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Surrey, BC  V4N 3C9

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Triarchy

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VSG6G1C

USB Vector RF Signal Generator

Operating Manual

    

    

     

    

         

CW signal                                         Analog modulation                             GMSK modulation                                  8PSK                                  Pulse modulation

    

     

       

     

   

NB RF noise generator                       Frequency sweeping

      Hopping with data Mod                          GSM signal                               4FSK 

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Summary of Contents for VSG6G1C

Page 1: ...7 info triarchytech com Triarchy VSG6G1C USB Vector RF Signal Generator Operating Manual CW signal Analog modulation GMSK modulation 8PSK Pulse modulation NB RF noise generator Frequency sweeping Hopping with data Mod GSM signal 4FSK Page 1 of 27 ...

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Page 3: ...without Pulse modulation 12 3 2 Single frequency with Pulse modulation 13 3 3 Frequency Sweeping without Pulse Modulation 14 3 4 Frequency Sweeping with Pulse Modulation 14 3 5 Frequency hopping with without Pulse Modulation 15 3 6 Analog Modulation 15 3 7 Digital Modulation with I Q Engine 16 3 8 Phase Modulation with I Q Engine 17 3 9 Example for GSM signal output 18 3 10 Low Band 19 3 11 Pulse ...

Page 4: ...with I Q engine and Pulse modulation So that it can simulate a lot of wireless system 1 1 VSG6G1C Product Package Overview VSG6G1C product package will be 1 USB signal generator device 25x25x100mm one piece 2 USB Type C cable one piece 3 SMA to MMCX cable one piece 4 N to SMA adapter one piece 5 CD with PC application program and document one piece 6 160x110x40mm product case one piece 1 2 USB Dev...

Page 5: ...s real waveform signal from I Q port I Q pattern image is shown I Q pattern if I Q raw data is generated based on the I Q pattern I Q constellation diagram is shown it will be selected to depended on Raw data or I Q pattern 4 Status block Status block will be shown the main parameter of output signal such as frequency amplitude duty cycle symbol rate and working mode Detail the information of outp...

Page 6: ...d units for frequency amplitude and timing When units key is clicked the commend is sending to USB dongle This standalone input key is similar to desktop equipment It will be better to be used in touch screen PC without keypad 8 USB connection area When USB device plug in the PC USB connection area will be shown the product model name S N and connection status When connected is shown the device is...

Page 7: ...cy hopping range 50Hz to 6 1GHz Frequency hopping number 2 4000 Frequency hopping times 2500 hop s to 0 05 hop s Pulse width in hopping mode Controlled by pulse width time 0 25us to 5s If it is in Freq hopping w o pulse mod this parameter is no function 1 4 6 Specification for I Q unit for analog modulation FM modulation in Demo key Modulation frequency range 10Hz to 2KHz Modulation index 20 AM mo...

Page 8: ...tion the I Q file can be generated from I Q engine but keep two rule 1 I Q clock keep at 2MHz step count is 36 2 symbol rate must be low than frequency of low band SIN waveform Load Raw file Generate waveform based on the I Q buffer file It is Arbitrary waveform generator with clock 2MHz More useful can be generated in this mode such as DTMF stereo FM signal format AM FM PM Mod To modulated Low ba...

Page 9: ...le click the TSA ICON After installation the program file will be installed at program file folder C Program Files x86 Triarchy Tech TSG Signal Generator The application data will be generated at Document folder C Users Username Documents Triarchy Tech Signal Generator Customer need to check the application data at document folder Hardcopy folder will be stored the image file which generated by ha...

Page 10: ...o use the VSG6G1C product you shall turn off the TSG PC application Connecting VSG6G1C to PC via USB cable PC will install the USB hardware configuration with a little long time please wait for all the configuration is installed Then open the TSG PC application the USB connection area will be shown the device model S N and connection status Connect device output to Spectrum analyzer Then click RF ...

Page 11: ... will be caused path loss Manual AMP cal range is 10dB 10dB Manual Freq Cal This function is used for compensate of I Q error in RF path to improve the EVM performance Application note will discuss this item more detail Manual Freq Cal range is 50KHz Send Cal File to Dongle This function is reserved for manufacture using Change the dongle series number It need passwords to change the series number...

Page 12: ... Span to 1MHz and 5MHz RBW to 1KHz to get spectrum waveform CW Signal output at 1GHz and 0dBm level CW Signal output at 1GHz and 0dBm level VSG6G1C amplitude level can be set to 100dBm and amplitude setting resolution is 0 25dB So that VSG6G1 can be used to measure receiver sensitivity level VSG6G1C RF frequency range from 1MHz to 6100MHz and frequency setting resolution is 1Hz the following image...

Page 13: ...e modulation output at 1GHz with 0 25us on 39 75us off Pulse modulation output at 0 25us width wide The pulse modulation have multiple pulse function the multiple pulse number can be from 2 250 some transponder have multiple pulse signal format and multiple pulse working as data information The following image is shown the multiple pulse modulation with 1us pulse width and 6 pulse group Spectrum f...

Page 14: ...pulse period will be one step frequency The minimum pulse period time is 400us but RF signal will be mute by 300us for frequency setup time Frequency Sweeping 3D dispaly Frequency Sweeping 2D display 3 4 Frequency Sweeping with Pulse Modulation Select Mode to Freq Sweeping with Pulse Modulation It need to setup pulse modulation parameter at Pulse Mod function key It still can add I Q modulation in...

Page 15: ...ng Frequency hopping 3D display 3 6 Analog Modulation First I Q Sel key shall be at Internal then I Q modulation can be working Select Analog Mod go into Analog modulation Analog modulation is using I Q raw data file AM FM PM modulation index can be changed by using these raw data files signal repeat frequency can be changed by setting the I Q step count and I Q data amount It also can generate a ...

Page 16: ...igital Mod go into digital modulation There three demo in the Digital Mod second function area they are MSK GMSK and FSK The data rate can be changed by setting I Q step count More modulation signal can be archived by loading file GMSK signal can be generated by clicking Dome GMSK GMSK data rate will be 100KHz b when step count is 72 changing I Q step count will change GMSK data rate Demod I Q vs ...

Page 17: ...lation There three demo in the Digital Mod second function area they are QPSK 8PSK and 16QAM The data rate can be changed by setting I Q step count More modulation signal can be archived by loading file QPSK signal can be generated by clicking Dome QPSK QPSK data rate will be 4MHz b changing I Q step count will change QPSK data rate Constellation Diagram from TSG Eye Diagram from RSA306 Constellat...

Page 18: ...al can be setting by using different function keys After signal is generated Using Save key to save the setting status the Load function can resume the signal which setup before Select GSM pulse signal from Setting Demo folder Status block will be GSM data rate will be 271Kb with GMSK modulation repeat time will be 4 6ms duration time will be 577us GSM signal with I Q Mod 271K GMSK signal two puls...

Page 19: ...uency value after I Q data is generated the low frequency will be generated at N connector The amplitude level will be from 50dBm 0dBm it is not calibrated It can be setup at Amplitude Key Spectrum waveform of Low Band 10KHz signal output Time domain waveform of Low Band 10KHz signal output when Click Load Mod File key in low band it will load I Q file to generate modulation signal based on low ba...

Page 20: ...ulated to 38KHz 3 19KHz pilot signal DFMF dual tone signal 697Hz and 1209Hz FM stereo base band signal L R pilot and modulated L R When click the AM FM PM Mod key in low band Input index of AM FM PM then click Set AM FM PM The low band signal will be modulated into RF signal N connector output will be switch back to RF channel RF frequency and amplitude level are setting by Frequency key and Ampli...

Page 21: ...t 3 13 I Q sel I Q port selection will have three choice 1 None it will turn off any I Q modulation only CW signal will be output 2 Internal internal I Q waveform will connect to modulation IC TSG can setup to generate a lot of modulation 3 External Fast External setup will need I Q signal input from I Q port it can generate very fast modulation the signal bandwidth can be setup to 500MHz Fast set...

Page 22: ... format I Q raw data will send to DAC to generate I Q waveform which will be needed for I Q modulator The block diagram of I Q engine will be follow First data stream will be go into S P block which is series to parallel section most of modulation need this S P section to setup I Q mapping After S P section the parallel data may be need to do some kind of process such as Gray code conversion this ...

Page 23: ...to generate I Q raw data file 4 21 I Q raw data file I Q raw data file format is very simple only two row of data with comma in txt file first data is Q data second data is I data I Q data will be DAC input the DAC will be 12 bit with 3 3V range and DAC setup range will be 0 1 0 9V reference level will be 0 5V So that DAC input range will be 125 1125 4095 3 the reference level of DAC will be 625 F...

Page 24: ...ion and low frequency signal can be generated by I Q raw data file just define the I Q raw data by math formula you can generate any kind of waveform the working method of I Q raw data file is same as Arbitrary Signal Generator but it have two channels to generate signal 4 22 Data stream file Data stream file will be include input data I Q pattern and some setting When you open the data stream fil...

Page 25: ...Y Y will be length of parallel data in bit X will be setup S P mode X 1 Bypass mode for all kind of binary modulation such as FSK PSK and ASK X 2 Group mode series to parallel conversion with group mode If input data is 1100101011101000 Y 4 date in parallel will be 1100 1010 1110 1000 I Q data in parallel will be 1100 1010 1110 1000 X 3 interleave mode series to parallel conversion with interleave...

Page 26: ...In and DataQn will be pattern data n will be pattern amount in length I Q pattern will be defined by modulation analyze the modulation then you can get I Q pattern The following will be example of 8 set of MSK I Q pattern PatternI_000 683 762 838 910 977 1037 1088 1129 1159 1177 PatternQ_000 1183 1177 1158 1128 1087 1036 977 910 837 761 PatternI_001 183 189 208 238 279 330 390 456 529 605 PatternQ...

Page 27: ...fo triarchytech com PatternI_110 683 605 529 456 390 330 279 238 208 189 PatternQ_110 1183 1177 1159 1129 1088 1037 977 911 838 762 PatternI_111 183 189 207 237 278 329 388 455 527 604 PatternQ_111 684 606 529 457 390 330 279 238 208 189 Page 27 of 27 ...

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