AWG7102 Tektronix Arbitrary Waveform Generator, 10 GS/s, 2 Ch., 8/10-10 Bit, 32 Mpoint

Overview and Features

The Tektronix AWG7102 two-channel Arbitrary Waveform Generator delivers a unique combination of superior signal stimulus, unrivaled sample rate, bandwidth and signal fidelity and uncompromised usability making it the perfect solution to the challenging signal stimulus issues faced by designers verifying, characterizing and debugging sophisticated electronic designs.

Features and Specifications of the Tektronix AWG7102 Arbitrary Waveform Generator include:

Features:

● Up to 64 M (64,800,000) point record length provides longer data streams

● Down to 100 fs resolution edge timing shift control

● Real-time sequencing creates infinite waveform loops, jumps and conditional branches

● Intuitive user interface shortens test time

● Integrated PC supports network integration and provides a built-in
DVD, removable hard drive, LAN and USB ports

● Applications:

● Disk drive (magnetic/optical) read/write:  Up to 5 Gb/s data rate (2-points/cell) or 50 ps timing resolution

● Telecom/data communications:  Up to 10 Gb/s data rate (binary, pre/de-emphasis and multi-level logic)

● Wireless communications:  Up to 5 GHz (4-waveform points/cycle) Arbitrary RF/IF and wide-bandwidth modulation I and Q baseband signals

● 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 signal generation – including
all the glitches, anomalies and impairments

● Enhanced/corrupted playback of DSO captured signals

● Waveform vectors imported from third-party tools such as MathCAD, MATLAB, Excel and others

 

Specifications:

● Arbitrary Waveforms:

● Waveform Length:  2 to 32,400,000 points (or 2 to 64,800,000 points, Option 01) in multiples of 64

● Number of Waveforms:  1 to 16,000

● Sequence Length:  1 to 4,000 steps

● Sequence repeat counter:  1 to 65,536 or infinite

● Sequence Control: 

● Repeat count

● Wait for trigger

● Go-to-N and Jump

● Jump mode:  Synchronous and asynchronous

● Run modes: 

● Continuous:

● Waveform is iteratively output

● If a sequence is defined, the sequence order and repeat functions are applied

● Triggered: Waveform is output only once when an external, internal, GPIB, LAN or manual trigger is received

● Gated:  Waveform begins output when gate is true and resets to beginning when false

● Sequence: Waveform is output as defined by the sequence

● Clock generator:

● Sampling frequency:  10 MS/s to 5 GS/s (10 GS/s to 20 GS/s at interleave)

● Resolution:  8 digits

● Internal clock:

● Accuracy:

● Within ±(1 ppm+aging)

● Aging: within ±1 ppm/year

● Clock phase noise:  < –90 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset

● Internal trigger generator / internal trigger rate:

● Range:  1.0 µs to 10.0 s

● Resolution:  3 digits, 0.1 µs minimum

● Skew control between outputs:

● Range:  –100 ps to +100 ps

● Resolution:  1 ps

● Skew Accuracy:  ±(10% of setting +10 ps)

● Main arbitrary waveform output:

● Digital to analog converter:

● Resolution:  10-Bit (no marker output) or 8-Bit (2-ch markets available): each channel selectable

● Standard output (into 50 Ω):

● Number of arb outputs:  2

● Output style:  Differential

● Output impedance:  50 Ω

● Connector:  SMA front

● Amplitude:  

● Amplitude:  

● Normal: 50 mVpk-pk to 2.0 Vpk-pk

● Direct: 50 mVpk-pk to 1.0 Vpk-pk

● Resolution:  1 mV

● DC Accuracy:   ±(3.0% of amplitude+2 mV ) at offset=0 V

● Offset:

● Range:  Normal: –0.5 V to + 0.5 V, Direct: N/A

● Resolution:  1 mV

● Accuracy:  ±(2% of offset ±10 mV) at minimum amplitude

● Pulse response:  (–1 and 1 waveform data, 0 V offset, through filter at 1 Vpk-pk)

● Rise/fall time (20 to 80%):

● Overshoot:  < 10% (at 1.0 Vpk-pk amplitude)

● Bandwidth (–3dB):  

● Normal: 750 MHz

● Direct: 3.5 GHz

● Timing Skew:  < 20 ps (direct output between each channel (+) Pos and (–) Neg output)

● Low Pass Filter:  

● Normal: 50 MHz, 200 MHz (Bessel type)

● Direct: N/A

● Delay from marker output:  

● Normal: 50 MHz (9.7 ns), 200 MHz (3.9 ns)

● Through (2.1 ns)

● Direct (0.5 ns)

● Sine wave characteristics (up to 5th harmonic):  (10 GS/s clock, 32 waveform points, 312.5 MHz signal frequency, 1.0 V amplitude)

● Harmonic Distortion:  

● Normal: ≤–35 dBc

● Direct: ≤–42 dBc

● Non-harmonic spurious:  Normal: ≤–50 dBc (DC to 5 GHz)

● SFDR (typical):  

● (10 GS/s clock, amplitude: 1Vpk-pk, offset: 0 V, filter: “through,” 10-Bit DAC operation mode, DC to 5 GHz)

● Normal: 48 dB

● Direct: 45 dB (at 312.5 MHz)

● Phase noise ≤:  (10 GS/s clock, amplitude: 1Vpk-pk, offset: 0 V, 312.5 MHz) –90 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset

● Random jitter (typical):  1010 clock pattern

● RMS:  

● Normal: 1.6 ps

● Direct: 0.9 ps

● Total jitter (typical):  215-1 PN data pattern (@ 10-12 BER)

● Peak-to-Peak:  

● Normal: 50 ps at 0.5 Gbps

● Direct: 30 ps at 1 G to 6 Gbps