Specifications¶

Important

Unless otherwise stated, all specifications apply after 30 minutes of instrument warm-up.

Important

Important changes in the specification parameters are explicitly mentioned in the revision history of this document.

QCCS system specifications¶

Parameter	min	typ	max
Supported peripheral devices	SHFQC, HDAWG, SHFSG, SHFQA
Supported system architecture	Star architecture
Output channel skew	-	-	1.6 ns
Output channel skew repeatability over restarts	-	-	200 ps
Real-time communication latency	-	-	90 ns
Sample rate	-	2.0 GSa/s	-

Table 1: Triggers
Parameter	Details	min	typ	max
Inputs	-	4
Input voltage range	50 Ω impedance	0 V	-	3.3 V
Input threshold	-	-	1.0 V	-
Outputs	-	4
Output voltage range	50 Ω impedance	0 V	-	3.3 V
Impedance	-	50 Ω
Coupling	-	DC
Connectors type	-	SMA

Table 2: Clocks
Parameter	Details	min	typ	max
Interfaces	-	Input, Output and Sysref output
Input frequency	-	10 MHz
Input amplitude	50 Ω impedance	-10 dBm (200 mVpp)	-	+13 dBm (2.5 Vpp)
Input coupling	-	AC
Output frequency	-	100 MHz
Output amplitude	50 Ω impedance	+4 dBm (1.0 Vpp)
Output coupling	-	DC
Impedance	-	50 Ω
Connectors type	-	SMA

Table 3: 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	-	-	120 W
operating environment	IEC61010, indoor location, installation category II, pollution degree 2
operating altitude	up to 2000 meters
power supply AC line	100-240 V (±10%), 50/60 Hz
dimensions with handles and feet	45.0 × 46.0 × 14.5 cm, 17.6 × 18.1 × 5.7 inch, 19 inch rack compatible
weight	8.0 kg
recommended calibration interval	2 years

Table 4: 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)