Tektronix AWG7051
Arbitrary Waveform Generator, 5 GS/s, 1 Ch., 8/10-10 bit, 32 Mpoint

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The Tektronix AWG7051 one-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 AWG7051 Arbitrary Waveform Generator include:

• 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
• 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 Gbps Data Rate (2-point/cell) or 50 ps Timing Resolution
  • Telecom/Data Communications:  Up to 10 Gbps 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
  • 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
• 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, Triggered, Gated, and Sequence
  • Clock Generator:
    • Sampling Frequency:  10 MS/s to 5 GS/s
  • 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
• Main Arbitrary Waveform Output:
  
  • Standard Output (into 50 O):
    • Number of Arb Outputs:  1
    • Output Style:  Differential
    • Output Impedance:  50 O
    • Connector:  SMA Front
  • Amplitude: 
    
    • Amplitude: 
      
      • Normal: 50 mV_pk-pk to 2.0 V_pk-pk
      • Direct: 50 mV_pk-pk to 1.0 V_pk-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 V_pk-pk)
  • Rise/Fall Time (20 to 80%):
    • Overshoot:  < 10% (at 1.0 V_pk-pk amplitude)
    • Bandwidth (–3dB): 
      
      • Normal: 750 MHz
      • Direct: 3.5 GHz
    • Timing Skew: 
    • 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, 156.25 MHz signal frequency, 1.0 V amplitude)
    • Harmonic Distortion: 
      
      • Normal: =–40 dBc
      • Direct: =–45 dBc
    • Non-harmonic Spurious:  Normal: =–50 dBc (DC to 2.5 GHz)
    • SFDR (Typical): 
      
      • (5 GS/s clock, amplitude: 1 V_pk-pk, offset: 0 V, filter: “through,” 10-Bit DAC operation mode, DC to 2.5 GHz)
      • Normal: 51 dB
      • Direct: 51 dB (at 156 MHz)
    • Phase Noise =:  (5 GS/s clock, amplitude: 1V_pk-pk, offset: 0 V, 156 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):  2^15-1 PN data pattern (@ 10^-12 BER)
    • Peak-to-Peak: 
      
      • Normal: 50 ps at 0.5 Gbps
      • Direct: 30 ps at 1 G to 5 Gbps

Other models in this series:

• Tektronix AWG7052 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
• Tektronix AWG7102 Arbitrary Waveform Generator