24 M8100 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators Getting Started Guide
1 Introduction
 
enabling symbol rates beyond 128 GBd.
• Wideband RF Signal Generation in Wireless and Aerospace/Defense 
applications - Latest developments in radar and wireless technologies 
require signals with modulation bandwidths beyond 10 GHz, in some 
cases up to 30 GHz, with good signal quality. Generating those signals 
on an IF rather than I/Q is another important capability to support these 
applications.
• Physics, Chemistry and General-Purpose Electronics Research - The 
M8199A AWG allows you to generate any arbitrary waveform that can 
be mathematically described. For example, a signal calculated in 
MATLAB can be downloaded directly into the M8199A.
• This includes ultra-short, yet precise pulses down to 5 ps pulse width or 
extremely short, wideband RF pulses and chirps which are needed to 
investigate in chemical reactions, elementary particle excitation and 
quantum effects.
The M8199A is an instrument module that can be installed into the 
M9505A 5-slot AXIe Chassis. This module occupies two slots of the 5-slot 
chassis. It must be installed in the slot immediately above the M8008A 
Clock Generator module. The M8008A module must be installed in slot 1; 
therefore, the M8199A module must be installed in slots 2 and 3 of the 
AXIe chassis.
If the M9537A AXIe Embedded Controller is also being used, the Controller 
module must be installed in slot 1, followed by the M8008A module in slot 
2 and M8199A module in slots 3 and 4, respectively.
Figure 7 shows a typical configuration of M8199A and M8158A.