Tektronix AWG5000 DATASHEET

Arbitrary Waveform Generators

AWG5000 Series Data Sheet

2 or 4 Differential/Single-ended Outputs provide Testing Flexibility

Up to 8 Marker Outputs ideal for System Synchronization

28 Digital Output Channels Create Highly Precise Digital Signals

Deep Memory enables the Creation of Long Complex Waveform
Sequences

Playback of Signals Captured on Scop es and Real-time Spectrum
Analyzers allows fo r Simulation of Real-world Environments

Down to 800 ps Resolution Edge Timing Shift Control

8,000 Steps Real-time Sequencing Creates Infinite Waveform Loops,
Jumps, and Conditional Branches

Features & Benefits

480 MHz Carrier, High Dynamic Range RF Signals

High Dynamic Rang e IF Signals with U p to 180 MHz Modulation
Bandwidth

180 MHz Modulation Bandwidth with –58 dBc SFDR

Only Stand-alone AWG with 4 Channels Simplifies Test Setup and
Reduces Uncertainty

RFXpress Software enables Quick Creation of Digitally Modulated and
Radar Si

Waveform Sequencing and Subsequencing

Dynamic Jump Capability

gnals

Enables Creation of Infinite Waveform Loops, Jumps, and Conditional
Branches
Enhance

Enables the Creation of Complex Waveforms that Respond to
Changing External Environment

the A bility to Replicate Real-world Signal Behavior

Easy to Use and Learn, Shortens Test Time

Convenient Benchtop Form Factor

Integrated PC supports Network Integration and provides a Built-in DVD,
Removable Hard Drive, LAN, and USB Ports

Applications

High-resolution Wireless Communications and Defense Electronics

Education and Research

ADC/DAC Testing

Mixed-signal Design and Test

Real-world, Ideal, or Distorted Signal Generation – Including all the
Glitches, Anomalies, and Impairments

System Synchronization and Timing Control for Large-scale Test
Systems

Data Sheet

EVM/Constellation Measurement.

Industry’s Best Mixed-signal Stimulus
Solution for Today’s Complex Meas urement
Challenges

The AWG5000 Series of Arbitrary
optimal combination of sample rate, vertical resolution, signal fidelity, and
waveform memory length, all in an easy-to-use self-contained package.
The series offers the industry’s best solution to the challenging signal
stimulus issues faced by designers verifying, characterizing, and debugging
sophisticated electronic designs.

Meeting the needs of today’s design engineers, the series provides
excellent dynamic range over all modulation bandwidths. AWG5000 Series
models, with a 14-bit DAC, sample r ates up to 1.2 GS/s, 2 to 4 output
channels, synchronized 4 to 8 digital marker outputs, and 28 channe ls of
digital data outputs, easily solve the toughest measurement challenges in
wireless communications, defense electronics, digital consumer product
design, data conversion equipment, test system synchronization, and
semiconductor design and test.

The ope n windows (Windows 7) based instruments are easy, convenient to
use, and connect with peripherals and other third-party software.

The capabilities of the AWG5000 Series are further enhanced by the
addition of key features:

Equation Editor

The Equation Editor is an ASCII text editor that uses text strings to create
waveforms by loading, editing, and compiling equation files. The editor
provides control and flexibility to create more complex waveforms using
customer-defined parameters.

Waveform Sequencing and Subsequencing

Real-time sequencing creates infinite waveform loops, jumps, and
conditional branches for longer pattern -length generation suitable for
replicating real-world behavior of serial transmitters.

Waveform Generators delivers the

Mixed-signal test by TDS/TLA iView.

Dynamic Jump

The Dynam
by enabling the ability to dynamically jump to any predefined index in a
waveform sequence. Users can define up to 16 distinct jump indexes that
respond to changing external environments.

ic Jump capab ility enables the creation of complex waveforms

Wireless I/Q and IF Signal Generation

The AWG50
to 180 MHz, mee ting the demands of IQ and IF signal generation.

The RFXpr
performance to simplify the creation of RF signals. Supporting a wide range
of modulation schemes, the software is flexible enough to create either
generic or propriety signals fo r digital communication systems. Power
ramping, frequency hopping, and impairments can easily be added to
generate the desired signal.

Radar Signal Creation is a software module for RFXpress that gives you
the ultimate flexibility in creating pulsed radar waveforms. It gives you the
ability
to pulse groups. It supports a variety of modulation schemes including LFM,
Barker and Polyphase Codes, User-defined Codes, Step FM, Nonlinear
FM, User-defined FM, and Custom modulation. It also has the ability to
generate pulse trains with staggered PRI to reso lve range and doppler
ambiguity, frequency hopping for Electronic Counter-Counter Measures
(ECCM),
models including antenna scan patterns and multipath effects. RFXpress is
a powe rful easy-to-use software package to synthesize IQ and IF signals for
arbitrary waveform generators. It runs as an integral part of the AWG5000
Series or from an external PC.

00 Series provides good SFDR over modulation bandwidths up

ess (RFX100) software package utilizes the ra w AWG

to build your own radar pulse suite starting from pulse-to-pulse trains

and pulse-to -pulse amplitude variation to simulate Swerling target

Mixed-signal Generation

AWG5012 and AWG5002 models have an optional 28 digital output
channels with high-resolution edge placement, making them a great
solution for digital signal generation applications, such as digital design and
validation, system synchronization, and ADC/DAC testing.

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Characteristics

Definitions

Specifications (not noted) – Product characteristics described in terms of specified performance with tolerance limits which are warranted/guaranteed to the customer.
Specifications are checked in the manufacturingprocessandinthePerformanceVerification section of the product manual with a direct m easurement of the parameter.

Typ ical (noted) – Product characteristics described in terms of typical performance, but not guaranteed performance. The values given are never warranted, butmostunits
will perform to the level indicated. Typical characteristics are not tested in the manufacturing process or the Performance Verification section of the product manual.

Nominal (noted) – Product characteristics described in terms of being guaranteed by design. Nominal characteristics are non-warranted, so they are not checkedinthe
manufacturing process or the Performance Verification section of the product manual.

AWG5000C Series Specifications

General Characteristics

Characteristic AWG5014C AWG5012C AWG5002C

Digital to Analog Converter

Sample rate 10 MS/s to 1.2 GS/s 10 MS/s to 600 MS/s
Resolution 14 bit

Sin (x)/x Roll-off

Sin(x)/x(–1dB)
Sin(x)/x(–3dB)

300 MHz 150 MHz
520 MHz 260 MHz

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Data Sheet

Frequency Domain Characteristics

Characteristic AWG5014C AWG5012C AWG5002C

Output Frequ ency Characteristics

Effective Frequency Output Fmaximum (specified) is determined as "sample rate / oversampling rate" or "SR/2.5"

Fmaximum 480 MHz 240 MHz
Fmaximum (typical)

Effective Frequency Switching Time Minimum frequency switching time from selected frequencies F1to F2is determined as "1/Fmaximum"

Standard

Ts 2. 1 ns 4. 2 ns
Ts ( t ypical )

Modulation Bandwidth

Modulation bandwidth is determined as a combination of Sin (x)/x roll-off and rise-time bandwidth collectively corrected

to <1 dB by external measurement and calibration over the applicable frequency range

Mod bandwidth (–1 dB) (typical)

Mod bandwidth (–3 dB) (typical)

Output Amplitude Characteristics

Amplitude

Amplitude levels are measured as single-ended outputs. Amplitude level will be 3 dBm higher when using differential (both) outputs

Range Normal: –30 dBm to 17 dBm

tion

Resolu

acy

Accur

Output Flatness Mathematically corrected for characteristic Sin (x)/x roll-off, uncorrected by external calibration methods

Flatness (typical) ±1.0 dB, from 10 MHz to 480 MHz

Digital Data Out (Option 03)

Number of outputs 14-bit output on Ch1 and Ch2 (28 total)
Output connector SMB (rear panel), single ended
Output impedance 50 Ω

Digital Data Out Levels (into 50 Ω)

ow

Wind

itude

Ampl

lution

Reso

uracy

Acc
Current (max)
Rise/Fall time (20% to 80%) 300 ps (1.0 V
Delay from marker
Skew between outputs

540 MHz 275 MHz

1.8 ns 3.7 ns

Normal: Upto130MHz

Direct: Upto180MHz

Normal: Upto230MHz

Direct: Upto300MHz

Direct: –30dBmto0dBm

0.01 dB

At 0 dBm level, with no offset, ±0.3 dB

Vto2.7V

–1.0

to 3.7 V

0.1 V

p-p

p-p

10 mV

±(10% of setting + 120 mV)

mA per channel

±54

,Hi: 1.0V,Lo: 0V)

p-p

ns to –82 ns

–41

0ps

<40

Normal: Up to 100 MHz

Direct: Up to 130 MHz

Normal: Up to 180 MHz

Direct: Up to 230 MHz

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Time Domain Characteristics

Characteristic AWG5014C AWG5012C AWG5002C

Data Rate Characte ristics

Data Rate

Bit rate (typical) 300 Mb/s 150 Mb/s

Rise/Fall Time Characteristics

Rise/Fall Time Rise/Fall time measured at 10% to 90% levels

Tr/Tf

Rise Time Bandwidth

Tr bandwidth (–1 dB) (typical)

Tr bandwidth (–3 dB) (typical)

Low-pass filter

Output Amplitude Characteristics

Amplitude

Range Normal: 40 mV

Resolution 1.0 mV
Accuracy

Offset

Range Normal: ±2.25 V
Resolution 1.0 mV
Accuracy

Bit rate is determined as "sample rate / 4 points per cycle", allowing full impairment generation

Normal: 1.4 ns
Direct: 0.95 ns

Rise-time bandwidth converted from rise-time (0.34/Tr, assumed Gaussian transition) characteristics

through analog output circuitry and cabling

Normal: 14

Direct: 21

0MHz

0MHz

Normal: 250 MHz

Direct: 370 MHz

Normal: Bessel Type, 50 and 100 MHz

Amplitude levels are measured between differential outputs (+) and (–)

For single-ended output (+) the amplitude level will be one-half the levels below

Direct: 40 mV

p-p

p-p

to 1.2 V

p-p

p-p

to 9.0 V

At0.5V,withnooffset,±(2%ofamplitude±2mV)

At minimum amplitude, ±(2.0% of offset ±10 mV)

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