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Kinemetrics Q330M+ Digitizer Evaluation

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1605648· OSTI ID:1605648
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

Sandia National Laboratories has tested and evaluated a new digitizer, the Q330M+, manufactured by Quanterra, a division of Kinemetrics Inc. This digitizer is used to record sensor output for seismic and infrasound monitoring applications. The purpose of the digitizer evaluation was to measure the performance characteristics in such areas as sensitivity, input impedance, power consumption, self noise, dynamic range, system noise, relative transfer function, analog bandwidth, modified noise power ratio, harmonic distortion, common mode, cross talk, timing tag accuracy and timing drift. The Q330M+ provides six channels of 24 bit digitization, all of which may be transmitted utilizing CD1.1 protocol, at multiple sample rates.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOD DTRA
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1605648
Report Number(s):
SAND--2020-3030; 684849
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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