Anfatec AMU2.4, Manual

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Table of contents
1 General Information .............................................................................................................. 6
1.1 Specification of the AMU2.4-LIA ..................................................................................... 6
1.1.1 Signal Input ........................................................................................................................ 6
1.1.2 Reference Output ............................................................................................................... 6
1.1.3 PLL .................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1.4 General .............................................................................................................................. 7
1.2 Licence for the software ................................................................................................ 7
2 Get started ........................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 System requirements ..................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Software installation ...................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Card and Driver installation ............................................................................................ 8
2.3.1 Check your APIC configuration ............................................................................................. 8
2.3.2 Card Installation ................................................................................................................. 8
2.3.3 Driver Installation .............................................................................................................. 9
2.4 Connections to the card ................................................................................................. 9
2.5 APIC configuration ....................................................................................................... 10
3 LockIn Amplification Basics ................................................................................................... 11
3.1 The general idea of Lockin Amplification -> LockIn ........................................................ 11
3.2 Mathematical description ............................................................................................. 12
3.3 Time constant Definition .............................................................................................. 13
3.4 RollOff Definition ........................................................................................................ 13
3.5 Noise Measurements ................................................................................................... 14
4 Software Description (Lockin.exe) .......................................................................................... 15
4.1 Overview .................................................................................................................... 15
4.2 Functions in the Menu Line .......................................................................................... 16
4.2.1 File ................................................................................................................................... 16
4.2.2 Option .............................................................................................................................. 16
4.2.3 View ................................................................................................................................. 16
4.2.4 Help ................................................................................................................................. 16
4.3 Functions in the Function Line ...................................................................................... 16
4.3.1 Frequency Sweep .............................................................................................................. 16
4.3.2 Oscilloscope ...................................................................................................................... 16
4.4 Parameter settings ....................................................................................................... 18
4.4.1 Time constant ................................................................................................................... 18
4.4.2 RollOff .............................................................................................................................. 18
4.4.3 Dynamic ........................................................................................................................... 18
4.4.4 Coupling ........................................................................................................................... 18
Manual Anfatec PCI-Lockin Amplifier AMU2.4 – Rev. 1.10 dated 30/09/20 Page 2 (70)