Tektronix AWG7122C, AWG7082C Performance Verification

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AWG7000C Series
Arbitrary Waveform Generators

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Specifications and Performance Verification

Technical Reference

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AWG7000C Series
Arbitrary Waveform Generators

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Specifications and Performance Verification

Technical Reference

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Table of Contents

General Safety Summary ......................................................................................... iv

Service Safety Summary.................................. ................................ ........................ vi

Preface ............................................................................................................. vii

Related Doc

Specifications ........ .................................. ................................ ............................. 1

Performance Conditions ...................................................................................... 1

Electrical Specifications........................................ ................................ ............... 2

Mechanical (Physical) Characteristics...................................................................... 15

Environmental Characteristics .............................................................................. 16

Perform

Brief Procedures ................... ................................ ................................ ................ 18

Performance Tests ................. ................................ .................................. .............. 23

ance Verification Procedures............................................................................ 17

Diagnostics .................................................................................................... 18

Calibration......................... ................................ .................................. .......... 19

Functional Test................................................................................................ 20

equisites....... ................................ ................................ ............................ 23

Prer

Required Equipment............................................ ................................ .............. 23

Test Record .......................... ................................ .................................. ........ 25

10 MHz Reference Frequency Accuracy......................................... .......................... 33

Analog Offset Accuracy ..................................................................................... 34

Analog Amplitude Accuracy . ... ... ... . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . ... ... . .. . ... ... . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... .. 36

alog Harmonic Distortion ................ .................................. .............................. 39

An

Analog Non-Harmonic Spurious Signal.................................... ................................ 41

Analog Phase Noise ............ ................................ ................................ .............. 43

Marker High and Low Level Accuracy ...................... ................................ .............. 45

Marker Output Delay Accuracy............................................................................. 48

DC Output Voltage Accuracy ............................................................................... 50

uments.......................................................................................... vii

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List of Figure

Figure 1: Diagnostics dialog box .. ................................ .................................. ............ 18

Figure 2: Ca

Figure 3: Equipment connections for checking the analog and marker outputs ........................ .... 21

Figure 4: Output waveform from the Analog, Mkr 1, and Mkr 2 connectors ...... ........................ 22

Figure 5: Equipment connection for verifying the 10 MHz reference frequency accuracy ............... 33

Figure 6: Equipment connection for measuring the termination resistance..................... ............ 34

Figure 7: Equipment connection for verifying the analog offset accuracy........................ .......... 35

Figure 8:

Figure 9: Equipment connections for verifying the non-harmonic spurious signal . ... . ... ... . .. . ... . ... .. 41

Figure 10: Equipment connections for verifying the analog phase noise ......... .......................... 43

Figure 11: Example of the analog phase noise measurement................................................. 45

Figure 12: Equipment connection for verifying the marker high and low level accuracy. ... . ... ... . ... .. 46

Figure 13: Equipment connections for verifying the marker output delay accuracy....................... 49

e 14: Equipment connection for verifying the DC output voltage accuracy.......................... 51

Figur

libration dialog box................................................................................. 19

Equipment connections for verifying the analog harmonic distortion ... ........................ 39

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List of Tables

Table 1: Run mode ............ ................................ .................................. ................... 2

Table 2: Arbitrary waveform ..................... ................................ ................................. 2

Table 3: Clock generator........................................................................................... 3

Table 4: Trigger generator ......................................................................................... 4

Table 5: Inter-channel skew control......... ................................ ................................ ..... 4

Table 6: Interleave adjust

Table 7: Waveform rotation control for analog output ......................................................... 5

Table 8: Analog output (Standard) ............................................................................... 5

Table 9: Analog output (Option 02 and 06) ..................................................................... 7

Table 10: Interleave analog output (Option 06).. .................................. ............................. 8

Table 11: Marker output ........................................................................................... 9

Table 12: Trigger and gate input ................................................................................. 10

Table 13: Event input ............................................................................................. 11

Table 14: Reference clock input ............... ................................ ................................ .. 12

Table 15: Oscillator (External clock) input ... ... . .. . ... ... . ... ... . .. . ... ... . ... ... . .. . ... ... . ... ... ... . ... ... . . 12

Table 16: DC output............................................................................................... 12

Table 17: Dynamic Jump In connector...................................... ................................ .... 13

Table 18: Synchronization clock out port....................................... ................................ 14

Table 19: 10 MHz clock output .................................................................................. 14

Table 20: TekLink port............................................................................................ 14

Table 21: CPU module and peripheral devices................................................................. 14

Table 22: Display.................................................................................................. 15

Table 23: Power supply... ................................ ................................ ........................ 15

Table 24: Mechanical characteristics............................................................................ 15

Table 25: Environmental characteristics........................................................................ 16

Table 26: Required equipment ................................................................................... 23

Table 27: Test waveforms ........................................................................................ 24

Table 28: Analog offset accuracy........................ .................................. ...................... 35

Table 29: Analog amplitude accuracy. .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . ... ... . .. . . 37

Table 30: Analog harmonic distortion......................... .................................. ................ 40

Table 31: Analog non-harmonic spurious signal............................................................... 42

Table 32: Analog phase noise ...................... ................................ .............................. 44

Table 33: Marker High and Low level accuracy ............... ................................ ................ 46

Table 34: DC output voltage accuracy .............. .................................. .......................... 51

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ment (Option 06)...................................................................... 4

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General Safety Summary

General Safet

To Avoid Fi

re or Personal

Injury

ySummary

Review the fo
this product or any products connected to it.

To avoid pot

Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.

Use proper

certified for the country of use.

Ground th

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Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the manual's installation instructions for details

on installing the product so it has proper ventilation.

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General Safety Summary

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Service Safety Summary

Service Safet

y Summary

Only qualifie
Safety Summary and the General Safety Sum mary before performing any service
procedures.

Do Not Service Alone. Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this
product unless another person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is
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Disconnect Power. To avoid electric shock, switch off the instrument power, then
disconnect the power cord from the mains power.

Use Care When Servicing With Power On. Dangerous voltages or currents may
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disconnect test leads before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing
components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

d personnel should perform service procedures. Read this Service

this product. Disconnect power, remove battery (if applicable), and

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Preface

Related Documents

This manual contains specifications and performance verification procedures for
the AWG7000C Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators.

The following user documents are also available for this product:

AWG5000 and AWG7000 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators Quick
Start User Manual. This document describes the functions and use of the

instrume

AWG7000 Series Arbitrar y Waveform Generators Service Manual.Thisisa
PDF only m
downloaded from the Tektronix Web site.

nt.

anual that provides module-level service information. It can be

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Specifications

This section contains the specifications for the instruments.

All specifications are guaranteed unless noted as (Ty p i ca l ). Typical specifications
are provided for your convenience but are not guaranteed. Specifications that are
marked with the

Performance Conditions

To meet specifications, the following conditions must be met:

symbol are checked in this manual.

The instrument must have been calibrated/adjusted at an ambient temperature
between +20 °C and +30 °C.

The instrument must be operating within the environmental limits. (See
Table 25 on page 16.)

The instrument must be powered from a source that meets the specifications.
(See Table 23 on page 15.)

The instrument must have been operating continuously for at least 20 minutes
within the specified operating temperature range.

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Specifications

Electrical Sp

ecifications

Table 1: Run mode

mode

Without

Option 0

tics

ode

Option 08

8

Description

An arbitrary

An arbitrar
is output, the instrument waits for the next trigger signal.

is repeated while the gate signal stays asserted. When the gate signal is deasserted, the
waveform o

Sequenc

Fast sequence switching

waveform is output continuously.

y waveform is output only once when a trigger signal is applied. After the waveform

utput stops immediately.

e switching with wait trigger

Characteris

Continuous m

Triggered mode

Gated mode An arbitrary waveform is output only when a gate signal is asserted. The waveform output

Sequence

Table 2: Arbitrary waveform

Characteristics Description

Waveform length

Without Option 01 1 to 32,400,000 points (Interleave is off)

2 to 64,800,000 points (Option 06, Interleave is on)

With Option 01 1 to 64,800,000 points (Interleave is off)

2 to 129,600,000 points (Interleave is on)

Hardware limitation

Waveform granularity

Hardware limitation

DAC resolution 10 bits or 8 bits selectable (when the 10 bits DAC mode is selected, marker output is disabled.)

Number of waveforms Up to 32,000 waveforms (predefined waveforms are not included)

Sequence length

Sequence controls

Without Option 08 Repeat count, Wait-for-Trigger (On only), Go-to-N, and Jump are available

Option 08 Repeat count, Wait-for-Trigger (On or Off), Go-to-N, and Jump are available

Repeat count

Jump timing

960 points minimum (Interleave is off)

1920 points minimum (Option 06, Interleave is on)

1 point

4 points (AWG7082C, AWG7122C)

8 points (AWG7082C, AWG7122C Option 06, Interleave on)

1 to 16,000 steps

1 to 65,536 or infinite (all channels operate the same sequence)

Synchronous or Asynchronous selectable

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Table 2: Arbitrary waveform (cont.)

Characteristics Description

Sequence switching time (Typical)

AWG7000C series 8 ns (AWG7082C)

106 μs (AWG7122C)

AWG7000C series with
Option 02

AWG7000C series with
Option 06

AWG7000C series with
Option 08

AWG7000C series with
Option 02 and Option 08

AWG7000C series with
Option 06 and Option 08

8 ns (AWG7082C)

106 μs (AWG7122C)

160 μs (AWG7082C)

106 μs (AWG7122C)

312 ps (AWG7082C)

208 ps (AWG7122C)

312 ps (AWG7082C)

208 ps (AWG7122C)

156 ps (AWG7082C)

104 ps (AWG7122C)

Specifications

Table 3: Clock generator

Characteristics Description

Sampling rate control

ge

Ran

G7122C

AW

G7122C with

AW
Option 06

1

AWG7082C 10 MS/s to 8 GS/s (Interleave is off)

AWG7082C with
Option 06

1

Resolution 8 digits

Internal clock frequency

Internal clock frequency accuracy
(Typ ical )

Reference oscillator accuracy

Reference oscillator aging (Typic al) Aging: within ± 1 ppm/year

1

Interleaving is applied to analog output. When interleaving is on, marker data with even numbers will be output.

MS/s to 12 GS/s (Interleave is off)

10

GS/s to 24 GS/s (Interleave is on)

12

8 GS/s to 16 GS/s (Interleave is on)

Within ± (1 ppm + aging)

Aging: within ± 1 ppm/year

Within ± (1 ppm + aging)

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Specifications

Table 4 : Trigge

r generator

Characteristics Description

Trigger rate

1

Range 1.0 μs to 10.0 s

Resolution 0.1 μs minimum

Accuracy

1

Trigger is ignored when all the following conditions are met:

• Instrumen

• Run mode: Sequence

• Interleave: On

t type: AWG7122C with Option 06, without Option 08

Same as the reference oscillator

Table 5: Inter-channel skew control

Characteristics Description

Skew control

Range –100 ps to +100 ps

Resolution 1 ps

Skew accuracy (Typical)

1

ve skew setting is the absolute value of the difference between the skew setting on channels.

Effecti

1

± (10% of effective skew setting +10 ps)

Direct output mode on standard instrument

Table 6: Interleave adjustment (Option 06)

Characteristics Description

Phase adjustment

Range

Resolution

Amplitude adjustment At amplitude setting 0.75 V

1

Range

Resolution 0.001 V

1

Range depends on the amplitude settings.

(Amplitude setting + Adjustment) and (Amplitude setting – Adjustment) should be within the following range:

5V

•0.

•0.25V

to 1.0 V

p-p

p-p

to 0.5 V

with zeroing off

p-p

with zeroing on

p-p

–180 ° to +180 °

0.1 °

–0.25 V

to +0.25 V

p-p

p-p

p-p

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Specifications

Table 7: Wavefo

rm rotation control for analog output

Characteristics Description

Phase control

Range

Resolution

CVR Gain stab

CVR Gain lin

ility is ±0.1% if measured within 25° of the temperature at factory calibration

earity is ±0.2%. Perform an automatic sweep and take voltage measurements

at every DAC value.

Range

l

–1/2 perio

d to +1/2 period o f waveform

Time contro

Resolution 0.1 ps

Point control

Range

Resoluti

on

–50% to +50% of waveform

0.001 poi

nts

Table 8: Analog output (Standard)

Characteristics Description

Connector type SMA on front panel

Type of output (+) and (–) complementary output

Output impedance 50 Ω

Amplitude controls

Range

Normal mode 50 mV to 2.0 V

Direct D/A mode

50 mV to 1.0 V

Resolution 1 mV

Offset controls

Range

Normal mode –0.5 V to +0.5 V

Direct D/A mode N/A

Resolution 1 mV

Amplitude accuracy

Offset accuracy

DC accuracy: within ± (3% of amplitude + 2 mV) at offset = 0V

DC accuracy: within ± (2% of amplitude + 10 mV) at minimum amplitude

Bandwidth (Typical)

Normal mode 750 MHz, at -3 dB

Direct D/A mode 3.5 GHz, at -3 dB

Rise/fall time (Typical)

Normal mode

350 ps (20% to 80%), when amplitude = 2.0 V

Direct D/A mode 75 ps (20% to 80%), when amplitude = 1.0 V

Overshoot (Typical) < 10%, when amplitude = 1.0 V

p-p

p-p

p-p

,offset=0V

p-p

p-p

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Specifications

Table 8: Analog output (Standard) (cont.)

Characteristics Description

Low pass filter

Normal mode

Direct D/A mode N/A

Delay from marker (Typic al)

Skew between (+) and (–) outputs
(Typ ical )

ON/OFF control Output relay is available for each channel. The control is common to the complementary output.

Harmonic distortion

AWG7122C Normal mode < –35 dBc, when clock = 12 GS/s, signal = 375 MHz

AWG7122C Direct D/A mode < –42 dBc, when clock = 12 GS/s, signal = 375 MHz

AWG7082C Normal mode < -37 dBc, when clock = 8 GS/s, s ignal = 250 MHz

AWG7082C Direct D/A mode < -43 dBc, when clock = 8 GS/s, s ignal = 250 MHz

Non-harmonic spurious

AWG7122C < –50 dBc, DC to 6 GHz, when clock = 12 GS/s, signal = 375 MHz

AWG7082C < -50 dBc, DC to 4 GHz, when clock = 8 GS/s, signal = 250 MHz

SFDR (Typical) N ormal output mode, amplitude = 1.0 V

AWG7122C 43 dBc, when clock = 12 G S/s, signal = 375 MHz

AWG7122C, AWG7082C 45 dBc, when clock = 8 GS/s, signal = 250 MHz

Phase noise

AWG7122C < –90 dBc/Hz at 10 k Hz offset, when clock = 12 GS/s, signal = 375 MHz

AWG7082C < -90 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, when clock = 8 GS/s, signal = 250 MHz

Random jitter on clock pattern
(Typ ical )

Normal mode 1.6 ps

Direct D/A mode

Total jitter on random pattern
(Typ ical )

Normal mode

Direct D/A mode 30 ps

Amplitude flatness (Typic al) ±2dbfrom50MHzto3.5GHz

50 MHz, 200 MHz, Through (Bessel type)

10.15 ns ±0.15 ns: low pass = 50 MHz

4.05 ns ±0.05 ns: low pass = 200 MHz

2.26 ns ±0.04 ns: low pass = Through

0.585 ns ±0.045 ns: Direct output mode

(when amplitude = 1.0 V

,offset=0V)

p-p

< 20 ps (direct D/A mode)

Amplitude = 1.0 V
waveform, defined up to 5

Amplitude = 1.0 V

, offset = 0 V, DAC resolution = 10 bits, measured with 32-point sine

p-p

th

harmonic

, offset = 0 V, DAC resolution = 10 bits, measured with 32-point sine

p-p

waveform, measurement range is DC to sampling_frequency ÷ 2

, offset = 0 V, DAC resolution = 10 bits, measurement

p-p

range is DC to sampling_frequency ÷ 2

Normal output mode, amplitude = 1.0 V

, offset = 0 V, DAC resolution = 10 bits, measured

p-p

with 32-point sine waveform

Using 0101... clock pattern, amplitude = 1.0 V

RMS

0.45 ps

RMS

Using PN15 pattern, amplitude = 1.0 V

50 ps

at 500 MS/s

p-p

from 1 GS/s to 6 GS/s

p-p

p-p

,offset=0V

p-p

, offset = 0 V, measured at bit error rate = 1e

–12

Measured with Direct Output at 50 MHz increments, mathematically corrected for sin(x)/x roll-off

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