User manual
DBK18, pg. 6  918894  DBK Option Cards and Modules 
DBK18 – Specifications 
Name/Function: Low-Pass Filter Card 
Number of Channels: 4 
Input Connections: 4 BNC connectors 
Output Connector: DB37 male, connects to P1 with a CA-37-x cable 
Number of Cards Addressable: 64 
Input Type: Differential 
Voltage Input Ranges: 
0 to ±5000 mVDC 
0 to ±500 mVDC 
0 to ±50 mVDC 
0 to ±25 mVDC 
0 to ±10 mVDC 
Input Amplifier Slew Rate: 12 V/µs minimum 
Input Gains: ×1, ×10, ×100, ×200, x500 and user-set 
Input Offset Voltage: 500 µV + 5000/G maximum (nullable) 
Input Offset Drift: ±5 + 100/G µV/°C maximum 
Input Bias Current: 100 pA maximum 
Input Offset Currents: 50 pA maximum 
Input Impedance: 5 × 10
12
 parallel with 6 pF 
Switchable Bias Resistors: 100 KΩ each to analog common 
Gain Errors: 
0.04% @ ×1 
0.1% @ ×10 
0.2% @ ×100 
0.4% @ ×200 
1.0% @ ×500 
Gain vs Temperature: 
×1 @ ±20 ppm/°C 
×10 @ ±20 ppm/°C 
×100 @ ±40 ppm/°C 
×200 @ ±60 ppm/°C 
×500 @ ±100 ppm/°C 
Non-Linearity: 
×1 to ±0.015 % full-scale 
×10 to ±0.015 % full-scale   
×100 to ±0.025 % full-scale 
×200 to ±0.025 % full-scale 
×500 to ±0.045 % full-scale 
Common-Mode Rejection: 
70 dB minimum @ ×1 
87 dB minimum @ ×10 
100 dB minimum @ ×100 
100 dB minimum @ ×200 
100 dB minimum @ ×500 
Active Filter Device: UAF42 (Burr-Brown) 
Number of Poles/Filter: 3 
Types of Filters: Bessel, Butterworth, Chebyshev 
Frequency Range: 
0.1 Hz to 20 kHz 
The frequency is set by the installation of 
4-6 resistors, and/or capacitors, in sockets. 
Default Frequency: 
1 Hz 
Other frequencies may be implemented by 
soldering resistors, and/or capacitors, to 
locations on the 4 blank plug-in headers. 
Values for common frequencies and their 
component values are provided with the 
blank headers. 










