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ContentsClearing Marker Points from a Waveform Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Setting Marker Points in a Waveform Segment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Viewing a Marker Pulse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Using the RF Blanking Marker Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Setting Marker Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Controlling Markers in a Waveform Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Using the EVENT Output Signal as an Instrument Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Triggering a Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Trigger Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Trigger Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Example: Segment Advance Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Example: Gated Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Example: External Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Clipping a Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179How Power Peaks Develop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180How Peaks Cause Spectral Regrowth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182How Clipping Reduces Peak–to–Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Configuring Circular Clipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Configuring Rectangular Clipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Scaling a Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188How DAC Over–Range Errors Occur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189How Scaling Eliminates DAC Over–Range Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Setting Waveform Runtime Scaling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Setting Waveform Scaling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Setting the Baseband Frequency Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194DAC Over–Range Conditions and Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196I/Q Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Using the Rear Panel I and Q Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Configuring the Front Panel Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200I/Q Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201I/Q Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Using the Equalization Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Using Finite Impulse Response (FIR) Filters in the Dual ARB Real- Time Modulation Filter . . 207Creating a User–Defined FIR Filter Using the FIR Table Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Modifying a FIR Filter Using the FIR Table Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Loading the Default Gaussian FIR File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Modifying the Coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Storing the Filter to Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Setting the Real- Time Modulation Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Multiple Baseband Generator Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218viiiAgilent N5161A/62A/81A/82A/83A MXG Signal Generators User’s Guide
ContentsUnderstanding the Master/Slave System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Equipment Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Configuring the Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Making Changes to the Multiple Synchronization Setup and Resynchronizing the Master/SlaveSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Understanding Option 012 (LO In/Out for Phase Coherency) with Multiple Baseband GeneratorSynchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Configuring the Option 012 (LO In/Out for Phase Coherency) with MIMO. . . . . . . . . . . 225Waveform Licensing for Firmware Version ≥ A.01.50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Understanding Waveform Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Installing an Option N5182- 22x or Option N5182A–25x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Licensing a Signal Generator Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Waveform 5–Pack Licensing (Options 221–229) for Firmware Version < A.01.50 . . . . . . . . . . 237Understanding Waveform 5–Pack Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Installing an Option N5182A–22x Waveform 5–Pack Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Licensing a Signal Generator Waveform File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Waveform 5–Pack Licensing Softkeys Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Using Waveform 5–Pack History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244Waveform 5–Pack Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2489 Adding Real–Time Noise to a Signal (Option 403)Adding Real–Time Noise to a Dual ARB Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Eb/No Adjustment Softkeys for Real Time I/Q Baseband AWGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Using Real Time I/Q Baseband AWGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25510 Real–Time Phase Noise Impairments (Option 432)Real–Time Phase Noise Impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258The Agilent MXG Phase Noise Shape and Additive Phase Noise Impairments . . . . . . . . . . . 259Understanding the Phase Noise Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261DAC Over–Range Conditions and Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26211 Custom Digital Modulation (Option 431)Custom Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264ARB Custom Modulation Waveform Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Using the Arbitrary Waveform Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Using Predefined Custom TDMA Digital Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Creating a Custom TDMA Digital Modulation State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Storing a Custom TDMA Digital Modulation State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Recalling a Custom TDMA Digital Modulation State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Creating a Custom Multicarrier TDMA Digital Modulation State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Agilent N5161A/62A/81A/82A/83A MXG Signal Generators User’s Guideix
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