Broadband Signal andEnvironment Generator

CS25000F Series

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•Generate communications and radar signalswith instantaneous bandwidths up to 500 MHz and hop rates to 500,000 hops per second •Create continuous, burst and hopped signals(FSK, MSK, PSK, QAM, ASK, OOK, AM, FM,PM, SSB) and radio and SATCOM specificwaveforms with powerful VSS software •Maximize signal and environment realismwith up to 88 seconds of full bandwidth signal memory (150 minutes with optionalRAID configuration) •Extended playback times using digital up conversion with tuning•Control all time, frequency and modulationsignal parameters •Combine real world signal and environmentrecordings with digitally generated impairments •Emulate Golden Radios using real radiorecordings captured with Celerity CS35000F Series Broadband Signal analysers and Professional recorders •Add digitally precise signal impairmentsincluding thermal noise, phase noise, passband amplitude and phase distortion, CW and co-channel interference, and multi- path distortion The Aeroflex Broadband Signal and Environment Generator (BSG) series provides the widest bandwidth and deepest memory signal sources available. The BSG combines a very deep memory, a very high-speed arbitrary waveform generator and a broadband RF upconverter with powerful signal generation software. The new F-Series BSG provides enhanced performance and capabilities with high speed dual-Xeon processors, gigabit Ethernet, deeper memory, larger removable disk storage, fast disk to memory transfers, and RAID options. The BSG instruments have bandwidths of up to 500 MHz and full bandwidth signal memory configurations up to 88 seconds (to 150 minutes with optional RAID). The bandwidth, memory depth and dynamic range make the BSG a powerful tool for broadband satellite communications, broadband wireless network communications, agile radio communications, jammer test, and radar test. A modular, software defined instrument architecture allows easy imports of user created waveforms. Vector Signal Simulator (VSS) software creates signal files for generic nPSK, nQAM, nFSK, MSK, ASK, OOK, AM, FM, PM, SSB, CW, tone combs, and notched noise signals. Commercial wireless standards are also available. Any of these generic signal types can be gated or bursted in time as well as hopped in frequency with digital precision and easy-to-use controls. Real signals, including signals recorded using Aeroflex's CS35000F Broadband Signal Industrial analyzers or other recorder sources can be imported, combined with digitally generated signals, and then played back on the BSG for ultra- realistic test scenarios. Impairments can be added to the signals including thermal noise, phase noise, passband amplitude and phase distortion, co- channel and adjacent channel interference, and multi-path distortion. VSS software provides the unique ability to mix any combination of signals and impairments to generate complex signal environments. Aeroflex's Vector Signal Player (VSP) software provides simple controls for signal file selection, and output frequency and power control. Aeroflex's upconverters use real (non-I/Q) conversion architectures, generating high dynamic range waveforms without the carrier leakage and signal image problems associated with I/Q modulators found in traditional signal sources.