RF Signal Generator TSG4100A - Tektronix

An RF signal generator is typically a signal source used to test circuits being developed for RF communications such as wireless and cellular communications, ... Contactus RequestRepair/Calibration PartsOrdering RequestSalesContact RequestTechnicalSupport Needhelponproductselection?ChatwithSales Available6:00AM-4:30PMPST. Call Callusat Available6:00AM–5:00PM(PST)BusinessDays ContactUS Contactuswithcomments, questions,orfeedback Download DOWNLOADTYPE ShowAll Products Datasheet Manual Software MarketingDocument Faq Video MODELorKEYWORD Tektronix SignalGenerator RFSignalGeneratorTSG4100A RFSignalGeneratorTSG4100A TSG4100ASeriesRFSignalGeneratoroffermid-rangeRFperformanceandupto200MHzsuperwidemodulationbandwidthatanentry-levelradiofrequencysignalgeneratorprice. Theconvenientin-fieldsoftwareupgradeallowsengineerstoeasilytransitionunitsfromanalogtomoreadvancedvectoranddigitalmodulationcapabilities,providingthemostflexibleconfigurationandbestCAPEXprotection. AddanRFSignalGeneratortoyourbench TSG4100ASeriescomplementsotherleadingmid-rangeRFtestsolutionsfromTektronix,suchastheUSB-basedRSA306SpectrumAnalyzer,3SeriesMDOMixedDomainOscilloscope,4SeriesMSOMixedSignalOscilloscope,andthe5SeriesMSOMixedDomainOscilloscope. Seemoresignalgenerators» thiswaseditedon10/8/2020-3:24 Datasheet Manual Downloads BasePrice S$16,100 - S$30,700 Buy/Quote Questions?ChatNow RFSignalGeneratorforAnalogandDigitalApplications TheTSG4100ASeriesRFSignalGeneratorsaccommodatebothanalogandmoreadvancedvectoranddigitalmodulationcapabilitiesatanextremelylowcost.Engineerscaneasilytransitionfromanalogtovectorsignals,providingthemostflexibleconfigurationandbestCAPEXprotection.Theselow-costRFsignalgeneratorshavebuilt-insupportforthemostcommonvectormodulationschemes,includingASK,QPSK,DQPSK,π/4DQPSK,8PSK,FSK,CPM,QAM(4to256),8VSB,and16VSB. RFSignalGeneratorwithanInternalBandwidthupto6MHz WithaninnovativearchitectureforI/Qmodulation,theuser-friendlyTSG4100ASeriesprovidesquickwaveformgenerationandsupportstheplaybackofpuredigitaldata.TheinstrumentsautomaticallymapdigitalsymbolsintoaselectedI/Qconstellationatsymbolratesofupto6MHzandpassestheresultthroughtheselectedpulseshapingfiltertogenerateafinalwaveformupdatedinrealtimeat125MHz.ThisbasebandsignalisthenmodulatedontoanRFcarrierusingstandardIQmodulationtechniques. SuperiorOCXOTime-basewiththeRFSignalGenerator TheTSG4100ASeriesinstrumentsuseanoven-controlledSC-cutoscillatortime-base,providinga100ximprovementinstability(200MHzofradiofrequencymodulationbandwidthforhighcarrierfrequencies,likethoseabove400MHz.LearnhowtousetheRFsignalcapturedusinganRSA,alongwiththeSourceXpressapplicationtoformatthebasebandIQsignals,andthenhow-tosetuptheAFG31000ArbitraryFunctionGeneratortodrivetheIQinputsontheTSG. CapturedRFSignalPlaybackontheTSG4100AusingtheAFG31000 RFSignalGeneratorFAQs WhatisanRFsignalgeneratorusedfor? Aradiofrequency(RF)signalgeneratorisusedtocreatecontinuousradiofrequencysignalswithknowncharacteristicstotestthedesignofcircuits,primarilythoseincommunicationequipment.AnRFsignalgeneratordoesn’tmakeanymeasurementsitself,itsimplysetsuptherightconditionsforotherinstrumentstomeasurethedeviceundertest. HowdoesanRFgeneratorwork? AnRFsignalgeneratoristypicallyasignalsourceusedtotestcircuitsbeingdevelopedforRFcommunicationssuchaswirelessandcellularcommunications,radar,electronicwarfareetc.Engineerscansetamplitude,frequencyandapplymodulationstothesignalusingsystemcontrols. HowdoyougenerateRFfrequency? TheeasiestwaytogenerateRFfrequencyistousethefrontpaneloftheTSG4100ARFSignalGenerator.Youcaneasilysetthefrequency,amplitude,modulation,andanumberofothersignalcharacteristicsrightbeforeconnectingyourRFsignalgeneratortothedeviceundertest(DUT). What’sthedifferencebetweensignalgeneratorsandfunctiongenerators? Asignalgeneratorisanydevicethatcreateselectronicsignals.AvectorsignalgeneratorspecializesincreatingRFsignalswithanaloganddigitalmodulationschemesinformatssuchasQAM,QPSK,FSK,BPSK,andOFDM.Vectorsignalgeneratorsarecommonlyusedforreceiversensitivitytesting. Afunctiongeneratorhasapresetlistofwaveformsorpatternsthatitcanplay.Theoperatorcanchangetheparametersofawaveform,suchashowfastit’splayed,theamplitudeandoffset,oraddbasicdistortionormodulation. Whatarethetypesofsignalgenerators? Therearemanytypesofsignalgenerators,includingfunctiongenerators,arbitrarywaveformgenerators,andvectorsignalgenerators. Viewthechartbelowtoseethedifferencesbetweeneach. SignalGenerator Genericcategorynameforanaloganddigitalelectronicsignalsources. FunctionGenerator Signalgeneratorsaretypicallyusedwhencommonwaveformslikesine,wave,triangular,etc.areneeded. ArbitraryFunctionGenerator Functiongeneratorsarecapableofarbitrarycompiledwaveforms. ArbitraryWaveformGenerator Arbitrarywaveformgeneratorsaremostlyusedwhencustomcompiledwaveforms(ratherthanpresetcommonwaveforms)areneeded. RFSignalGenerator RFsignalgeneratorsareusedforwirelessapplicationsandtypicallyprovidenormalanalogmodulationsuchasAM,FM,andPMaswell. (RF)VectorSignalGenerator RFvectorsignalgeneratorssupportbothanalogandvectormodulationonRFcarriersfordigitalcommunicationapplications. 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