Agilent Technologies ESG Family Feature Releases

ESG Family Signal Generators

Release

 

Feature

 

Minimum Hardware Required

Firmware

Date

 

 

Required

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/98

•

ESG “B” Revision Platform Roll,

•

E4400B/20B/21B/22B (ESG “B”)

≥

B.01.03

 

 

includes more firmware memory, bigger

•

E4430B/31B/32B/33B (ESG-D “B”)

 

 

 

 

power supply to allow for more options in

 

 

 

 

 

 

one instrument. Includes the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•

Arbitrary Waveform Generator,

Opt. UND Rev. A board (E4400-60069)

 

 

 

 

Opt. UND Rev. A (initial release)

 

 

 

 

 

• Multichannel IS-95 CDMA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personality, Opt. UN5 Rev. A (initial

 

 

 

 

 

 

release)

 

 

 

 

 

• W-CDMA Trial System Partially

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coded Component Test, Opt. H97

 

 

 

 

 

 

(initial release)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Bit Error Rate Test, Opt. UN7 (initial

Opt. UN7 Rev. A board (E4400-60072)

 

 

 

 

release)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Improved ACP, Opt. H99 (initial

Opt. H99 Rev. A board (E4400-60155)

 

 

 

 

release)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• High Power with Mechanical

Opt. UNB

 

 

 

 

Attenuator, Opt. UNB (initial release)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•

I/Q Quadrature Impairments,

ESG-D “A” or “B”

≥

B.01.03

 

 

firmware enhancement

 

 

for “B”

 

• Frequency Channels for TDMA

 

 

version,

 

 

Standards, firmware enhancement

 

 

B.01.03

 

•

Secondary TDMA Framing, firmware

 

 

only for “A”

 

 

enhancement

 

 

version

 

 

 

 

 

11/97

•

Hardware PN Generator, Opt. UN3/4

ESG-D “A” with Opt. UN3/4

A.01.20 to

 

 

firmware enhancement

 

 

B.02.03

 

• Frame Trigger for PHS and PDC,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opt. UN3/4 firmware enhancement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/97

•

Opt. H03 Enhancements

None

A.01.20

 

 

 

 

 

through

 

 

 

 

 

A.02.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

•

Single-Channel Partially Coded

ESG-D “A” with Opt. H03

Included

 

 

CDMA, Opt. H03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/97

•

New Baseband Generator, Opt. UN3/4

ESG-D “A” with Opt. UN3/4

A.01.10

 

 

(initial release, replaces Opt. 1EH). Adds:

 

 

through

 

 

• DECT and TETRA Personalities

 

 

B.01.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Modulation Filter Choice in All

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDMA Personalities

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Symbol Rate Choice in All TDMA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personalities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/96

•

Firmware Enhancements

ESG-D “A” with Opt. 1EH

≥

A.01.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8/96

•

ESG-A Models, (initial release)

•

E4400A/20A/21A/22A (ESG “A”)

≥

A.01.00

 

•

ESG-D Models, (initial release)

•

E4430A/31A/32A/33A (ESG-D “A”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Baseband Generator with GSM,

Opt. 1EH

 

 

 

 

NADC, PDC, and PHS TDMA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personalities, Opt. 1EH (initial release)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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E4400-90363

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Agilent Technologies E4400-90363 manual ESG B Revision Platform Roll, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Multichannel IS-95 Cdma
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E4400-90363 specifications

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