Agilent ESG Family of RF Signal Generators Data Sheet Analog only ESG-A series Digital and analog ESG-AP series ESG-D series (high spectral purity) ESG-DP series (high spectral purity) 250 kHz – 1 GHz E4400B E4423B E4430B E4434B 250 kHz – 2 GHz E4420B E4424B E4431B E4435B 250 kHz – 3 GHz E4421B E4425B E4432B E4436B 250 kHz – 4 GHz E4422B E4426B E4433B E4437B Notice This document is updated as often as once a month.
Table of contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Specifications for analog and digital models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Characteristic SSB phase noise for ESG-AP and ESG-DP series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction Standard Agilent Technologies ESG family RF signal generators incorporate a broad array of capabilities for testing both analog and digital communications systems. Adding flexible options provides a test solution that will evaluate the performance of a communication system to the requirements of nearly all current and proposed air interface standards. Many test functions can be customized to meet the needs of proprietary and other nonstandard wireless protocols as well.
Specifications for analog and digital models Sweep modes Frequency Range ESG-A series E4400B E4420B E4421B E4422B 250 kHz to 1 GHz 250 kHz to 2 GHz 250 kHz to 3 GHz 250 kHz to 4 GHz ESG-AP series E4423B E4424B E4425B E4426B 250 kHz to 1 GHz 250 kHz to 2 GHz 250 kHz to 3 GHz 250 kHz to 4 GHz ESG-D series E4430B E4431B E4432B E4433B 250 kHz to 1 GHz 250 kHz to 2 GHz 250 kHz to 3 GHz 250 kHz to 4 GHz ESG-DP series E4434B E4435B E4436B E4437B 250 kHz to 1 GHz 250 kHz to 2 GHz 250 kHz to 3 GHz 250 kHz to
Resolution Spectral purity 0.02 dB Attenuator hold level range 250 kHz to 1 GHz >1 to 3 GHz >3 to 4 GHz Standard Option UNB 23 dB 20 dB 17 dB 27 dB 26 dB 23 dB ESG-A and ESG-D Series at 500 MHz (<–120 dBc/Hz) at 1 GHz (<–116 dBc/Hz) at 2 GHz (<–110 dBc/Hz) at 3 GHz (<–104 dBc/Hz) at 4 GHz (<–104 dBc/Hz) Level accuracy (dB)1 Output power +7 to –120 dBm (+10 to –120 dBm, –120 to Option UNB) –127 dBm Freq range 250 kHz to 2 GHz ±0.5 2 to 3 GHz ±0.9 3 to 4 GHz ±0.9 ±0.5 ±0.9 ±0.9 (±1.
Characteristic SSB phase noise for ESG-AP and ESG-DP series fc = 100 MHz (CW, standard instrument) fc = 4 GHz (CW, standard instrument) fc = 500 MHz (CW, standard instrument) fc = 900 MHz (CW and I/Q modulation on) fc = 1 GHz (CW, standard instrument) fc = 1.
Jitter in µUI Phase modulation 1,2,3 Carrier frequency SONET/SDH rms jitter data rates bandwidth 155 MHz 622 MHz 2.488 GHz 155 MB/s 622 MB/s 2488MB/s Jitter in seconds ESG-A, ESG-D ESG-AP, ESG-DP (µUI RMS) (µUI RMS) 100 Hz to 1.
Amplitude modulation1 (fc > 500 kHz) Pulse modulation Range 0 to 100% (envelope peak ≤ maximum specified power) On/off ratio ≤3 GHz >3 GHz >80 dB >60 dB Rise/fall times 150 ns, typical Minimum width ALC On ALC Off 2 µs, typical 0.4 µs, typical 10 Hz to 250 kHz, typical dc to 1.0 MHz, typical Resolution 0.1% Rates (3 dB bandwidth) dc/10 Hz to 10 kHz Accuracy (1 kHz rate) < ± (6% of setting + 1%)1 Distortion (1 kHz rate, THD) 30% AM 90% AM <1.
Internal modulation source External modulation inputs (Provides FM, ΦM, and AM modulation signals and LF out) Modulation types Ext 1 Ext 2 Waveforms sine, square, ramp, triangle, pulse, noise Rate range Sine Square, ramp, triangle 0.1 Hz to 50 kHz 0.1 Hz to 10 kHz Resolution Pulse only 0.1 Hz 4 µs Frequency accuracy 0.
Specifications for digital models only Level accuracy with digital modulation (ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) With ALC On; relative to CW; with PRBS modulated data; if using I/Q inputs, √ I2 + Q2 = 0.5 Vrms , nominal)1 π/4 DQPSK or QPSK formats ESG-D series ±0.20 dB ±0.30 dB ESG-DP series ±0.20 dB ±0.30 dB Adjustments/Impairments (nominal) DC offset (I and Q independently adjustable) ±100% I/Q gain ratio ±4 dB I/Q quadrature ±10° (for fc ≤ 3.
I/Q baseband generator Frame trigger delay control (Option UN8, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) Range Resolution Modulation Data types BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, π/4DQPSK, 8PSK, 16PSK, D8PSK User-defined phase offset from 0 to 100° 4, 16, 32, 64, 256 Selectable: 2, 4, 8, 16 level symmetric Custom map of up to 16 deviation levels Modulation index ≤1, ≤1.5 Msym/sec Modulation index ≤0.5, ≤2.0 Msym/sec 0.
I/Q baseband generator (continued) Digital communications standards NADC 5 PDC TETRA PHS Error vector magnitude (% rms) Continuous Burst Continuous Burst Continuous Burst Continuous Burst 1 Low EVM mode Low EVM mode (typical) Low ACP mode (typical) 1 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.
I/Q baseband generator (continued) Digital communications standards NADC spectrum PDC spectrum Fc = 849 MHz Span = 0.3 MHz Scale = 10 dB/div Level = +4 dBm Fc = 810 MHz Span = 0.25 MHz Scale = 10 dB/div Level = +4 dBm PHS spectrum TETRA spectrum Fc = 1907 MHz Span = 2 MHz Scale = 10 dB/div Level = +4 dBm Fc = 400 MHz Span = 0.
I/Q baseband generator (continued) Custom digitally modulated signals Modulation Filter Filter factor (α or BbT) Modulation index Symbol rate (Msym/s) fc = 1 GHz fc = 2 GHz fc = 3 GHz fc = 4 GHz QPSK 0.25 N/A 4 (0.9) (1.0) (1.5) (2.8) π/4DQPSK 16QAM Root Nyquist 0.25 0.25 N/A N/A 4 4 Error vector magnitude1,2 (% rms) (% rms) (0.9) (0.8) (1.0) (1.0) (1.5) (1.4) (2.6) (3.5) 2FSK GMSK Gaussian 0.5 0.5 1 Shift error1,2 (0.7) (0.7) (0.8) (1.0) 0.5 N/A 1 Global phase error1,2 (degrees rms) (0.2) (0.2) (0.
I/Q baseband generator (continued) Non-constant amplitude formats RF EVM performance versus symbol rate (fc = 1 GHz, root Nyquist filter, a = 0.25) + X • o # + x FSK formats ––––– ––– — — ––– – --------- -- ---- --- BPSK OQPSK π/4DQPSK 8PSK 16QAM 256QAM QPSK MSK formats Shift error versus symbol rate (fc = 1 GHz, Gaussian filter, BbT = 0.5, modulation index = 0.5) Phase error versus symbol rate (fc = 1 GHz, Gaussian filter) Shift error versus frequency (Gaussian filter, BbT = 0.
Dual arbitrary waveform generator (Option UND, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) Number of channels 2 Resolution 14 bits (1/16384) Waveform memory Length (playback) Length (storage) 1 Megasample/channel 1 Megasample/channel in non-volatile RAM Waveform segments Segment length Number of segments 16 samples to 1 Megasample 1 to 128 (even number of samples) Waveform sequences Sequencing Number of sequences Segments/sequence Segment repetitions Continuously repeating 1 to 128 1 to 65,535 1 to 4,095 Clock
Multichannel, multicarrier CDMA personality Walsh code power selection IS-97 compliant Equal channel power Scaled to 0 dB User-defined (Option UN5, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) Chip (symbol) rate 1.2288 MHz (default) Adjustable from 1 Hz to 10 MHz with 4x oversampling IS-95 filter selection IS-95 IS-95 with equalizer IS-95 modified IS-95 modified with equalizer All are IS-95 compliant. “Modified” filters reduce spurious emissions for adjacent channel power measurements.
Bit Error Rate (BER) analyzer (Option UN7, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) Minimum power level Maximum power level Power level accuracy –136 dBm (ESG minimum) +13 dBm (ESG maximum) ±0.5 dB (23° ± 50 °C) Clock rate Relative power level 0 to ±130 dB relative to timeslot under test. (Limited only by output power range of the ESG. Based on Option UNA specification.
Measurements Results Maximum RBER Maximum FER Measurement modes Static reference Sensitivity test (BER%) BER sensitivity search Maximum frame count Adjacent timeslots Data Class Ib bit-error ratio (RBER for TCH/FS) Class II bit-error ratio (RBER for TCH/FS) Frame erasure ratio (FER) Downlink error frame count Class Ib bit-error count Class II bit-error count Erased frame count Total frame count 100% 100% Automatically finds the input level (sensitivity) that causes a user specified RBER (normally 2%) f
Multichannel Multicarrier 3GPP W-CDMA personality (Option 100, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) Supports R99 March 2001 3GPP W-CDMA standard. Provides partially coded data for component test applications. Chip rates 3.84 Mchips/sec ± 10% Frame duration 10 ms Filters W-CDMA Nyquist, root Nyquist Gaussian IS-95 IS-2000 Custom FIR Rectangle APCO 25 c4FM Reconstruction filters I/Q mapping α = 0.22 α = 0 to 1 BbT = 0 to 1 Up to 256 coefficients, 16-bit resolution 250 kHz, 2.5 MHz 8.
Multichannel cdma2000 personality 9 channel, DS or Multicarrier/SR3 (Option 101, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) This personality conforms to cdma2000 specification revision 8. Provides partially coded data for component test applications. Spreading rate 1x (SR1), 3x (SR3) Radio configuration IS-95 filter selection IS-95 IS-95 with equalizer IS-95 modified IS-95 modified with equalizer All are IS-95 compliant. “Modified” filters reduce spurious emissions for adjacent channel power measurements.
Multichannel cdma2000 spurious emissions1 (dBc, with high crest factor on IS95 modified with equalizer filter and amplitude = ≤0 dBm) Offsets from center of carrier 2.135 to 2.50 MHz Channels/offsets Standard Option H99 revision B Forward 9 channel, SR3/multicarrier3 30 – 200 MHz (–68) (–68) 700 – 1000 MHz (–69) (–73) 1000 – 2000 MHz (–61) (–73) 2.50 to 3.23 MHz Standard Option H99 revision B (–66) (–68) (–61) (–68) (–72) (–73) 3.
Real-time 3GPP1 W-CDMA personality (Option 200, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) DPCH Reference measurement channels Transport layer (DCH) control Description Option 200 W-CDMA personality adds a flexible solution for W-CDMA mobile and base station test to Agilent ESG-D and ESGDP (high spectral purity) series RF signal generators. Signals are fully coded in both forward and reverse links to provide complete testing of receivers.
User equipment (UE) setup FIR filter Root Nyquist, Nyquist Gaussian a=0 to 1 BbT= 0 to 1 Chip rate 1 kcps to 4.
Real-time cdma2000 personality (Option 201, ESG-DP and ESG-D series only) Option 201, cdma2000 personality, adds a flexible solution for cdma2000 mobile and base station test to Agilent Technologies ESG-D and ESG-DP (high spectral purity) series RF signal generators. Option 201 is a firmware personality that requires Option UN8, (hardware revision C or greater), real-time baseband generator to be installed in the ESG.
Reverse channel configurations IS-95 is supported using RC1 or RC2 which utilizes a single, selectable channel type: Reverse Access Control Channel (R–ACH) Reverse Fundamental Channel (R–FCH) Reverse Supplemental Channel (R–SCH) IS-2000 features are supported using RC3 or RC4.
Frame offset For frame length = 80 1.2, 2.4, 4.8, 9.6,19.22, 38.42,76.82,kbps for RC 3 1.8, 3.6, 7.22, 14.42, 28.82, 57.62 kbps for RC4 (0 to frame length/1.25) -1 R-CCCH3 (Reverse Common Control Channel) and R-EACH3 (Reverse-Enhanced Access Channel) Walsh code 0 to 7 Data PN9, PN15, fixed 4 bit pattern, user file Frame length 5, 10 or 20 mSec Data rate For frame length = 5 38.4 kbps For frame length = 10 19.2, 38.4 kbps For frame length = 20 9.6, 19.2, 38.
General characteristics Power requirements 90 to 254 V; 50, 60, or 400 Hz; 200 W maximum Operating temperature range 0 to 55 °C Storage temperature range –40 to 71 °C Shock and vibration Meets MIL-STD-28800E Type III, Class 3. Leakage: Conducted and radiated interference meets MIL-STD461C CE02 Part 2 and CISPR 11. Leakage is typically <1 µV (nominally 0.
General characteristics (continued) Coherent carrier output Outputs RF modulated with FM or ΦM, but not IQ or AM. Nominal power 0 dBm ±5 dB. Frequency range from 249.99900001 MHz to maximum frequency. For RF carriers below this range, output frequency = 1 GHz – frequency of RF output. Damage levels 20 Vdc and 13 dBm reverse RF power. (SMA, rear panel) With ESG-DP and ESG-D series and Option UN8 only Data input Accepts serial data for digital modulation applications. Expects CMOS input.
Ordering information See ESG Family RF Signal Generators Configuration Guide (literature number 5965-4973E) for more information E4400B E4420B E4421B E4422B 1 GHz ESG-A series RF signal generator 2 GHz ESG-A series RF signal generator 3 GHz ESG-A series RF signal generator 4 GHz ESG-A series RF signal generator E4423B E4425B E4424B E4426B 1 GHz ESG-AP series RF signal generator 3 GHz ESG-AP series RF signal generator 2 GHz ESG-AP series RF signal generator 4 GHz ESG-AP series RF signal generator E4430B
ESG family application and product information Application notes, product notes, and product overviews • RF Source Basics, a self-paced tutorial (CD ROM), literature number 5980-2060E. • Digital Modulation in Communications Systems—An Introduction, Application Note 1298, literature number 5965-7160E. • Generating and Downloading Data to the ESG-D RF Signal Generator for Digital Modulation, Product Note, literature number 5966-1010E.
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