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Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz 3
Introducing the N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter
The Agilent Technologies N8211A performance analog upconverter is a synthetic
instrument module that translates low-frequency input signals to an output range
reaching 20 or 40 GHz. It provides signal bandwidth to support amplitude modulation
(AM), frequency modulation (FM), and pulse modulation without contributing
additional noise to the original signal source (typically an analog signal generator).
The Agilent Technologies N8212A performance vector upconverter is a synthetic
instrument module that translates low-frequency input signals to output signals up to
20 GHz with AM, FM, and pulse modulation. The N8212A also supports an I and Q
modulation bandwidth of better than 1 GHz for true wideband signal generation.
Agilent's synthetic instrument family offers the highest-performing RF/MW LAN-based
modular instrumentation and the smallest footprint for automated test systems; providing
the maximum flexibility and minimizing the cost of an ATS over its lifetime.
Agilent’s synthetic instrument modules use LAN eXtension for Instrumentation (LXI)
modular format. LXI differs from other modular formats (such as VXI and PXI) by using
an external computer and local area network (LAN), rather than embedded computers,
for control.
The LXI standard supports the IEEE 1588 time synchronization and protocol standard,
which allows synchronous triggering of different instruments, even with different-length
LAN cables. The IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP) enables a common sense of
time over a distributed system.
Synthetic instrument modules offered by Agilent Technologies include the following:
• N8201A performance downconverter, 3 Hz to 26.5 GHz
• N8211A performance analog upconverter, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz
• N8212A performance vector upconverter, 250 kHz to 20 GHz
• N8221A IF digitizer, 30 MS/s
• N8241A arbitrary waveform generator, 15-Bit, 1.25 GS/s or 625 MS/s
• N8242A arbitrary waveform generator, 10-Bit, 1.25 GS/s or 625 MS/s
For further information, refer to:
http://www.agilent.com/find/synthetic