Theory of Operation

EXT

EVENT

IN

EXT TRIG 5IN

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CLOCK

OUT

EXT5REF CLOCK ￿105MHz￿

REF

CLOCK

OUT

￿105MHz￿

Block Diagram Figure 3±2 shows the main hardware blocks that comprise the AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator.

 

 

 

 

2

2

4

Event control

 

 

 

MARKER1

 

 

 

 

MARKER1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

MARKER2

 

Trigger

 

 

 

MARKER2

 

control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1

 

Memory

Waveform

Shift

 

Analog

 

DAC

output

 

address control

5memory

register

 

 

circuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAC ASIC

CH1

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency

control

Clock output

Reference oscillator

DDS

Phase

Loop

55555VCO

comparator

filter

 

 

1/2048

5Divider

Figure 3-2: AWG710 block diagram

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