Keysight M8194a User manual

User Guide

Keysight M8194A 120 GSa/s

Arbitrary Waveform Generator

Notices

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Manual Part Number

M8194-91020

Edition

Edition 1.0, October 2018

Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbH

Herrenberger Strasse 130,

71034 Böblingen, Germany

Technology Licenses

The hardware and/or software described in

this document are furnished under a

license and may be used or copied only in

accordance with the terms of such license.

U.S. Government Rights

The Software is “commercial computer

software,” as defined by Federal Acquisition

Regulation (“FAR”) 2.101. Pursuant to FAR

12.212 and 27.405-3 and Department of

Defense FAR Supplement (“DFARS”)

227.7202, the U.S. government acquires

commercial computer software under the

same terms by which the

software is customarily provided to the

public. Accordingly, Keysight provides the

Software to U.S. government customers

under its standard commercial license,

which is embodied in its End User License

Agreement (EULA), a copy of which can be

found at http://www.key-

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forth in the EULA represents the exclusive

authority by which the U.S. government

may use, modify, distribute, or disclose the

Software. The EULA and the license set

forth therein, does not require or permit,

among other things, that Keysight:

(1) Furnish technical information related to

commercial computer software or

commercial computer software

documentation that is not customarily

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or otherwise provide, the government

rights in excess of these rights customarily

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disclose commercial computer software or

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documentation. No additional government

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those terms, rights, or licenses are

explicitly required from all providers of

commercial computer software pursuant to

the FAR and the DFARS and are set forth

specifically in writing elsewhere in the

EULA. Keysight shall be under no obligation

to update, revise or otherwise modify the

Software. With respect to any technical

data as defined by FAR 2.101, pursuant to

FAR 12.211 and 27.404.2 and DFARS

227.7102, the U.S. government acquires no

greater than Limited Rights as defined in

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applicable in any technical data.

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Safety Notices

CAUTION

A CAUTION notice denotes a hazard.

It calls attention to an operating

procedure, practice, or the like that,

if not correctly performed or adhered

to, could result in damage to the

product or loss of important data.

Do not proceed beyond a CAUTION

notice until the indicated conditions

are fully understood and met.

WARNING

A WARNING notice denotes a hazard.

It calls attention to an operating

procedure, practice, or the like that,

if not correctly performed or adhered

to, could result in personal injury or

death. Do not proceed beyond a

WARNING notice until the indicated

conditions are fully understood and

met.

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Safety Summary

The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation

of this instrument. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings or

operating instructions in the product manuals violates safety standards of design,

manufacture, and intended use of the instrument. Keysight Technologies assumes no

liability for the customer's failure to comply with these requirements. Product manuals

are provided with your instrument on CD-ROM and/or in printed form. Printed manuals

are an option for many products. Manuals may also be available on the Web. Go to

www.keysight.com and type in your product number in the Search field at the top of the

page. Safe operation and the general safety precautions for the M9502A and M9505A

AXIe chassis, must be followed. See: http://www.keysight.com/find/M9505A.

Initial Inspection Inspect the shipping container for damage. If there is damage to the container or

cushioning, keep them until you have selected the contents of the shipment for

completeness and verified the instrument both mechanically and electrically. The

Performance Tests give procedures for checking the operation of the instrument. If the

contents are incomplete, mechanical damage or defect is apparent, or if an instrument

does not pass the operator’s checks, notify the nearest Keysight Technologies

Sales/Service Office.

WARNING To avoid hazardous electrical shock, do not perform electrical tests when

there are signs of shipping damage to any portion of the outer enclosure (covers, panels,

etc.).

General This product is a Safety Class 3 instrument (provided with a protective earth terminal).

The protective features of this product may be impaired if it is used in a manner not

specified in the operation instructions.

WARNING

To ensure mandatory safety requirements are being met, the module

must be installed in a chassis which has been certified and marked by

a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (such as CSA, UL, TUV, ETL etc.) in

which all the means of protection are properly implemented.

NOTE: CE marking alone is not adequate.

NOTE

This product has been designed and tested in accordance with accepted

industry standards, and has been supplied in a safe condition.

The documentation contains information and warnings that must be

followed by the user to ensure safe operation and to maintain the

product in a safe condition.

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ESD Sensitive Device All front-panel connectors of the M8194A are sensitive to Electrostatic discharge (ESD).

There are also several exposed components on the PCAs, on both sides of M8194A, which

can be touched accidentally while handling the unit and can risk damage to the

instrument, due to ESD. It is recommend to operate the instrument in an electrostatic

safe environment. There is a risk of instrument malfunction when touching a connector or

side components. Please follow this instruction: Before touching the unit, discharge

yourself by touching the properly grounded mainframe.

Environment Conditions This instrument is intended for indoor use in an installation category II, pollution degree 2

environment. It is designed to operate within a temperature range of 0 °C – 40 °C

(32 °F – 105 °F) at a maximum relative humidity of 80% and at altitudes of up to

2000 meters.

This module can be stored or shipped at temperatures between -40 °C and +70 °C.

Protect the module from temperature extremes that may cause condensation within it.

Before Applying Power Verify that all safety precautions are taken. The power cable inlet of the instrument serves

as a device to disconnect from the mains in case of hazard. The instrument must be

positioned so that the operator can easily access the power cable inlet. When the

instrument is rack mounted the rack must be provided with an easily accessible mains

switch.

Line Power Requirements The Keysight M8194A operates when installed in an Keysight AXIe mainframe.

Do Not Operate in an

Explosive Atmosphere

Do not operate the instrument in the presence of flammable gases or fumes.

Do Not Remove the

Instrument Cover

Operating personnel must not remove instrument covers. Component replacement and

internal adjustments must be made only by qualified personnel.

Instruments that appear damaged or defective should be made inoperative and secured

against unintended operation until they can be repaired by qualified service personnel.

Ground the Instrument To minimize shock hazard, the instrument chassis and cover must be connected to an

electrical protective earth ground. The instrument must be connected to the ac power

mains through a grounded power cable, with the ground wire firmly connected to an

electrical ground (safety ground) at the power outlet. Any interruption of the protective

(grounding) conductor or disconnection of the protective earth terminal will cause a

potential shock hazard that could result in personal injury.

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Instrument Markings

The Table 1 lists the definitions of markings that may be on or with the product.

Table 1 Instrument Markings

Marking Description

The instruction documentation symbol. The product is marked with this symbol

when it is necessary for the user to refer to the instruction in the documentation.

Frame or chassis ground terminal. Typically connects to the equipment’s metal

frame.

South Korean Certification (KC) mark; includes the marking’s identifier code which

follows this format:

R-R-Kst-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Indicates that anti-static precautions should be taken.

China Restricted Substance Product Label. The EPUP (environmental protection use

period) number in the center indicates the time period during which no hazardous

or toxic substances or elements are expected to leak or deteriorate during normal

use and generally reflects the expected useful life of the product.

The RCM mark is a registered trademark of the Australian Communications and

Media Authority.

The CSA mark is a registered trademark of the CSA International.

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The CE mark is a registered trademark of the European Community (if accompanied

by a year, it is the year when the design was proven). This product complies with all

relevant directives.

Universal recycling symbol. This symbol indicates compliance with the China

standard GB 18455-2001 as required by the China RoHS regulations for

paper/fiberboard packaging.

The Keysight email address is required by EU directives applicable to our product.

Marking Description

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Compliance and Environmental Information

Table 2 Compliance and Environmental Information

Safety Symbol Description

This product complies with WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) marking requirements.

The affixed label indicates that you must not discard this electrical/electronic

product in domestic household waste.

Product Category: With reference to the equipment types in WEEE Directive Annex I,

this product is classed as a “Monitoring and Control instrumentation” product.

Do not dispose in domestic household waste.

To return unwanted products, contact your local Keysight office, or see

http://about.keysight.com/en/companyinfo/environment/takeback.shtml for more

information.

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Contents

Safety Summary 3

Instrument Markings 5

Compliance and Environmental Information 7

1 Introduction

M8194A Overview 14

Key Features 14

Supporting Operating System 15

Options 15

Upgrade Options 16

Installing Licenses 16

Front Panel 17

Instrument Modes 19

Related Documents / 20

Additional Documents / 20

This chapter provides an overview of M8194A Arbitrary Waveform

Generator.

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M8194A Overview

The Keysight M8194A is a 120 GSa/s AWG (Arbitrary Waveform

Generator) with highest combination of speed, bandwidth and channel

density. The M8194A is ideally suited to address following key

applications:

• Coherent optical – a single M8194A module can generate 2

independent I/Q baseband signals (dual polarization = 4 channels) at

64 Gbaud and beyond.

• Multi-level / Multi-channel digital signals – generate NRZ, PAM4,

PAM8, DMT, etc. signals at up to 56 Gbaud. Embed/De-embed

channels, add Jitter, ISI, noise and other distortions.

• Physics, chemistry, and electronics research – generate any

mathematically defined arbitrary waveforms, ultra-short yet precise

pulses and extremely wideband chirps.

• Wideband RF/μW – generate extremely wideband RF signals with an

instantaneous bandwidth of DC to 32 GHz for aerospace, defense and

communication applications.

Key Features

The M8194A 120 GSa/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator has the following

key features:

• Sample rate up to 120 GSa/s (on each channel)

•1, 2 or 4 differential channelson a 1-slot AXIe module enable optimized

channel density

•Vertical resolution: 8 bits

•Arbitrary signal generation with frequency content up to 50 GHz

•8-bit vertical resolution

• 512 kSamples per channel (enables PRBS 215-1)

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Supporting Operating System

The Keysight M8194A supports the following operating systems:

• Windows 10 (32 bit or 64 bit)

• Windows 8.1 (32 bit or 64 bit)

• Windows 8 (32 bit or 64 bit)

• Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit)

Options

The following options are available for the current release of M8194A:

Table 3 M8194A feature options

Option -001, Option -002, and Option -004

With this option the number of channels is selected. The M8194A is

available in a one channel (-001), two channel (-002) or 4 channel (-004)

version. A software upgrade from one to two channels is possible by

installing option U02. A software upgrade from two to four channels is

possible by installing option U04. In order to upgrade from one to four

channels, first option –U02 and next –U04 must be installed.

Product Number Description Available as SW upgrade? Comments

M8194A-001 Arbitrary waveform generator module 1 channel,

120 GSa/s

N/A (minimum configuration) Must order either: 001, 002, or 004

M8194A-002 Arbitrary waveform generator module 2 channels,

120 GSa/s

Yes Must order either: 001, 002, or 004

M8194A-004 Arbitrary waveform generator module 4 channels,

120 GSa/s

Yes Must order either: 001, 002, or 004

M8194A-BU2 Bundle consisting of one M9502A 2-slot AXIe

chassis with USB option

M8194A-BU3 Bundle consisting of one M9502A 2-slot AXIe

chassis with USB option and one M9537A AXIe

embedded PC controller

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Upgrade Options

For the M8194A, the following upgrade options are available.

Table 4 M8194A upgrade options

Installing Licenses

After you purchase a license and you acquire the corresponding license

file, you need to install the license on M8194A.

You can install the new license in the following ways:

1IntheKeysight License Manager, click the Tools button, and then

select Install License File.... An Install License File(s) window appears.

In this window, browse to the location where you saved the license file.

Select the license file, and then click the Open button.

2 To manually install a license by entering the appropriate license file

information, click the Tools button, click Install License from Text....

The Install License from Text dialog box appears. Type in the license

data exactly as you received from Keysight. Click the Install button to

install the license.

Once the licenses are installed, you can use the Keysight License

Manager to view all licenses for the local system as depicted in the

following figure.

Options U02 and U04 are upgradeable using the KLM (Keysight License

Manager); see Table 4 on page -16.

Observe following steps while installing licenses:

1 Close the firmware of the M8194A.

2 Install the licenses using KLM.

3 Start the firmware of the M8194A. The firmware finds the new licenses

in KLM and installs them in the M8194A.

Option Description

M8194AU-U02 Upgrade from 1 channel to 2 channels

M8194AU-U04 Upgrade from 2 channels to 4 channels

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In case of an upgrade from one channel (-001) to four channels (-004), the

following steps must be observed:

1 Close the firmware of the M8194A.

2 Install license -U02 using KLM.

3 Start the firmware of the M8194A. The firmware finds the new license

–U02 in KLM and installs it in the M8194A.

4 Close the firmware of the M8194A.

5 Install license -U04 using KLM.

6 Start the firmware of the M8194A. The firmware finds the new license

–U04 in KLM and installs it in the M8194A.

Front Panel

Figure 1 on page 17 illustrates the front panel of the M8194A instrument.

Figure 1 M8194A front panel

The M8194A front panel include the following input/output ports:

Data Outputs

• The M8194A is always delivered with four physically available

differential Data Outputs of the Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). The

analog DAC outputs are labeled with Data Out Channel 1, Data Out

Channel 2; Data Out Channel 3, Data Out Channel 4. Depending on the

channel option (-001 or -002 or -004) that has been installed, the

M8194A one, two, or four differential analog outputs of the Digital to

Analog Converters (DAC) are enabled for data generation.

Option -001: The differential output Data Out Channel 1 is enabled for

analog data generation. Also, one or two digital markers can be

generated at Data Out Channel 3 and Data Out Channel 4.

Option -002: The selected Instrument Mode (see Instrument Modes on

page 19) determines, which channels are enabled for analog data and

marker generation.

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•In ‘Dual Channel’ mode the differential outputs Data Out Channel 1

and Data Out Channel 2 are enabled for analog data generation.

Data Out Channel 3 and Data Out Channel 4 are disabled.

•In ‘Dual Channel with Marker’ mode the differential outputs Data

Out Channel 1 and Data Out Channel 2 are enabled for analog data

generation. One or two digital markers can be generated at Data

Out Channel 3 and Data Out Channel 4.

•Option -004: The differential output Data Out Channel 1, Data Out

Channel 2, Data Out Channel 3 and Data Out Channel 4 are enabled for

analog data generation.

•Sync In A 1 2 3 4 - This port is reserved for the future use.

•Sync Out A 1 2 3 4 - This port is reserved for the future use.

•Sync In B - This port is reserved for the future use.

•Sync Out B - This port is reserved for the future use.

Data Out LEDs

Table 5 Data out LEDs

NOTE

The Data Outputs can be used differentially or single-ended. In case the

output is used single-ended, the unused output must be terminated with

50 Ohm to GND to achieve optimum signal quality.

State/Color Meaning Description

Off Output disabled Represents the state ‘Disable’. Selectable from Soft Front Panel or SCPI. The output amplifier is not

powered.

After Power-On the LED is off.

After successful initialization of the M8194A, the LED turns to its default state which is OFF.

ON, Green Output enabled Represents the state ‘Enable’. Selectable from Soft Front Panel or SCPI:

•Output amplitude is equal to the adjusted amplitude.

•Offset is equal to the adjusted amplitude.

•External Termination voltage is equal the adjusted termination voltage.

On, Red Protection circuit

active

Error condition such as:

•The externally applied termination voltage significantly differs from the adjusted termination

voltage.

•External termination resistor significantly differs from 50 Ohm.

User interaction is required to remove the externally applied error condition. After removal, the user

must actively enable the output again.

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Status LEDs

Following LEDs are available at the front panel to indicate the status of the

M8194A module:

• The green ‘Access’ LED:

•It indicates that the controlling PC exchanges data with the AWG

module.

• The red ‘Fail’ LED has following functionality:

•It is ‘ON’ for about 30 seconds after powering the AXIe chassis.

•After about 30 seconds the LED is switched ‘OFF’. If an external PC

is used to control the AXIe chassis, this PC can be powered after this

LED has switched OFF.

•During normal operation of the module this LED is ‘OFF’. In case of

an error condition such as e.g. a self-test error, the LED is switch

‘ON’.

Instrument Modes

Following are the available instrument modes which are associated with

the instrument options:

• Option –001 allows the selection of the instrument mode ‘Single

Channel’ or ‘Single Channel with Marker’.

The waveform is always sent at channel 1. The digital markers are

always sent at channel 3 and 4.

• Option -002 allows the selection of the Instrument Mode ‘Single

Channel’, ‘Single Channel with Marker’, ‘Dual Channel with Marker’ or

‘Dual Channel’.

In Instrument mode ‘Dual Channel’, no digital markers are available.

Each channel can be enabled and disabled independently from other

channels.

• Option -004 allows the selection of the Instrument Mode ‘Single

channel’, ‘Single Channel with Marker’, ‘Dual Channel with Marker’,

‘Dual Channel’, or ‘Four Channel’.

In Instrument mode ‘Four Channel’, no digital markers are available.

Each Channel can be enabled and disabled independently from other

channels.

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