns resolution
- 4 pulse generators with 32 bits and 10 ns resolution
- Precise timing control with resolution of < 1 ns
- Mapping unit for generating complex pulse sequences
- Programmable sequences, e.g. for extraction or injection or for emptying the connected trap
- Detailed information: AMX-CTRL-4ED
Option H (High Frequency Resolution)
Only available as Option EDH:
Options E + D + internal pulse generator with high frequency resolution
- 8 freely configurable digital inputs/outputs
- 2 digital oscillators with 10 Hz resolution
- 16 pulse generators with 32 bits
- Precise timing control with resolution of < 0.1 ns
- Mapping unit for generating complex pulse sequences
- Jitter: < 0.5 ns
#Cooling
Modification of entire device
Standard
Active cooling via temperature-controlled fans
Option W (Fluid-Cooled)
Liquid-cooled heat sink on the rear panel
- Cooling capability: > 500 W
- Replaceable gasket
- Maximum working pressure: 1 bar (tested with 6 bar)
#Additional Features
Selectable for each switch channel separately
Option M (Monitor)
Monitor output
Typical technical parameters (other variants available upon request):
- Output: 1 BNC socket per switch channel
- Nominal load: 1.0 MΩ + 10–30 pF
- Damping: 1:100 at nominal load, 1:50 without load
Option O (Offset)
External offset voltage
Typical technical parameters:
- Voltage input: 1 SHV socket per switch channel (upon request: LEMO or Amphenol)
- Maximum offset voltage with respect to ground: ± 500 V (upon request: ±1 kV or more)
- Cut-off frequency of the filters: according to customer's requirements, 1 kHz typ.
- Internal resistance of the voltage input: 100 kΩ typ.