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efore the execution <strong>of</strong> the sequence. This allows the Qubit Server to forward the<br />

burden <strong>of</strong> setting up the microwave generator and other involved hardware to the<br />

GHz DAC Server. As described in Section 7.5.14, this is necessary to allow for<br />

the execution <strong>of</strong> the sequences to be pipelined in the most efficient way.<br />

7.5.13 DAC Calibration Server<br />

The DAC Calibration Server provides functions to modify signal data that is<br />

to be output via the GHz DAC boards in order to correct for imperfections in the<br />

output electronics chain. For this, the DAC Calibration Server first takes a set <strong>of</strong><br />

calibration data that measures, for example, the response <strong>of</strong> the output electronics<br />

to a delta-function signal. This data is stored in the Data Vault to later allow for<br />

a signal to be corrected by taking the desired signal’s Fourier transform, dividing<br />

the result by the Fourier transform <strong>of</strong> the delta-function response, and inverting<br />

the Fourier transform to recover a corrected version <strong>of</strong> the data. The corrected<br />

data is returned to (in this case) the Qubit Server so that it can be uploaded to<br />

the respective GHz DAC boards.<br />

To correct for as many different electronic deficiencies as possible, the DAC<br />

Calibration Server needs to take several different calibration datasets. These include<br />

traces returned by a sampling scope as well as measurements with a spectrum<br />

analyzer. The DAC Calibration Server takes this data automatically via calls<br />

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