Characterize Your Surface Acoustic Wave Device on a New Level
Measure the resonances of your SAW device with high precision to track vanishingly small shifts.
Drive, Sense, Control, and Validate With One Instrument
Thanks to an ever-growing number of emerging sensing technologies, the field of sensor development is constantly pushing boundaries. Miniaturization, higher sensitivities, exploitation of quantum effects, and ever-increasing precision drive the need for instrumentation capable of characterizing these demanding devices.
One key example is surface acoustic wave (SAW) technologies, which have opened up a wide application space ranging from sensors and filters to resonators and actuators. This innovative technology is found in both the everyday devices we carry around and the infrastructure we use daily. With careful characterization and development, continuous improvements in SAW technology will expand their reach and efficiency.
Zurich Instruments offers an innovative solution for the characterization of SAW devices in the shape of our microwave lock-in amplifiers the SHFLI 8.5 GHz Lock-in Amplifier and the GHFLI 1.8 GHz Lock-in Amplifier. Both instruments allows the high-precision measurement of the resonances of devices, and also offer the ability to lock at the resonance and implement feedback loops to track tiny shifts due to a change in the measurant. To improve the sensitivity of your measurements, the SHFLI and GHFLI offer characterization at multiple frequencies simultaneously and sideband analysis from DC to 8.5 GHz.
Product Highlights
GHFLI 1.8 GHz Lock-in Amplifier
- Frequency range: DC-1.8 GHz
- GHF-PID option upgrade with Quad PID/PLL controller
- GHF-MOD option upgrade for modulation analysis and frequency mixing
- 14 ns - 21 s time constant
- API programming in Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, C, .NET
SHFLI 8.5 GHz Lock-in Amplifier
- Frequency range: DC-8.5 GHz
- SHFLI-PID option upgrade with Quad PID/PLL controller
- SHFLI-MOD option upgrade for modulation analysis and frequency mixing
- 14 ns - 21 s time constant
- API programming in Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, C, .NET
What’s Your Application?
To learn more about how the SHFLI and GHFLI can enable new levels of sensitivity and flexibility, get in touch to set up a call with our application specialist in your region. In addition to SAW devices, here’s a list of our dedicated sensor application pages and learn how your research can benefit from the capabilities of our instruments.
Webinar
A sensor generates an electrical signal that depends on the physical quantity we aim to measure. Achieving the desired performance is an iterative process that begins with finding suitable materials, sensing methods, and control parameters. A complete toolset to characterize the prototype with efficient workflows is crucial to keep up with the project timelines. In this webinar, Kıvanç Esat and Jim Phillips present the measurement requirements, discuss the essential tools, and explain best practices with examples to accelerate your testing.
Customers Success Stories
Find out how Zurich Instruments' users are boosting their measurements.
Zurich Instruments' digital lock-ins have been of great value for my project on resonant mass sensors. Measurement schemes such as lock-in detection or phase-locked loops have been known for decades, but they have never been so easy to implement and configure.
Tomás Manzaneque García
Assistant Professor at TU DelftWe used our UHFLIs to detect coherent nanomechanical oscillations driven by single-electron tunneling in a suspended carbon nanotube.
Natalia Ares
Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Materials Department at the University of Oxford
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