Tektronix AWG 2021 User Manual
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Analog Carriers and Modulation
1
Basic Sine Wave Amplitude Modulation (AM)
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2
AM with Adjacent Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3
Multi-Tone Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4
Frequency Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5
FM with Dual-Tone Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6
FM Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7
Adding Noise to a Carrier Signal — AWG Noise Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Digital Modulation
8
Digital Phase Modulation — PSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9
Baseband Digital Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10 Digital AM — OOK and BPSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11 Digital FM — FSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
12 Quadrature Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13 Filtering Out Unwanted Sidebands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
14 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
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For More Information on Tektronix Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
AWG 2000 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
TDS 744A Digitizing Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table of Contents
Note: Each signal and waveform screen in this application note originates from one of three types of instruments: an
arbitrary waveform generator, a digital storage oscilloscope, or a spectrum analyzer. Each illustration is annotated
with a symbol indicating its origin:
AWG
Oscilloscope (DSO)
Spectrum Analyzer