Custom Arb Waveform Generator

Working with Symbol Rates

To Restore the Default Symbol Rate (Custom Real Time I/Q Only)

Press Mode > Custom > Real Time I/Q Baseband > Symbol Rate > Restore Default Symbol Rate.

This replaces the current symbol rate with the default symbol rate for the selected modulation format.

 

 

Bits

 

 

 

 

Custom Real Time Only

 

Modulation Type

Per

Bit Rate =

Internal Symbol Rate

 

External Symbol Rate

 

Symbol

Symbols/s x Number of

(Minimum Maximum)

 

(Minimum Maximum)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bits/Symbol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSK

QPSK and OQPSK

2

90

bps 100 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 25 Msps

 

(quadrature phase shift keying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phase

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shift

offset quadrature phase shift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keying

keying)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Includes: QPSK, IS95 QPSK,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gray Coded QPSK, OQPSK,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IS95 OQPSK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BPSK

1

45

bps 50 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 50 Msps

 

(binary phase shift keying)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

π/4 DQPSK

2

90

bps 100 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 25 Msps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8PSK

3

135 bps 150 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 16.67 Msps

 

(eight phase state shift keying)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16PSK

4

180 sps 200 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 12.5 Msps

 

(sixteen phase state shift keying)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D8PSK

3

135 bps 150 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 16.67 Msps

 

(eight phase state shift keying)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSK

MSK

1

45

bps 50 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 50 Msps

Minimum

(GSM - Global System for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shift

Mobile Communications)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FSK

2- Lvl FSK

1

45

bps 50 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 50 Msps

Frequenc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4- Lvl FSK

2

90

bps 100 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 25 Msps

y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shift

8- Lvl FSK

3

135 bps 150 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 16.67 Msps

Keying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16- Lvl FSK

4

180 bps 200 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 12.5 Msps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C4FM

2

90

bps 100 Mbps

45

sps 50 Msps

45

sps 25 Msps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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