Agilent Technologies E8267D User Manual

Agilent E8267D PSG Vector
Signal Generator

Configuration Guide

This guide is intended to assist you with the ordering process of the PSG vector signal generators.

Standard product includes installation guide, electronic
documentation set (CD-ROM), adapters, and country specific
power cord.

High output power (Option 1EA) and step attenuator
(Option 1E1) are standard features in the
E8267D vector signal generator.

Agilent PSG Vector Signal Generator Options

Step 1. Choose a frequency range

All frequency range options support underrange to 100 kHz. However, performance specifications are not provided between 100 kHz and 250 kHz.

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

E8267D-520 Frequency range from 250 kHz to 20 GHz Selects the maximum frequency of the
signal generator.
E8267D-532 Frequency range from 250 kHz to 31.8 GHz Selects the maximum frequency of the
signal generator.
E8267D-544 Frequency range from 250 kHz to 44 GHz Selects the maximum frequency of the
signal generator.

Step 2. Choose spectral purity

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

Standard Standard spectral purity Provides low phase noise.
E8267D-UNX Ultra low phase noise Improves phase noise performance at
carrier frequency offsets ranging from
1 Hz to 10 kHz.
E8267D-1EH Improved harmonics below 2 GHz Improves harmonic performance for carrier
frequencies below 2 GHz.

Step 3. Choose modulation

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

Standard CW signal generation, Generates continuous wave (CW)
vector (IQ) modulation capability signals and can modulate IQ waveforms
provided by the optional internal baseband
generator (Option 602) or an external
baseband source
E8267D-UNT AM, FM, phase modulation, and LF output Generates analog modulated signals.
E8267D-UNU
(150 ns minimum pulse width).
E8267D-UNW
(20 ns minimum pulse width).

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Pulse modulation Generates pulse modulated signals

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Narrow pulse modulation Generates pulse modulated signals

Step 4. Choose ramp sweep

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

E8267D-007 Analog ramp sweep Generates a fully synthesized ramp (analog)
sweep of frequency and amplitude.

Step 5. Choose internal baseband generator

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

E8267D-602 Internal baseband generator, Generates arbitrary and real-time I/Q
64 Msa memory waveforms (80 MHz of RF modulation
bandwidth).
E8267D-009 Removable flash memory

1. Option E8267D-UNU and E8267D-UNW are mutually exclusive; choose one or the other or neither. However, option E8267D-UNU can be upgraded
to E8267D-UNW.

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Step 6. Choose wideband external I/Q

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

E8267D-016 Wideband external differential I/Q inputs Provides up to 2 GHz RF modulation bandwidth
for carrier frequency above 3.2 GHz and up to
260 MHz below 3.2 GHz.
Standard external I/Q inputs provide
160 MHz RF modulation bandwidth.

Step 7. Choose signal creation software for your baseband generator

Ordering number Description Purpose Requires

E8267D-403 Calibrated Noise (AWGN) generation Provides settable Eb/No and C/N E8267D-602
E8267D-SP1 Signal Studio for jitter injection Create repeatable additive calibrated E8267D-602
jitter with variable rate and deviation
for tolerance measurements
N7600B Signal Studio for 3GPP W-CDMA FDD Create W-CDMA FDD single/multi-carrier E8267D-602
uplink/downlink test signals at baseband
and RF, for basestations, mobile
transceivers, and their components
N7601B Signal Studio for 3GPP2 CDMA Create cdma2000 and IS-95-A single/multi- E8267D-602
carrier, forward/reverse link test signals at
baseband and RF, for basestations, mobile
transceivers, and their components
N7602B Signal Studio for GSM/EDGE Create GSM and EDGE single or multi- E8267D-602
carrier test signals at baseband or RF
N7606B Signal Studio for Bluetooth Configure fully-coded Bluetooth packets and E8267D-602
and Bluetooth modulated data streams for both
basic and enhanced date rate (v2.1+EDR)
N7613A Signal Studio for 802.16-2004 (WiMAX) Create IEEE 802.16-2004 (WiMAX) test E8267D-602
N7613A-102 signals at baseband and RF
N7617B Signal Studio for 802.11 WLAN Create arbitrary waveforms that comply with E8267D-602
the WLAN standards 802.11a/b/g/j/p/n
N7619A Signal Studio for multiband OFDM UWB Create UWB (Ultra Wideband) signals N6030A
N7619A-117 that comply with the proposed wideband arbitrary
Multi-band OFDM Alliance (MBOA) waveform generator
physical layer specification
N7620A Signal Studio for pulse building Generates customized wide bandwidth pulse E8267D-016
N7620A-117 or 118 (wideband waveforms) patterns for simulation. Requires a PSA or E8267D-UNX,
ESA spectrum analyzer for waveform E8267D-UNW,
corrections N6030A or N8241A
wideband arbitrary
waveform generators
N7620A Signal Studio for pulse building Generates customized pulse patterns for E8267D-602,
N7620A-102 simulation. Requires a PSA or ESA spectrum E8267D-009
analyzer for waveform corrections E8267E-UNX
(recommended)
N7621A Signal Studio for multitone distortion Generates wide bandwidth mutiple tone E8267D-016
N7621A-117 (wideband waveforms) signals and applies pre-distortion techniques E8267D-009

-203 (multi tone) to remove the nonlinear distortion of the (recommended)

-204 (noise power ratio) signal generator. Generates a simulated N6030A or N8241A
broadband noise signal to facilitate NPR wideband arbitrary
measurements. Pre-distortion technigues waveform generator
are used to improve flatness and increase
notch depth. Requires a PSA spectrum analyzer.
N7621B Signal Studio for multitone distortion Generates mutiple tone signals and applies E8267D-602
pre-distortion techniques to remove the E8267D-009
nonlinear distortion of the signal generator. E8267D-UNX
Generates a simulated broadband noise (recommended)
signal to facilitate NPR measurements.
Pre-distortion technigues are used to
improve flatness and increase notch depth.
Requires a PSA spectrum analyzer.
N7623B Signal Studio for digital video Create DVB-T/H/C/S/S2, ISDB-T, DTMB, E8267D-602
CMMB, J.83 Annex A/B/C and ATSC software

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