Agilent Pulse Pattern Generator Comparison Guide

Product	Signal Type	Key Attributes	Number of Outputs	Frequency Range	Amplitude	Data Capabilities
81101A	Pulse	Glitch-free timing changes	1 single ended	1mHZ - 50MHz	100 mV - 20 V	N/A
81104A	Pulse, Pattern, PRBS	Glitch-free timing changes; Multi-level changes; analog change add	1 or 2, single ended	1mHz - 80MHz	100 mV - 20V	16 kBit / channel; PRBS 2(n)-1, n=7,8,...14; RZ; NRZ; DNRZ;
81110A	Pulse, Pattern, PRBS	Glitch-free timing changes; analog channels added	1 or 2	1mHz - 165MHz with 81111A or 1mHz - 330MHz with 81112A	100 mV - 20 V / 100 mV - 3.8 V	16 kBit / channel; PRBS 2(n)-1, n=7,8,...14; RZ, NRZ, DRNZ
81130A	Pulse, Pattern, Data, PRBS	Precision timing, pattern segmentation & looping; EXOR channel add	1 or 2, differential	Frequency Range: 1kHz - 400 MHz with 81131A or 1 kHz - 660 MHz with 81132A	100 mV - 3.8 V / 100 mV - 2.5 V	64 kBit / channel; PRBS 2(n)-1, n=7,8,...15; RZ, NRZ, DNRZ
81133A	Pulse, Pattern, Data, PRBS	Delay modulation (jitter injection); low intrinsic jitter; fast risetimes; LVDS levels	1, differential	15MHz - 3.35GHz	50 mV - 2 V	12 MBit / channel; PRBS 2(n) -1, n=5,6,...15,23,31; RZ, NRZ, DNRZ, R1
81134A	Pulse, Pattern, Data, PRBS	Delay modulation (jitter injection); low intrinsic jitter; fast risetimes; LVDS levels	2, differential	15MHz - 3.35GHz	50 mV - 2 V	12 MBit / channel; PRBS 2(n)-1, n=5,6,...15,23,31; RZ, NRZ, DNRZ, R1
8114A	Pulse	High Power	1, single ended	1Hz - 15MHz	1V - 100V	N/A
8133A	Pulse, Clock, Pattern, PRBS	High accuracy clock generation with very low jitter	1 or 2	33MHz - 3GHz	300 mV - 3 V	32 Bit data (opt. 002); PRBS 2(n)23-1; RZ, NRZ
E8311A	Pulse Pattern, PRBS	VXI-module; Glitch-free timing changes	2, single ended	1 mHz - 165 MHz	100 mV - 20 V	16 kBit / channel; PRBS 2(n)-1, n=7,8,...14; RZ, NRZ, DNRZ
E8312A	Pulse Pattern, PRBS	VXI-module	2, differential	1 mHZ - 333 MHz	100 mV - 3.8 V	16 kBit / channel; PRBS 2(n)-1, n=7,8,...14; RZ, NRZ, DNRZ

Mainframes	81101A	81104A	81110A3		81130A
Channel Model	n.a.	81105A	81111A	81112A	81131A	81132A
Number of channels	1 single ended	1 or 2 single ended		1 or 2		1 or 2 differential
				single ended	differential
Frequency range	1mHz – 50MHz	1mHz – 80MHz	1mHz –165MHz	1mHz – 330MHz	1kHz – 400MHz	1kHz – 660MHz
Period range	20 ns to 999.5 s	12.5 ns to 999.5 s	6.06 ns to 999.5 s	3.03 ns to 999.5 s	2.5 ns to 1 ms	1.5 ns to 1 ms
Variable delay range	0.00 ns – 999.5 s	0.00 ns to 999.5 s	0.00 ns to 999.5 s		0.00 ns to 3.00 µ s
Period RMS-jitter	0.01 % + 15 ps2	0.01 % + 15 ps2	0.01 % + 15 ps2		0.001 % + 15 ps
Width range	10 ns to 999.5 s	6.25 ns to 999.5 s	3.03 ns to 999.5 s	1.515 ns to 999.5 s	1.25 ns to (period - 1.25 ns)	750 ps to (period - 750 ps)
Amplitude range	100 mV to 20.0 V1	100 mV to 20.0 V1	100 mV to 20.0 V1	100 mV to 3.8 V	100 mV to 3.8 V	100 mV to 2.5 V
Transition time range (10/90)	5.00 ns to 200 ms	3.00 ns to 200 ms	2.00 ns to 200 ms	800 ps or 1.6 ns selectable	800 ps or 1.6 ns selectable	500 ps typ. fixed
Dropout- and glitch-free timing change	yes	yes	yes		no
Source Impedance	50 Ω or 1k Ω	50 Ω or 1k Ω	50 Ω or 1kΩ 50 Ω	50 Ω	50 Ω

1. Depends on selected source impedance (all other values apply for 50 Ω source impedance into 50 Ω load).
2. 0.001% + 15 ps with internal PLL as clock source.
3. Also available as VXI Pulse-Pattern Generators E8311A and E8312A.

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