Introduction 1
Keysight M8195A Revision 2 – Arbitrary Waveform Generator User’s Guide 35
1.5.5.3 Instrument Mode: Four Channel
Option -004 allows the selection of the Instrument Mode ‘Single channel’, ‘Single
Channel with Marker’, ‘Dual Channel with Marker’, ‘Dual Channel’, ‘Dual Channel
Duplicate’, or ‘Four Channel’.
In Instrument mode ‘Four Channel’, no digital markers are available.
Each Channel can be enabled and disabled independently from other channels.
Table 9: Instrument mode four channel
Waveform memory
access rate
Four channels Internal Memory
Internal Memory 1
Internal Memory 2
Internal Memory 3
Internal Memory 4
Int 1: 256 kSa
Int 2: 256 kSa
Int 3: 256 kSa
Int 4: 256 kSa
Int 1 = Int 2 = Int 3 = Int 4:
53.76...65 GSa/s
Ch 1: Waveform 1
Ch 2: Waveform 2
Ch 3: Waveform 3
Ch 4: Waveform 4
One channel extended Memory &
Three channels internal memory
Extended Memory 1
Internal Memory 2, 3
or 4
Ext 1 :
No -16G: 2 GSa
With -16G:
16 GSa@53.76...65 GSa/s
8 GSa@26.88…32.5 GSa/s
4 GSa@13.44…16.25 GSa/s
Int 2, Int 3, Int 4:
256 kSa
Ext 1:
53.76...65 GSa/s
or 26.88…32.5 GSa/s
or 13.44…16.25 GSa/s
Int 2 = Int 3 = Int 4:
53.76...65 GSa/s
Ch 1: Waveform 1
(extended, only)
Ch 2: Waveform 2
Ch 3: Waveform 3
Ch 4: Waveform 4
Two channels extended Memory &
Two channels internal memory
Extended Memory 1
Extended Memory 2
Internal Memory 3
Internal Memory 4
Ext 1 = Ext 2:
No -16G: 1 GSa per channel
With -16G: 8GSa@26.88…32.5
GSa/s
4GSa@13.44…16.25 GSa/s
per channel
Int 3 = Int 4:
512 kSa
Ext 1 = Ext 2:
26.88…32.5 GSa/s
or 13.44…16.25 GSa/s
Int 3 = Int 4:
53.76...65 GSa/s
Ch 1, Ch 2: Waveform 1, 2
(extended, only)
Ch 3, Ch 4 : Waveform 3,
4 (internal, only)
Three channels extended Memory
&
One channel internal memory
Extended Memory 1
Extended Memory 2
Extended Memory 3
Internal Memory 4
Ext 1 = Ext 2 = Ext 3:
No -16G: 0.5 GSa/ch
With -16G: 4 GSa/ch
Int 4: 1 MSa
Ext 1 = Ext 2 = Ext3:
13.44…16.25 GSa/s
Int 4: 53.76...65 GSa/s
Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch3:
Waveform 1, 2, 3
(extended, only)
Ch 4 : Waveform 4
(internal, only)
Four channels Extended Memory
Extended Memory 1
Extended Memory 2
Extended Memory 3
Extended Memory 4
Ext 1 = Ext 2 = Ext 3 = Ext 4:
No -16G: 0.5GSa/ch
With -16G: 4GSa/ch
Ext 1 = Ext 2 = Ext 3 = Ext 4:
13.44…16.25 GSa/s
Ch 1: Waveform 1
Ch 2: Waveform 2
Ch 3: Waveform 3
Ch 4: Waveform 4