TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

SONIA BLUE - Conventional UT

PULSER
Type
Negative square wave
Voltage
-100 to -300 V, 5V steps.
Width
40 to 500 ns, 1.0 ns steps
Maximum PRF
20 KHz
Fall time
<5 ns
Impedance
<10 Ω
Internal damping
150 Ω
PULSER
Type
Negative square wave
Voltage
-20 to -300 V, 1V steps.
Width
15 to 1000 ns, 1.0 ns steps
Maximum PRF
20 KHz
Fall time
<7 ns
Impedance
<4 Ω
Internal damping
470 Ω
RECEIVER
Amplifier type
Linear & Logarithmic
Input range
2.1 Vpp
Bandwidth
0.4 to 30 MHz @-3dB
Gain range
0 to 120 dB, 0.1 dB steps (80 dB analog + 40 dB digital)
DAC curve
80 dB maximum range, 16 points, 16 ms, 32 ns resolution, 40dB/us slope.
Dynamic range
90dB (in logarithmic mode)
DIGITAL FUNCTIONS
A/D sampling rate
125 MSPS, 14 bits
Sampling decimation factor: 1 to 16
Gates
8 gates, max + 8 first echoes per gate. 1 gate for interface echo synchronization.
Signal modes
RF, True Envelope, Rectified (full, +/-), Logarithmic (analog), Logarithmic (digital)
Frequency Filters
Digital programmable IIR type, low-pass, high-pass, band-pass.
Noise reduction filters
Averaging
Anti-impulsive noise
Post-Rect smoothing filter
0 to 100% smoothing level control
Other digital functions
Real time alarms associated to echoes in gates.
Signal inversion.
Signal compression factor up to 64.
OTHERS
UT connectors
16 x LEMO 00 coaxial connectors (8 T/R + 8 R connectors)
General I/O
4 digital inputs, 2 digital output (up to 24 V) optocoupled.
Fiber optic port
LC-Duplex optical connector (1 Gbit full-duplex)
Dimensions
175 x 115 x 64 mm (DxWxH).
Power
24 Vdc, 0.5 A max