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Keysight M8100A Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators Getting Started Guide
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Introduction
M8008A Clock Generator
Keysight’s M8008A clock generator is designed as sample clock source for
the M8199A 128/256 GSa/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator. It can also be
used as a standalone low-jitter clock source for other applications. It has
four outputs that provides an output frequency of 32 GHz to 64 GHz. It has
two system trigger inputs that allow system control from external
hardware. It also allows synchronous trigger distribution over localbus on
the AXIe chassis backplane to adjacent PG/AWG modules
The M8008A is an instrument module that can be installed into the
M9505A 5-slot AXIe chassis. It comes as a 1-slot AXIe module, which
allows the M8008A plus up to two M8199A AWG modules to be plugged
into a single 5-slot AXIe chassis.
The M8008A Clock Generator module provides the following key features:
• 32 - 64 GHz continuous frequency range
• Output amplitude up to +10 dBm
• Very low intrinsic jitter and wideband phase noise
• 4 clock outputs can drive up to four M8199A AWG modules (=16
channels)
M8008A Module Components
The following figure displays the front panel of the M8008A module:
Figure 6
M8008A module front panel
As displayed in
on page -20, the M8008A module has the
following components.
Table 6
Front Panel LEDs
Front Panel LED
Active when...
Color
Fail
power-up fault condition
red
Access
power-up ready state
green
