Preface
Introduction
Congratulations on your choice of instrument.
It will serve you well and stay ahead of most
competition for many years to come.
Your instrument is designed to bring you a
new dimension to bench-top and system
counting. It gives significantly increased
performance compared to traditional
Timer/Counters. The '9X' offers the following
advantages:
—12 digits of frequency resolution per sec-
ond and 50 or 100 ps resolution, as a result
of high-resolution interpolating reciprocal
counting.
—Optional oven-controlled timebase oscilla-
tors, except th
e CNT-91R &
CNT-91R/71B, which have a fixed ultra-
stabl
e rubidium oscillator.
—CNT-90, CNT-91(R):
A variety of RF prescaler options with upper
frequency limits ranging from 3 GHz t
o 20
GHz.
—CNT-91R/71B:
5 Reference frequency outputs covering 100
kHz, 1 MHz, 5 MHz and 10 MHz.
—CNT-90XL:
A number of microwave inputs with upper
frequency limits ranging from 27 GHz to 60
GHz.
—CNT-90(XL):
Optional built-in Li-Ion battery supply
realizes instant high-prescision measurements
in the field and true UPS operation.
—Integrated high performance GPIB inter-
face using SCPI commands.
—A fast USB interface that replaces the tra-
ditional but slower RS-232 serial interface.
—Timestamping; the counter records the rel-
ative position in time of measurements
with high resolution and accuracy.
—A high measurement rate of up to 250
k readings/s to internal memory.
Powerful and Versatile
Functions
A unique performance feature in your new
instrument is the comprehensive arming
possibilities, which allow you to characterize
virtually any type of complex signal
concerning frequency and time.
For instance, you can insert a delay between
the external arming condition and the actual
arming of the counter. Read more about
Arming in Chapter 5, "Measurement
Control".
USER MANUAL ● CNT 9x Series ● Rev.22 February 2020
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