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Arbitrary Waveform Generators
AWG7000 Series Data Sheet
Vertical Resolution up to 10 bit Available
Deep Memory
Intuitive U ser Interfa ce Shortens Test Time
Integrated PC supports Network Integration and provides a Built-in DVD,
Removable
Playback of Oscilloscope and Real-time Spectrum Analyzer Captured
Signals, including Enhancements such as Adding Predistortion Effects
Waveform Vectors Imported from Third-party Tools su ch as MathCAD,
MATLAB, Excel, and Others
Applications
Generate Signals up to 1 GHz Modulation Bandwidths with 54 dBc
SFDR
Enables the Creation of Long Complex Waveform Sequences
Hard Drive, LAN, eSATA, and USB Ports
Features & Benefits
Wideband RF/MW Modulation Bandwidth
Generates Complex Wideband Signals across a Freq uency Range of
up to 9.6 GHz
Generates Modulation Bandwidths of up to 3.5 GHz (1 dB)
Waveform Sequencing and Subsequencing
Enables Creation of Infinite Waveform Loops, Jumps, and Conditional
s
Branche
Enhance the Ability to Replicate Real-world Signal Behavior
c Jump Capability
Dynami
Enables the Creation of Complex Waveforms that Respond to
Changing External Environments
Wideband RF/MW for Communications and Defense Electronics
Wideband Direct RF/MW Output up to 9.6 GHz Carrier
High-speed Serial Communications
Up to 6 Gb/s Data Rate for Complex Serial Data Streams (4x
Oversampling, Interleaved)
es any Profile Multilevel Signals to allow Timing (Jitter) Margin
Provid
Testing without External Power Combiners
Mixed-signal Design and Test
2-channel Analog plus 4-channel Marker Outputs
High-speed, Low-jitter Data/Pulse and Clock Source
Real-world, Ideal, or Distorted Signals – Generates Any Combination of
Signal Impairments S imultan eously
Data Sheet
Unparalleled Performance
The need for performance arbitrary waveform generation is broad and
spans over a wide array of applications. The industry-leading AWG7000
Series arbitrary waveform genera
benchmark in performance, sample rate, signal fidelity, and timing
resolution. The ability to create, generate, or replicate either idea l, distorted,
or “real-life” signals is essential in the design and testing process. The
AWG7000 Series of AWGs, with up to 24 GS/s and 10-bit vertical resolution,
delivers the industry's best signal stimu lus solution for ever-increasing
measurement challenges. This al
signals, including complete control over signal characteristics.
The capabilities of the AWG7000 Series are further enhanced by the
addition of key features:
Equation Editor
The Equa tion Editor is an ASCII text editor that uses text strings to create
waveforms by loading, editing, and compiling equa tion files. The editor
provides control and flexibility to create more complex waveforms using
customer-defined parameters.
Waveform Sequencing and Subsequencing
Real-time sequencing creates in finite waveform loops, jumps, and
conditional branches for longer pattern-length generation suitable for
replicating real-world behavior of serial transmitters.
tors (AWG) represent a cutting edge
lows for easy generation of very complex
AWG radar pulses created with AWG7000 and RFXpress.
fast-changing signals that are increasingly seen in many RF applications
such a s radar, RF co mms, OFDM, and UWB. When used in conjunction
with RFXp ress the AWG7000 Series supports a wide range of modulation
formats a
AWG7000 Series instruments provide customers with ways to generate
fully modulated baseband, intermediate frequency (IF) signals, or directly
generated RF waveforms.
nd simplifies th e task of creating complex RF waveforms. The
Dynamic Jump
The Dynamic Jump capability enables the creation of complex waveform s
by enabling th e ability to dynamically jump to any predefined index in a
waveform sequence. Users can define up to 256 distinct jump indexes that
respond t o changing external environments.
Wideband RF Signal Generation
Creating RF signals is becoming more and more complex, making it more
difficult for RF engineers to accurately create the signals required for
conformance and margin testing. When combined with RFXpress, the
AWG7000 Series can address these tough design challenges. RFXpress
is a software package that digitally synthesizes modulated baseba nd, IF,
and RF signals taking signal generation to new levels by fully exploiting the
wideband signal generation capabilities of the AWG7000 Series arbitrary
waveform generators (AWGs). Together the AWG7000 and RFXpress
provide engineers with “bandwidth on demand”, which is the ability to
generate wideband modulated signals up to 3.5 GHz (1 dB) anywhere within
the 9.6 GHz frequency range.
The latest digital RF technologies often exceed the capabilities of other
nstruments because of the need to generate the wide-bandwidth and
test i
Radar Signal C reation
Generating advanced radar signals often demands exceptional
performance from an AWG in terms of sample rate, analog bandwidth, and
memory. The Tektronix AWG7000 Series sets a new industry standard
for advanced radar signal generation, by delivering wide mo dulation
thsupto3.5GHz(1dB).Withasamplerateofupto24GS/sthe
bandwid
AWG7000 Series can directly generate RF signals never before possible
from an AWG. In instances where IQ generation is desired, the AWG7000
offers the ability to oversample the signal, thereby improving signal quality.
The AWG7000 and RFXpress are the perfect solution for creating complex
radar signals. Customers are provided with the ultimate flexibility in creating
custom radar pulse suites. Modulation types such as LFM,Barker and
Polyphase Codes, Step FM, and Nonlinear FM are easily created using the
AWG, and
requiring customer-defined modulation types. The AWG and RFXpress
combo also has the ability to genera te pulse trains with staggered PRI
to resolve range and doppler ambiguity, frequency hopping for Electronic
Counter-Counter Measures (ECCM), and pulse-to-pulse amplitude variation
to simulate Swerling target models including antenna scan patterns and
multip
the flexibility of RFXpress enables the creation of waveforms
ath effects.
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Direct WiMedia signals are easily created with the AWG7000 and RFXpress.
Generic OFDM Creation
In to day's wireless world, OFDM is becoming the modulation method of
choice for transmitting large amounts of digital data over short and medium
distances.
challenges for enginee rs who need to create OFDM signals to test their
RF receivers. The AWG7000 Series, when coupled with RFXpress, allows
users to configure every part of t he OFDM signal defi nition. Engineers
can build signals symbol-by-symbol to create a complete OFDM frame or
let the RFXpress software choose default values for some signal aspects.
The AWG/RFX
include Reed Solomon, Convolution, an d Scrambling. Users also have the
The need for wide bandwidths and multiple carriers create
press combo supports a variety of data coding formats that
Arbitrary Waveform Generators — AWG7000 Series
ability to define each subcarrier in the symbol which can be configured
independently for type, modulation, and base data. Th e RFXpress software
gives visibili
table that gives a summary of all the carriers in the selected symbol.
OFDM packets/frames can be built by specifying the spacing between the
symbols/frames and parts of the OFDM packets can be stressed by adding
gated noise.
UWB-WiMedia (UWBCF/UWBCT)
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless is a growing technology that is designed
for low-power, short-range wireless applications. UWB has emerged as the
leading technology for applications like wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB).
UWB radios, li
and multiple carriers, but UWB designs also require short-duration pulses
and transmit Power Spectral Densities (PSDs) near the thermal noise floor
which can make creating UWB test signals very difficult. Fortunately, the
AWG7000 Series and RFXpress offer a solid solution for the generation
of UWB test signals.
The AWG7000 and RFXpress have the capability to digitally synthesize
and generate signals in the UWB spectrum. For either custom UWB
signal or one
solution can recreate signals that are required to band hop in real time over
a 1.6 GHz m odulation bandwidth. The RFXpress software gives users
complete control over the characteristics of their UWB signals including the
preamble synchronization sequences, cover sequences, and TFCs. For
WiMedia applications all six band groups (BG1 to BG6) can be gene rated
in either IQ
creating/up-converting the signals when using an AWG7000 instrument.
ty into all aspects of the OFDM signal by providing a symbol
ke generic OFDM radios, require wide signal bandwidths
sdefined for the latest WiMedia specification, the AWG7000
, IF, or direct RF signals, giving users 3 different options for
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Data Sheet
ate digital data impairments with the AWG7000 and SerialXpress.
Easily cre
ta with de-emphasis added using the AWG7000 and SerialXpress.
Digital da
High-speed Serial Sign al Generation
Serial signals are made up entirely of simple ones and zeros – binary data.
Historically engineers have used data generators to create digital signals.
As clock rates have increased these simple ones and zeros have begun to
look more like analog waveforms because embedded in the digital data are
analog events. The zero rise time and the perfectly flat tops of textbook
signals no longer represent reality. Electronic environments have
digital
noise, jitter, crosstalk, distributed reactances, power supply variations,
and other shortcomings. Each takes its toll on the signal. A real-world
digital “square wave” rarely resembles its theoretical counterpart. Since the
AWG7000 Series is an analog waveform source it is the perfect single-box
solution tha t is used to create digital data streams and mimic the analog
ctions that occur in real-world environments. The AWG7000 Series
imperfe
uses direct synthesis techniques which allow eng ineers to create signals
that embo dy the effects of propagation through a transmission line. Rise
times, pulse shapes, delays, and aberrations can all be controlled with
the AWG7000 Series instruments. When used in conjunction with the
SerialXpress software package, engineers are provided control over every
aspect of their digital signals reaching speeds of up to 6 Gb/s. This is
exactly what is needed for rigorous receiver testing requirements.
SerialXpress is an integrated SW tool that enables AWG7000 Series
instruments to create a variety of digital data impairments such as jitter
(Random
, Periodic, Sinusoidal), noise, pre/de-emphasis, duty cycle
distortion, Inter-symbol Interference (ISI), Duty Cycle Distortion (DCD), and
Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC). Th e transmission environments of b oth
board and ca bles can be emulated using touchstone files uploaded into
SerialXpress. The AWG7000 and SerialXpress solution a lso provides base
pattern waveforms for many of today's high-speed serial applications such
as SATA,
Display Port, SAS, PCI-E, USB, and Fibre Channel.
For high-speed serial applications the AWG7000 Series offers the industry's
ution f or addressing challenging signal stimulus issues faced by
best sol
digital designers who need to verify, characterize, and debug complex
digital designs. The file-based architecture uses direct synthesis to create
complex data streams and provides users with the simplicity, repeatability,
and fl exibility required to solve the toughest signal generation challenges
in high-spee d serial communication applications.
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Arbitrary Waveform Generators — AWG7000 Series
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 measurement 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.
AWG7122C Series Specifications
General Characteristics
Characteristic
Analog Converter
Digital to
Sample ra
Resoluti
Sin (x)/x
Sin (x)/x
Sin (x)/x
te (nominal)
on (nominal)
Roll-off
(–1 dB)
(–3 dB)
Normal:
w/ Amplifier
2Channel
Direct:
w/o Amplifier
2Channel
10 MS/s to
10 bit (no
Wideband:
Option 02
2 Channel
12 GS/s
markers selected) or 8 bit (markers selected)
3.1 GHz 6.2 GHz
5.3 GHz 10.6 GHz
Wideband:
Option 06
2Channel
Interleaved:
Option 06
1Channel
12 GS/s to
24 GS/s
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Data Sheet
Frequency Domain Characteristics
Characteristic
Output Frequency Characteristics
Normal:
w/ Amplifier
2Channel
Effective Frequency Output Fmaximum (specified) is determined as "sample rate / oversampling rate" or "SR / 2.5"
Fmaximum
Effective Frequency
Minimum frequency switching time from selected waveforms in sequence mode is determined as "1/Fmaximum"
Switching Time
Standard
Switching time (Ts)
Option 08 (fast frequency switching)
Switching time (Ts)
Modulation Bandwidth
Mod bandwidth (–1 dB)
Modulation bandwidth is determined as a combination of Sin (x)/x roll-off and rise-time bandwidth collectively corrected to <1 dB
Up to 420
MHz
(typical)
Mod bandwidth (–3 dB)
Up to 740 MHz
(typical)
Direct:
w/o Amplifier
2Channel
Wideband:
Option 02
2 Channel
Wideband:
Option 06
2Channel
4.8 GHz 9.6 GHz
106 μs
208 ps 104 ps
by external measurement and calibration over the applicable frequency range
Up to 1.7 GHz Up to 2.5 GHz Up to 3.5 GHz (Zero On)
Up to 2.9 GHz Up to 4.3 GHz Up to 6.2 GHz (Zero On)
Interleaved:
Option 06
1Channel
Up to 2.5 GHz (Zero Off)
Up to 4.3 GHz (Zero Off)
AWG7122C Frequency Response (typical).
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Characteristic
Output Amplitude Characteristics
Normal:
w/ Amplifier
2Channel
Direct:
w/o Amplifier
2Channel
Wideband:
Option 02
2 Channel
Wideband:
Option 06
2Channel
Interleaved:
Option 06
1Channel
Amplitude Amplitude levels are measured as single-ended outputs
Amplitude level will be 3 dBm higher when using differential (both) outputs
Range (typical)
–22 dBm to 10 dBm –22 dBm to 4 dBm –2 dBm to 4 dBm
Zero On: –8 dBm to
–2 dBm
Zero Off: –2 dBm to 4 dBm
Resolution (typical)
0.01 dB
Accuracy (typical) At –2 dBm level, with no offset, ±0.3 dB
Output Flatness Mathematically corrected for characteristic Sin (x)/x roll-off, uncorrected by external calibration methods
Flatness (typical) ±1.0 dB, from 50 MHz to 4.8 GHz ±2.5 dB, from 50 MHz
to 9.6 GHz
Output Match
SWR (typical) DC to 1.5 GHz, 1.2:1
1.5 to 4.8 GHz, 1.7:1
DC to 1.5 GHz, 1.2:1
1.5to4.8GHz,1.3:1
4.8to9.6GHz,1.5:1
AWG7122C Standard/Wideband Flatness (typical). AWG7122C Interleave Flatness (typical).
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Data Sheet
Time Domain Characteristics
Characteristic
Data Rate Characteristics
Data Rate
Normal:
w/ Amplifier
2Channel
Bit rate determined as "sample rate / 4 points per cycle", allowing full impairment generation
Bit rate (nominal) 3 Gb/s 6 Gb/s
Rise/Fall Time Characteristics
Rise/Fall Time Rise/Fall time measured at 20% to 80% levels, related by a factor of 0.75 to the industry standard of 10% to 90% levels
Tr/Tf (typical)
Rise Time Bandwidth
Tr bandwidth (–1 dB)
350 ps
Rise-time bandwidth converted from rise-time (0.26/Tr, assumed Gaussian transition) characteristics through analog output circuitry and cabling
430 MHz
(typical)
Tr bandwidth (–3 dB)
750 MHz
(typical)
Low-pass filter
Output Amplitude Characteristics
Bessel Type: 50 and 200 MHz
Amplitude
Range (typical)
100 mV
to 4.0 V
p-p
p-p
Resolution (typical)
Accuracy (typical) At 0.5 V, with no offset, ±(3% of amplitude ±2 mV) Zero On: ±(8% of level
Offset
Range (typical)
Resolution (typical)
Accuracy (typical)
±0.5 V
1.0 mV
At minimum amplitude,
±(2.0% of offset ±10 mV)
Direct:
w/o Amplifier
2Channel
75 ps
Wideband:
Option 02
2 Channel
Wideband:
Option 06
2Channel
35 ps 42 ps
2.0 GHz 4.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz 7.5 GHz 6.2 GHz
—
Amplitude levels are measured between differential outputs (+) to (–)
For single-ended output the amplitude level will be one-half the voltage levels below
100 mV
to 2.0 V
p-p
1.0 V
p-p
p-p
to 2.0 V
p-p
1.0 mV
—
—
—
Interleaved:
Option 06
1Channel
Zero On: 500 mV
1.0 V
Zero Off: 1.0 V
p-p
p-p
±2 mV)
Zero Off: ±(4% of level
±2 mV)
p-p
to 2.0 V
to
p-p
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Common Characteristics
Characteristic
w/ Amplifier
2Channel
Output Distortion Characteristics
Spurious Free Dynamic
Normal:
SFDR is determined as a function of the directly generated carrier frequency. Harmonics not included
Direct:
w/o Amplifier
2Channel
Wideband:
Range (SFDR)
SFDR (typical) Clock: 12 GS/s, 10-bit operation
Frequency: 50 MHz to 4.8 GHz
Level: 4 dBm (1 V
Offset: None
DC to 1.0 GHz carrier
1.0to2.4GHzcarrier
2.4to3.5GHzcarrier
3.5to4.8GHzcarrier
4.8to9.6GHzcarrier
Spurious Free Dynamic
Range (SFDR)
When viewed as a modulation bandwidth and used with external frequency up-conversion, the specifications will hold and be
independent of carrier frequency with proper conversion circuitry design. Harmonics not included
—
SFDR (typical) Clock: 12 GS/s, 10-bit operation
Modulation Bandwidth: Up to 2.5 GHz
Level: 4 dBm (1 V
Offset: None
DC to 1.0 GHz
bandwidth (–1 dB)
DC to 2.4 GHz
bandwidth (–1 dB)
DC to 3.5 GHz
bandwidth (–1 dB)
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Option 02
2 Channel
)
p-p
–54 dBc
–46 dBc
–38 dBc
–30 dBc
)
p-p
–54 dBc
–46 dBc
–38 dBc
Wideband:
Option 06
2Channel
Interleaved:
Option 06
1Channel
Clock: 24 GS/s, 10-bit
operation
Frequency: 50 MHz to
9.6 GHz
Level: –2 dBm (0.5 V
–26 dBc
Clock: 24 GS/s, 10-bit
operation
Modulation Bandwidth:
Up to 3.5 GHz
Level: –2 dBm (0.5 V
)
p-p
)
p-p
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