APS TV - New Feature at APS 2013 Conference

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Workshop on RF and Microwave Signal Generation and Measurement Coincides with APS Conference

A free workshop covering techniques for RF/Microwave signal generation and measurements is available to the technical community during the 2013 American Physics Society annual meeting. A total of 120 spots are available on a first come first serve basis with registration available at http://info.berkeleynucleonics.com/APS-2013 .

The workshop is sponsored by Berkeley Nucleonics (BNC Corp) and is held as part of the APS conference just after exhibit hours at the Hilton Baltimore, Key Ballroom 3 on Tuesday, March 19 from 5:30‐7:30PM. BNC will also have a booth at the APS Show which runs from March 18 - 22. This workshop will give researchers and engineers in the RF/Microwave field an in-depth overview of techniques for signal generation and measurement, along with hands on activities using instrumentation and software tools.  “The APS Conference was selected as one of several venues well suited for this workshop by Berkeley Nucleonics,” comments Alex Palm, RF Product Line Manager. “The community of Physicists attending cover a wide range of applications and demand is growing for RF and Microwave products and training.”  The American Physics Society is widely recognized as the leading US organization of physicists and publishes the world-renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters.

The use of RF and Microwave signal generators has exploded as communications and defense requirements worldwide grow rapidly. The increasing demand of wireless devices create a need for higher frequencies, stimulating job opportunities and industrial growth in critical market segments such as radar, remote sensing, remote control, sensors, navigation, surveillance, electronic warfare, radiometers, plasma research, and imaging.

About the Company -- Berkeley Nucleonics is a leading manufacturer of Pulse and Digital Delay Generators, Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generators and RF/Microwave Signal Generators. The company recently introduces the Model 845 20GHz Signal Generator, a breakthrough in performance, size and low power consumption.  BNC has its corporate headquarters in San Rafael, California with several additional manufacturing facilities and sales offices located throughout the United States. Founded in 1963, BNC has been a recognized leader in the Test and Measurements field. 

Semiconductor applications for Berkeley Nucleonics Pulse and Digital Delay Generators

Semiconductor applications for Berkeley Nucleonics Pulse and Digital Delay Generators were discussed at the Shanghai Photonics conference last week. Teltec Semiconductor, Berkeley's local agent, gave product demonstrations to numerous R&D engineers developoing the next generation of wafer technology for a re-emerging semiconductor industry. New mobile applications and in-vehicle wi-fi systems lead the way as manufacturers find ways to adjust to new market needs.

The Berkeley Nucleonics Digital Delay Generators offer 8 channels of delay and width with resolution down to 1 picosecond. The BNC line also offers the worlds lowest trigger jitter which is measured under 10 picoseconds. The company offers a range of products from it's factory in California and through domestic and international service centers. The applications team at Berkeley Nucleonics is available by phone during the day or around the clock on the website by clicking LIVE HELP. For more, go to www.berkeleynucleonics.com

About Berkeley Nucleonics

Berkeley Nucleonics was founded in 1963 as a spin-off of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley, California. The company manufactures lines of instrumentation for medical, nuclear, physics and chemistry fields. Customers are serviced by a network of approximately 50 international and domestic agents and service centers. The company is routinely cited for contributions to the advanced research of US federal agencies and various large academic institutions. New products for 2011 include a 16 Channel Pulse and Delay Generator, an Arbitrary Waveform Generator, a 40pS Universal Counter / Time Interval Counter and a growing line of 100MHz – 500MHz Oscilloscopes.

Model 575 - AT45-High Voltage – 45V Pulses with Fast Risetimes

This new output stage for the Model 575 Digital Delay / Pulse Generator increases max pulse amplitudes to 45V. The company has used modern circuitry to achieve these higher voltages with the same pulse generator architecture, resulting in a low cost for the dual channel output stage. The 45V pulses have risetimes <2.0 nS and pulse widths as wide as 10 seconds, with repetition rates up to 100 KHz. The performance achievements enable faster testing of high power lasers systems and enable developments in laser diode drivers and pump lasers. Other applications which benefit are capacitor banks, semiconductor assay and pyrotechnics detonations. Sled tests and high speed cameras, shutters and frame-grabbers all have potential benefits with the fast high voltage pulser.

"While we have offered pulsers up to 1000 Volts for quite some time, the fast risetimes and rep rates in the Model AT45 introduce new functionality customers have asked for. We can upgrade units in the field or offer the systems new for under three thousand dollars", comments Applications Engineer John Yee.

"The higher voltage outputs come at a time when customers are reluctant to purchase additional capital equipment and are looking for expanding the functionality of their existing product. We are pleased with the results."

BNC Outfits Lab with 32 Channels of Precision Timing

Berkeley Nucleonics, a manufacturer of pulse and delay generators, arbitrary waveform generators and frequency counters, was selected by a European research establishment to provide a large timing system for laser timing and triggering in new experimental efforts on high energy, high power lasers and hot plasmas. The timing of the BNC Model 588, which combines 8 channels of delay and width in a rack mount module less than 2 inches high, allows researchers to combine 100’s of channels of timing in a small area. The timing properties and features of the BNC Digital Delay Generators (250 picosecond resolution, improved 200 picosecond low jitter, channel by channel rate and amplitude selection). Major goal of research in this field include thermonuclear fusion for energy production, materials processing, physics of high-energy-density matter and planetary science.

Berkeley Nucleonics has a long history of supporting research in Europe. It’s first products were shipped to Germany in the 1960’s. Soon after, customers from the UK, France and Spain also began ordering Berkeley Nucleonics pulse and delay generators. The company has local service and support in 9 European Union member states and can address a broad range of customer and off-the-shelf test, measurement or nuclear instrumentation requirements. Read more at the company website

Nuclear Science part of Obama's Recovery Act

Because many of the instruments sold by Berkeley Nucleonics are focused on general research, projects funded by the NSF and other research foundations are getting high quality instrumentation at great prices. We offer a line of budget-conscious instruments designed for versatility in an ever-changing lab environment. Research in green energy and renewable resources are earmarked by the Obama programs and make good use of our benchtop line.

Having been a flagship R&D company for almost 50 years, BNC has ties to many of the top R&D institutions world wide. Most notably, we have provided numerous custom designs for LLNL and UC Berkeley.

By providing digital delay generators to synchronize lasers, flash lamps, software programs and fluid systems, BNC continues to support research with in the academic community as well. These DDGs also operate as pulse generators, for triggering, gating or pulsing devices.

To learn more about Berkeley Nucleonics follow this link -- http://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/

To learn more about the recovery act and cutting edge research pertaining to the nuclear fuel industry , follow this link to Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory -- http://www.pppl.gov/

BNC receives a warm welcome in Asia

The international technical community has growing needs for high performance instruments that are priced reasonably and have reliable designs. Our products have a reputation for lasting (some up to 40 years) and that reputation has carried into Asia. Many researchers in the US are now teachers in Singapore, Taiwan or other Asian countries. They have taking their BNC products along and new customers are emerging. Even countries void of a high-tech industry have found need for our entry level arbs and dmms, used often by hobbiest or electronics repair shops. In the photo below, our agent in Hong Kong shows experimenters the multi-channel digital delay generator with low jitter and precise delay. The multi-channel control box is useful for timing, gating, syncing or delaying all sorts of experimental components. Cameras, data acquisition, triggers and amplifiers all need precise timing and precise digital delays.