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Agilent fills hole in portfolio with high resolution AWG
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Agilent has launched the 81180A arbitary waveform generator, described as a new class of instrument that bridges the trade off between bandwidth and bits.
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According to the company, engineers have previously had to decide between optimal bandwidth or optimal signal quality. But it adds that high performance and a good dynamic range are becoming important in a number of industries.
Peter Kasenbacher, oscilloscope product line manager for Agilent EMEA, said: "Agilent hasn't been in this area of the market before and had a hole in its portfolio. But we are committed to grow this area relatively quickly."
Providing a bandwidth of up to 1.5GHz and 12bit vertical resolution, the 81180A supports complex arbitary waveforms. Three levels of sequencing are available which, along with a 64Mpt memory, allows the user to set up complex real world signals. Meanwhile, a dynamic control connector enables real time applications to control the waveform and supports external select sequences.
The device can: work in conjunction with a vector performance signal generator for I/Q applications; provide maximum bandwidth and flatness for direct rf applications; and support applications in the time domain, with low overshoot and jitter.