M8190

Instrument Connection Button

This button connects to the instrument after entering the its Address in the Configuration property grid. It also displays the following status conditions:

Download Button

This button opens a menu where you can choose between a user-defined IQ or MATLAB waveform file.

Settings

1. Configuration

2. Basic

3. Channels Adjustment

Address

Instrument

Instrument Couple State

Reference Source

Reference Frequency

OSR for AWG

Internal Sample Frequency

IQ Skew

I/Q Gain Balance

Channel 1 (I) / Channel 2 (Q)

1. Output

State

Direct Mode

Format

Amplitude

Offset

Differential Offset

Reduced Noise Floor

Fine Delay

Coarse Delay

2. Aux

Sync Marker AMPL

Sync Marker Offset

Sample Marker AMPL

Sample Marker Offset

1. Configuration

Address

Enter the instrument address.

The drop down list of Address lists the recently used instrument address and the connection strings (GPIB, USB, LAN, etc.) configured in the IO Connection Expert.

Instrument

Default: M8190A

This parameter displays the model number and serial number of the instrument if the status of Instrument Connection Button is Connected.

2. Basic

Instrument Couple State

Choice: On |Off

Default: On

Set whether the two channels of the function generator are coupled or not.

Reference Source

Choice: External | Axi | Internal

Default: External

Specify the source of the reference clock.

Reference Frequency

Range: 1 MHz to 200 MHz

Default: 10 MHz

Coupling: This parameter is only available when the Reference Source is set to External.

Set the expected reference clock frequency, if the external reference clock source is selected.

OSR for AWG

Range: 1 to 100

Default: 1

Coupling: If the sample rate of the waveform from the Waveform block is less than 125 MHz, the OSR for AWG value will be adjusted automatically to set the Internal Sample Frequency greater than or equal to 125 MHz.

Set the oversampling ratio of the M8190A AWG. The main purpose of setting this value is to increase the sample frequency used in M8190A to push away the image signal.

Internal Sample Frequency

Range: 125 MHz to 8 GHz

Default: 125 MHz

This value is calculated by N7614C Signal Studio for Power Amplifier Test 2022 software automatically.

3. Channels Adjustment

I/Q Skew

Range: -10.15 ns to 10.15 ns

Default: 0 s

Set the I/Q skew time between its two channels. After IQ Cal process, this value will be updated automatically.

I/Q Gain Balance

Range: -1 dB to 1 dB

Default: 0 dB

Set the I/Q gain balance value between its two channels. After IQ Cal process, this value will be updated automatically.

Channel 1 (I) /Channel 2 (Q)

1. Output

State

Choice: On | Off

Default: On

Enable or disable the related channel output state.

Direct Mode

Choice: Bits 14 | Bits 12

Default: Bits 14

Select the direct mode. This parameter determines and configures the mode of the function generator, either Hi-Speed with 12 bit resolution or High-Precision with 14 bit resolution.

Format

Choice: RZ | NRZ | DNRZ | Doublet

Default: DNRZ

Set the channel format, which determines the format modes in DAC output path.

Amplitude

Range: 01 to 0.7

Default: 0.675

Set the amplitude of the arbitrary waveform that the function generator produces in the DAC output path. Note that the I/Q Gain Balance value would be calculated into the Amplitude value on Channel 1 and Channel 2.

Offset

Range: -0.02 V to 0.02 V

Default: 0

Set the offset of the arbitrary waveform that the function generator produces in the DAC output path.

Differential Offset

Range: -8192 to 8191

Default: 0

Set the offset to the auto-calibrated optimum DAC value so that the hardware can compensate for little offset differences between the normal and complement output..

Reduced Noise Floor

Choice: On | Off

Default: Off

Enables or disables the noise reduction feature. If the noise reduction is enabled, coarse and fine delay are constant and cannot be adjusted.

Fine Delay

Range: 0 to 30 ps (Internal Sample Frequency ≥ 6.25 GSa/s) or 60 ps (2.5 GSa/s ≤ Internal Sample Frequency < 6.25 GSa/s) or 150ps (Internal Sample Frequency < 2.5 GSa/s)

Default: 0

Set the fine delay of the channel in seconds..

Coarse Delay

Range: 0 to 10 ps (Internal Sample Frequency ≥ 6.25 GSa/s) or 20 ps (2.5 GSa/s ≤ Internal Sample Frequency < 6.25 GSa/s) or 50ps (Internal Sample Frequency < 2.5 GSa/s)

Default: 0

Set the coarse delay of the channel in seconds.

2. Aux

Sync Marker AMPL

Range: 0 to 1.5

Default: 1.2

Set the amplitude of the sync marker.

Sync Marker Offset

Range: -0.5 to 1.75

Default: 0.25

Set the offset of the sync marker.

Sample Marker AMPL

Range: 0 to 1.5

Default: 1.2

Set the amplitude of the sample marker.

Sample Marker Offset

Range: -0.5 to 1.75

Default: 0.25

Set the offset of the sample marker.