
Contents
General Information
iii
Safety and Preparation for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iii
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vi
Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vii
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vii
1
Getting Started
1 – 1
1.1
Introduction to the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 2
1.2
Front-Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 5
1.3
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 8
1.4
Power-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 9
1.5
Restoring the Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 9
1.6
SIM Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 10
2
Description of Operation
2 – 1
2.1
About Transimpedance Amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2
2.2
Bias and Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 4
2.3
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 5
2.4
Autozero Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 5
2.5
Phase-Locked Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 6
2.6
Autocalibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 6
2.7
Clock Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 7
2.8
Quiescent Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 8
3
Remote Operation
3 – 1
3.1
Index of Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2
3.2
Alphabetic List of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 4
3.3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 6
3.4
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 7
3.5
Status Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 24
4
Circuit Description
4 – 1
4.1
Schematic Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 2
A Index
A – 1
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Summary of Contents for SIM918
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