Keysight / Agilent 81160A Pulse Function Arbitrary Noise Generator
The Keysight 81160A Pulse Function Arbitrary Noise Generator redefines the testing landscape with high precision signal generation capabilities. This all-in-one instrument minimizes requirements for cabling and space, streamlining your testing processes for advanced serial data stress tests and general-purpose bench applications. With an exceptional intrinsic jitter of just 7 ps rms, it empowers engineers to establish superior performance specifications for their devices, optimizing testing of both current and future challenges.
Key Features and Specifications:
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High Precision Pulse Generator:
- Integrates versatile signal generation, modulation, and distortion capabilities.
- Delivers accurate signals, pushing devices to their limits without compromising your signal source.
- Supports an array of waveform and noise types for flexible stress testing solutions.
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Arbitrary Bit-Shaped Pattern Generator:
- Engineered for analog, digital, and mixed-signal device testing.
- Supports ideal and distorted pattern generation at speeds up to 600 Mbit/s.
- Designed as a compact unit to minimize setup time and space requirements.
- Delivers precise signals for performance verification and comprehensive characterization.
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Function Arbitrary Generator:
- Capable of producing versatile waveforms with extensive modulation options to tailor signals for Device Under Test (DUT).
- Enables optimal testing configurations for diverse applications.
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Noise Generator:
- Combines random and repeatable noise scenarios to aid in straightforward problem identification.
- Facilitates the distortion of signals to explore worst-case scenarios in testing environments.
- Generates 330-MHz pulses and 500-MHz function/arbitrary waveforms, featuring a 2.5-GSa/s sampling rate and 14-bit vertical resolution.
- Offers selectable crest factors for white Gaussian noise to determine distortion levels during device stress testing, aligning with various serial bus standards.
- Supports glitch-free timing adjustments that enable frequency changes without drop-outs, ensuring uninterrupted operation for the DUT.
- Displays arbitrary bit patterns to show the capacitive load of channels with simple configuration settings, ensuring ease of use in complex measurement setups.
- Excels across a broad spectrum of applications including noise source for physical layer tests in communication and computer bus standards, clock generation, system trigger sources, radar test devices, signal integrity tests, and noise or jitter emulation for technologies like Ethernet and SATA.
Other Models in this Series:
- Keysight / Agilent 81150A Pulse Function Arbitrary Noise Generator
