Keysight Technologies M8196A Arbitrary Waveform Generator

Keysight Technologies has added the M8196A, a 92 GSa/s, 32 GHz modular instrument, to its portfolio of arbitrary waveform generators.

The high-speed, wide-bandwidth arbitrary waveform generator allows engineers to generate digital, multi-level (PAM-4, PAM-8 or DMT) signal scenarios at 8 bits vertical resolution, and test their electrical and optical links with complex modulated signals up to 64 Gbaud. The product provides synchronised dual polarisation I/Q signal at high speed, bandwidth and channel density, designed to solve challenges in 100 and 400 Gbps Ethernet and coherent applications.

The device supports high-speed and coherent optical transceiver and component testing with its four synchronised channels in one instrument, allowing deterministic emulation and predistortion of two independent I/Q signals. The product also offers a maximum sample rate of 92 GSa/s with 32 GHz of analog bandwidth on up to four precisely aligned channels per 1-slot AXIe module simultaneously. It also supports up to two Vpp differential output voltage and adjustable DC offset in a -1 to 2.5 V window.

The device runs on a 1-slot AXIe modular system designed for high-performance instrumentation.