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Mimea upgrade from BP3 to BP5e

Upgrading from a BP3 to a BP5e brings a massive performance increase and a vastly improved user interface. All relevant parameters have been improved by at least one order of magnitude. Moreover, the update ensures repairability and availability of spare parts.

Nanonis Mimea BP5e
Mimea BP5e hardware (RC5e, SC5)

Nanonis V3 SPM control systems were discontinued mid 2007 and reached their end of life in 2015. While many of these systems are still in operation, development at Nanonis hasn't stood still and the current generation of controllers is miles ahead both in performance and usability. Spare parts for V3 SPM control systems are no longer available, meaning that the V3 hardware cannot be replaced or repaired anymore.

The upgrade offers a straightforward path to current state of the art electronics and software, without requiring users to learn how to operate a completely different system.

Some of the benefits related to the upgrade: 

  • Flexible signal assignment with 128 live signals
  • Flexible signal handling, software modules have access to more signals
  • 64-bit software, more memory available for data buffering, more channels can be acquired simultaneously
  • Fast scanning and spectroscopy (up to 1.000.000 pixels per second) on up to 8 channels
  • Direct data streaming to disk with up to 1 Mpix/s on up to 8 channels simultaneously
  • Multi-pass improvements including possibility to write scripts running on the real-time system resulting in significant increase in speed and flexibility for advanced multi-pass experiments like KPFM
  • Letterbox scanning allows selecting two boundaries on the Y axis of the scan placed within the scan frame allowing the tip to be bounced within these two boundaries
  • Region of interest allows selecting a frame within the scan frame resulting in better tilt compensation for this sub-frame (e.g. on atomic terraces) or optimization of the colorscale only within the sub-frame
  • Improved safety for user inputs solves the difficulties encountered if you forget to use units when changing a parameter in the software
  • Improved “accessibility” of displayed data in graphs; functions of zooming, moving cursors and panning through a graph now accessible directly on the plot depending on the position of the mouse. Zooming can be done using the scroll wheel
  • Multiple past function including management of several background images in the scan control module
  • New oscilloscope with two channels instead of one, enhanced triggering and display options, with high resultion high speed oscilloscope/FFT add-on option with up to 1 million points per trace (user selectable), 1 MS/s sampling rate, 100 kHz analog bandwidth
  • New programming interface add-on with LabVIEW and a generic script-language TCP-interface
  • New and completely different lock-in add-on with advanced signal filtering, tandem-demodulation, multi-frequency and multi-input options, up to 8 independent synchronizable modules, guided filter set-up utility
  • New multi excitation add-on module for Q-control, dual- and multi-frequency excitation schemes, amplitude modulation, Sideband detection
  • Possibility to extend hardware to up to 40 analog outputs and 24 analog inputs
  • Simple extension to the multiprobe control system
  • Simple extension to Nanonis Tramea for quantum transport measurements

Compatible instruments: 

  • RTPC (19" rack-mount)
  • First generation PXI-based real-time controller

Not compatible for this upgrade:

  • RC4

The upgrade includes:

  • Replacement (trade-in) of PXI controller and SCCB, RTPC and SCCB with a discounted BP5e

The OCB oscillation controller also needs to be replaced (AFM systems only). High-voltage amplifiers and adaptation kits can be reused.

EOL information for V3 systems:

The following discontinued V3 instrument models have reached their end-of-life and no repair service or support will be provided anymore:

  • RTPC (19" rack-mount)
  • First generation PXI-based real-time controller

In case of hardware failure the instruments need to be replaced by an instrument of the currently available product line.

The following discontinued V3 instrument models have reached their end-of-life and repairs cannot be guaranteed anymore:

  • All 19" rack-mounted instruments except RTPC

In case of hardware failure the instruments might need to be replaced by an instrument of the currently available product line.

KEY FEATURES

  • Replacement of the V3 base package with a current generation V5e base package
  • Massive performance increase
  • Significant amount of new features and measurement modes
  • Largely upgraded user interface
  • Repairability and spare parts guaranteed for the lifetime of the new system

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SPECIFICATIONS

Mimea upgrade from BP3 to BP5e
Performance
Analog inputs

If not otherwise specified, all specifications for ±10 V input range

Number of Connectors

8x BNC connector, differential

Differential input voltage range

± 10 V

Differential input voltage range

±10 V, ±1 V, ±100 mV, ±10 mV (with MCVA5)

Differential input impedance

2 MΩ

Input impedance

>10 TΩ to GND, >50 GΩ differential (with MCVA5)

Input bias current

<2 pA typ. (with MCVA5)

Analog bandwidth

DC – 100 kHz (-3 dB), 5th-order Butterworth low-pass filter

AD-converter

18-bit, no missing codes, 1 MS/s

Effective resolution

20-bit @ 60 kS/s, 22-bit @ 1 kS/s (oversampling)

INL

±2 LSB typical

DNL

±1 LSB typical

Input noise density

< 150 nV/√Hz @ 10 kHz, < 650 nV/√Hz @ 10 Hz

Input noise density

<4 nV/√Hz (<5.5 nV/√Hz) @10 kHz SE (differential)
< 5 nV/√Hz (<6 nV/√Hz) @ 10 Hz SE (differential)
<11 nV//√Hz (<15 nV/√Hz) @ 1 Hz SE (differential)
(With MCVA5 @ gain 100)

Input measurement noise

< 100 μVrms @ 1 MS/s, < 25 μVrms @ 60 kS/s, < 6.5 μVrms @ 240 S/s

Input noise 0.1 Hz - 10 Hz

<25 nVrms (< 32 nVrms) SE (differential)
(With MCVA5 @ gain 100)

12 h drift

< 80 μV (< 100 μV) @ 0 V (@ 9.9 V)

THD+N

> 120 dB @ 100 Hz, > 95 dB @ 1 kHz,
> 70 dB @ 10 kHz (9 V input signal)

CMRR

>125 dB @ 10 Hz >120 dB @ 100 Hz >100 dB @ 1 kHz (with MCVA5 @ gain 100)

Analog outputs

all specifications for ±10 V output range

Number of Connectors

8 x BNC connectors (SO5: 16x BNC connectors), referenced to AGND

Output voltage range

±10 V into 1 kΩ or larger
(0 to +10 V with internal jumper per channel)

Output impedance

<1 Ω, short circuit safe

Analog bandwidth

DC – 40 kHz (-3 dB),
5th – order Butterworth low-pass filter

DA-converter

20-bit, 1-ppm precision, 1 MS/s

Effective resolution

22-bit, patented hrDACTM technology with active glitch compensation

INL

< ±2 LSB max. < ±1 LSB typical

DNL

< ±1 LSB max. < 0.5 LSB typical

Output noise density

< 25 nV/√Hz @ 100 Hz, < 75 nV/√Hz @ 1 Hz

Output noise 0.1 Hz - 10 Hz

< 200 nVrms (0.1 – 10 Hz)

Output noise 10 Hz - 300 kHz

< 10 μVrms (10 Hz – 300 kHz)

12 h drift

< 1.5 μV (< 25 μV) @ 0 V (@ 9.9 V)

THD+N

> 93 dB @ 100 Hz, > 93 dB @ 1 kHz, > 79 dB @ 10 kHz (9V output signal)

Digital lines

  

Number of Connectors

4 x 8 bidirectional lines on four D-sub 9 female connectors

Signal

3.3 V TTL, max. 25 mA per line

Maximum sampling frequency

500 kHz

High-speed digital lines

  

Number of Connectors

4 x inputs and 4 x outputs on SMB male connectors

Signal

3.3 V TTL, max. 33 mA per line

Maximum sampling frequency

200 MHz

Clock

  

Number of Connectors

1 x input, 1 x output for active clock source on SMB male connectors

Frequency

10 MHz, square wave, 3.3 V

Accuracy

± 50 ppm (standard clock), ± 4 ppm (optional OCXO)

Operation
Operating temperature

+5° C to +35° C

Power Supply

RC5e: Built-in universal power supply, max. 220 W

Power Supply

SC5: Built-in linearly regulated power supply, toroidal transformer, automatic line voltage detection. Max. 51 W

Power Input

RC5e: 100 – 230 V, 50 - 60 Hz

Power Input

SC5: 100 – 240 V, 50 - 60 Hz

Real-time system

NI PxIe-8840 real-time system with Intel Corei5 CPU 2.7 GHz, 4 GB RAM

Operating system

NI LabVIEW Real-Time OS

FPGA card

NI PXIe-7976

Connectivity

3x SC5 max., 2x SO5 max., 2x OC4 max. Total of max. 6 frontends

Electrical GND

10 kΩ AGND to chassis, decoupled from RC5e

Data transfer

Via TCP/IP, 2 kS/s default, up to 20 kS/s, 1 MS/s x 8 channels for data streaming

Mounting
Dimensions

32.5 x 28 x 21 cm (RC5e)

Dimensions

32.5 x 28 x 7 cm (SC5)

Weight

8 kg (RC5e)

Weight

4.2 kg (SC5)

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