Keysight Technologies M8195A 65 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator upgrade

Keysight Technologies has enhanced its M8195A 65 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator with increased analog bandwidth from 20 to 25 GHz, ensuring improved signal quality with up to four fully synchronised channels. With increased memory capabilities to 16 GSa/ch for a playtime of 250 ms at maximum sample rate, engineers can create longer test signal scenarios with the generator’s sequencer option.

By adding the M8085A software plug-in, engineers can also have a compact multilane MIPI C-PHY and D-PHY receiver test application. The D-PHY test application includes a payload pattern and pattern sequence editor. Standard conformant calibration and test procedures are also part of the application for C-PHY and D-PHY. A standard conformant test increases the efficiency of users in charge of qualifying C-PHY or D-PHY interfaces.

The 81195A optical modulation generator software is also available, which features a real-time option allowing engineers to change the signal properties and impairments at runtime. The device also comes with one, two or four differential channels per 1-slot high AXIe module. The number of channels is software upgradeable.