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News Release from: Anritsu (UK) | Subject: MG3700A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 April 2005
Vector generator outputs wideband
signals
The MG3700A is billed as the first stand-alone vector signal generator to output a wideband digital modulation signal as large as 120MHz RF modulation bandwidth in the 250kHz-6GHz frequency range.
Anritsu has introduced its MG3700A vector signal generator, the first stand-alone unit in the industry for outputting a wideband digital modulation signal as large as 120MHz RF modulation bandwidth in the 250kHz-6GHz frequency range As opposed to most conventional signal generators, this range enables the MG3700A, as a single unit, to cover both the RF modulation bandwidths of all second and third-generation mobile telephone systems now in use, as well as those of fourth-generation mobile telephone and next-generation wireless LAN systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Anritsu developed the MG3700A to address the needs of the communications industry to test widening frequency bandwidths associated with new wireless communications systems (such as 101.5MHz for 4G) using a single signal generator.
The vector signal generator uses a built-in baseband generator that can output a desired waveform at high speed (160MHz).
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Covering the frequency range 250kHz-3GHz (up to 6GHz optional), the built-in baseband generator provides a wideband RF modulation bandwidth of 120MHz (150MHz when an external Q signal is used).
Moreover, the built-in 40Gbyte hard disk offers high-capacity waveform memory of 256Msample per channel (up to 512Msample per channel optional), for handling a wide variety of large-capacity waveform pattern files.
BER (bit error rate) measure, which is necessary for reception characteristics test, is also included as a standard feature.
The "waveform addition function" can digitally combine two signals (such as desired wave plus interference wave) and output them as one signal.
As a result, reception characteristics tests that previously required a set of two signal generators and one BER measure, can also be accomplished by a single MG3700A.
For verification of multiple systems and equipment, the MG3700A incorporates waveform pattern files (software) for wireless LANs and other major communications systems corresponding to W-CDMA, GSM/Edge, cdma2000 AX, cdma2000 1xEV-D0, PHS, PDC, IEEE802.11a/b/g and AWGN waveform patterns as standard features.
Optional waveform patterns, such as TD-SCDMA, for other communications systems are also available.
Software to convert IQ sample data files created by customers using EDA tools into the MG3700A waveform pattern files is included at no cost.
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