Agilent Technologies 93000 SOC Series Training Manual page 544

Lesson 3 – Special Synchronization Options
You can define any module in the loop of the "Master-Slave" internal
connection as master or slave. To define the slave module, use the ACMD
"SYNM" firmware command. If you define a module as a slave module,
the upstream module in the internal connection loop is defined as a master
module automatically. You can get the information about the "Master-
Slave" internal connection with the SOCB? firmware command.
The following figure is the block diagram for when the master/slave trigger
function is used:
Digital Pin
Digital Channel
Board
Master Master
Clock 1 Clock 2
Master/slave Trigger Function
For High Speed AWGs, 500M AWGs, and 1GHz Digitizers, the trigger-to-
signal delay for master and slave modules is always fixed and is the same
as when the master/slave trigger function is not used.
For Dual High Speed Samplers, 3GHz Samplers, or 100MHz Digitizer, the
trigger-to-signal delay for master and slave modules is different according
to the number of slave modules as follows:
For Dual High Speed Samplers:
Trigger-to-Signal Delay = 70 ns + (N x 15 ns)
where, N is the number of the slave modules for one master module.
For 3GHz Samplers:
Trigger-to-Signal Delay = 170 ns + (N x 15 ns)
where, N is the number of the slave modules for one master module.
For 100MHz digitizers:
Trigger-to-Signal Delay = 410 ns + 40 ns
This is fixed when the master/slave function is used for WDG, because
one master module of WDG can have only one slave module.
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Trigger
Signal
pin pin
Vernier Vernier
FF DAC
Master trigger
Master trigger
Timing
Counter Counter
Generator
Analog Module (Master)
Analog Module (Slave)
Trigger
Signal
pin pin
FF DAC
Timing
Generator