National Instruments 5441 manual

NI 5441 Specifications NI PXI-5441 16-Bit 100 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator with Onboard Signal Processing (OSP) Unless otherwise noted, the followi ng conditions were used for each specification: • Analog Filter enabled. • D A C Interpolation set to m aximum allowed factor for a gi ven sample rate. • Signals terminated with 50 Ω . • [...]

NI 5441 Specifications 2 ni.com Arbitrary Waveform Generation Mode .... .............. .................... .............25 Function Generation Mode ...... .................... ....................... ................... .. 28 Onboard Signal Processing .. ....... .................... .................... ................... ..29 Calibration .......[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 3 NI 5441 Specifications Amplitude and Of fset Amplitude Range Pat h Load Amplitude (V pk-pk ) 1. Ampli tude v alues assume the full scale of the D A C is utilized. If an amplitude smaller than the minimu m va lu e i s desired, then wav eform s less than full scale of the D A C can be used. 2. NI-FGEN compensate[...]

NI 5441 Specifications 4 ni.com Accuracy DC Accuracy F or the Low-Gain or High-Gain Amplifier P ath: ± 0.2% of Amplitude ± 0.05% of Of fset ± 500 µV (within ± 10 °C of self-calibration temperature) ±0.4% of Amplitude ± 0.05% of Offset ± 1m V (0 °C to 55 °C) All paths are calibrated for amplitude and gain errors. The Lo w-Gain and High-Ga[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 5 NI 5441 Specifications Frequency and Transient Response Bandwidth 43 MHz Measured at –3 dB. DAC D i g i t a l Interpolation Filter Software-selectable Finite Im pulse Response (FIR) filter . A vailable interpolation f actors are 2, 4, or 8. Refer to the On b oard S i gn a l P r oces s i ng section for OSP In[...]

NI 5441 Specifications 6 ni.com Figure 1. Normalized Passband Fl atness, Direct Pa th Figure 2. Pulse Response, Low-Gai n Amplifier Path 50 Ω Load 1.0M 10.0M 48.0M –10.0 –9.0 –6.0 –8.0 –5.0 –7.0 –3.0 –2.0 –1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 F requency (Hz) dB –4.0 +0.3 dB –0.4 dB –0.4 dB +0.4 dB +0.6 dB –0.4 dB Guaranteed Specification Typ[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 7 NI 5441 Specifications Figure 3. Frequency Response of Direct Path, 100 MS/s, 1x DAC Interpolation Note Above 50 MHz, the response is the image response. 0.0 20.0M 40.0M 60.0M 80.0M 100.0M 120.0M 140.0M 160.0M 180.0M 200.0M 5.0 2.5 0.0 –2.5 –5.0 –7.5 –10.0 –12.5 –15.0 –17.5 –20.0 –22.5 –25.[...]

NI 5441 Specifications 8 ni.com Specification Va l u e Co mments Suggested Maximum Frequencies for Common Function s Function Path Disable the Analog Filter and the D A C Interpolation Filter for S quare, Ramp, and T riangle. * Direct Path is optimized for the frequency domain. Direct Lo w-Gain Amplifier High-Gain Amplifier Sine 43 MHz 43 MHz 43 MH[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 9 NI 5441 Specifications Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) with Harmonics Path Amplitude –1 dBFS. Measured from DC to 50 MHz. Also called harmonic distortion. SFDR with harmonics at low amplitudes is limited by a –148 dBm/Hz noise floor . All v alues are typical and include aliased harmonics. Direct Lo w-Ga[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 10 ni.com 0 º C to 40 º C T otal Harmonic Distortion (THD) Path Amplitude –1 dBFS. Includes the 2 nd through the 6 th harmonic. Direct Lo w-Gain Amplifier High-Gain Amplifier 20 kHz –77 dBc (typical) –77 dBc (typical) –77 dBc (typical) 1 MHz –75 dBc (typical) –70 dBc (typical) –62 dBc (typical) 5 MHz –68 dB[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 11 NI 5441 Specifications Spectral Characteristics (Continued) A verage Noise Density Pat h Amplitude Range A verage Noise Density A verage Noise Density at small amplitudes is limited by a –148 dBm/Hz noise floor . V pk-pk dBm dBm/Hz dBFS/ Hz Direct 1 4.0 18 –142 –146.0 Lo w Gain 0.06 –20.4 9 –148 –[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 12 ni.com Figure 4. 10 MHz Single-T one Spectrum, Direct Path, 100 MS/s, DAC Interpolation Factor Set to 4 Note The noise floor in Figure 4 is lim ited by the measurement de vice. Refe r to the Ave r age Noise Density speci f i cations. 0.0 25.0M 50.0M 75.0M 100.0M 125.0M 158.0M 175.0M 200.0M –90.0 –80.0 –50.0 –70.0 [...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 13 NI 5441 Specifications Figure 5. 10 MHz Single-T one Spectrum, Low-Gain Amplifier Pa t h, 100 MS/s, DAC Interpolation Factor Set to 4 Note The noise floor in Figure 5 is lim ited by the measurement de vice. Refe r to the Ave r age Noise Density speci f i cations. 0.0 25.0M 50.0M 75.0M 100.0M 125.0M 150.0M 175[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 14 ni.com Figure 6. Direct Path , 2-T one Spectrum (T ypical) Note The noise floor in Figure 6 is lim ited by the measurement de vice. Refe r to the Average Noise Density specif ications. Sample Clock Specif ication Va l u e Comments Sources 1. Internal, Di vide-by- N ( N ≥ 1) 2. Internal, DDS-based, High-Resolution 3. Ext[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 15 NI 5441 Specifications Sample Rate Rang e and Resolution Sample Clock Source Sample Rate Range Sample Rate Resolution — Divide-b y- N 23.84 S/s to 100 MS/s Settable to ( 100 MS/s) / N (1 ≤ N ≤ 4,194,304) High Resolution 10 S/s to 100 MS/s 1.06 µHz CLK IN 200 kS/s to 1 05 MS/s Resolu tion determined by [...]

NI 5441 Specification s 16 ni.com System Phase Noise and Jitter (10 MHz Carrier) Sample Clock Source System Phase Noise Density (dBc/Hz) Offset System Output Jitter (Integrated from 100 Hz to 100 kHz) 1. High- Resolution specifications increase as the Sample Rate is decreased. 2. PXI Star trigger specification is valid when the Sample Clock Source [...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 17 NI 5441 Specifications Onboard Clock (Internal VCXO) Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Reference Clock Specif ication Va l u e Co mments Clock Source Internal sample clocks can either be locked to a Reference Clock using a phase-locked loop or be deriv ed from the onboard VCXO frequency reference. — Frequenc y Accura[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 18 ni.com CLK IN (Sample Clock and Reference Cloc k Input, Front Panel Connector) Specif ication Va l u e Comments Connector SMB (jack) — Direction Input — Destinations 1. Sample Clock 2. PLL Reference Clock — Frequenc y Range 1 MHz to 105 MHz (Sample Clock destination and sine wa ves) 200 kHz to 105 MHz (Sample Clock [...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 19 NI 5441 Specifications PFI 0 and PFI 1 (Programmable Function Interfac e, Front Panel Connectors) Specif ication Va l u e Co mments Connectors T wo SMB (jacks) — Direction Bidirectional — Frequenc y Range DC to 105 MHz — As an Input (Trigger) Destinations Start T rigger — Maximum Input Overload –2 V[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 20 ni.com DIGIT AL DA T A & CONTROL (DDC) Optional Front Panel Connector Specif ication Va l u e Comments Connector T ype 68-pin VHDCI female receptacle — Number of Data Output Signals 16 — Control Signals 1. DDC CLK OUT (clock output) 2. DDC CLK IN (clo ck input) 3. PFI 2 (input) 4. PFI 3 (input) 5. PFI 4 (output) 6[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 21 NI 5441 Specifications Output Signal Characteristics (Continued) Output Skew T ypical: 1 ns, maxim um 2 ns. Ske w between any two outp uts on the DIGIT AL D A T A & CONTR OL front panel connector . — Output Enable/Disabl e Controlled through the so ftware on all Data Output Signals and Control Signals c[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 22 ni.com Start T rigger DDC CLK IN Clocking For ma t DDC Data Output signals change on the rising edge of DDC CLK IN. — Frequenc y Range 10 Hz to 105 MHz — Input Duty Cycle T olerance 40% to 60% — Input Jitter T olerances 300 ps pk-pk of Cycle-Cycle Jitter, and 1 ns rms of Period Jitter . — Specif ication Va l u e C[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 23 NI 5441 Specifications Delay from Start T rigger to CH 0 Analog Output with OSP Disabled. D A C Interpolation Factor T ypi cal Delay Refer to the t s2 documentation in the NI Signal Generators Help by na vigating to NI Signal Generators Help»Devices» NI 5441» Triggering» Trigger Timing . Digital Inter pol[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 24 ni.com Markers Specif ication Va l u e Comments Destinations 1. PFI<0..1> (SMB front panel connectors) 2. PFI<4..5> (DIGIT AL D A T A & CONTROL front panel connector) 3. PXI_T rig<0..6> (b ackplane connector) — Quantity One Marker per Se gment. — Quantum Marker position must be pl aced at an inte[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 25 NI 5441 Specifications Arbitrar y W aveform Generation Mode Specif ication Va l u e Co mments Memory Usage The NI 5441 uses the Synchronization and Memory Core (SMC) technology in which wav eforms and instru ctions share onboard memory . Parameters, such as number of segments in sequence list, maximum number [...]

NI 5441 Specification s 26 ni.com Minimum W av eform Size (Samples) T rigger Mode Arbitrary W av eform Mode Arbitrary Sequence Mode The Minimum W av eform Size is sample rate dependent in Arbitrary Sequence mode. For Co mp lex (I Q ) data Minimum W av eform Size is halved. Single 16 16 Continuous 16 96 @ > 50 MS/s 32 @ ≤ 50 MS/s Stepped 32 96 [...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 27 NI 5441 Specifications Memory Limits (Co ntinued) Arbitrary Sequence Mode, Maximum W av eforms 262,000 Burst trigger: 32,000 2,097,000 Burst trigge r: 262,000 4,194,000 Burst trigger: 524,000 Condition: One or two segments in a sequence. Arbitrary Sequence Mode, Maximum Segments in a Sequence 418,000 Burst tr[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 28 ni.com Function Generation Mode Specif ication Va l u e Comments Standard W av eforms and Maximum Frequencies Wa v e f o r m Maximum Frequency — Sine 43 MHz Square 25 MHz T riangle 5 MHz Ramp Up 5 MHz Ramp Do wn 5 MHz DC — Noise (Pseudo-Random) 5 MHz User Defined 43 MHz Memory Size 65,536 Samples for 1/ 4 symmetric wa[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 29 NI 5441 Specifications Onboard Signal Processing Figure 7. Onboard Signal Proces sing Block Diagram Specification Va l u e Comments IQ Rate OSP Interpolation Range 12 to 512 (Mult iples of 2) 512 to 1,024 (Multiples of 4) 1,024 to 2,048 (Multiples of 8) (OSP Interpolation = FIR Interpolation × CIC Interpolat[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 30 ni.com Pre-Filter Offset Range –1.0 to +1.0 Applied after Pre-Filter Ga in Output Output = (User Data × Pre-Filter Gain) + Pre-Filter Of fset (–1 ≤ Output ≤ +1) Pre-Filter Output FIR (Finite Impulse Response) Filter Filter Length 95 T aps The FIR Filter is used to pulse shape the IQ Data and to compensate for the[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 31 NI 5441 Specifications Specification Va l u e Comments FIR Filter Types Filter T ype Para met er Minimum Maximum — Custom ——— Coef ficients are provided by the us er . Flat Passband 0.1 0.43 Lo wpass Filter that minimi zes ripple to: IQ Rate × Passband. Gaussian BT 0.1 0.9 — Raised Cosine Alpha 0.1[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 32 ni.com Modulation Performance (Typical) Modulation Configuration Measurement T ype FIR Interpolation — 248 GSM Physical Layer 1 MER (Modulation Erro r Ratio) 46 dB 47 dB 42 dB Direct P ath ( 4 d B m P e a k ) , 25 MHz Carrier EVM (Error V ector Magnitude) <0 . 5 % rms <0 . 5 % rms <0 . 8 % rms W- C D M A Physic[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 33 NI 5441 Specifications Specif ication Va l u e Co mments Digital Perf ormance Maximum NCO Spur < –90 dBc Full-Scale Output FIR Interpolation IQ Rate Range (with 100 MS/s Sample Clock Rate) OSP Out of Band Suppression OSP Passband Ripple — 2 195 kS/s to 8.33 MS/s 63 dB 0 to – 0.0 8 dB FIR Filter T ype[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 34 ni.com Figure 8. GSM Physical Layer 1 External Sample Cl ocking = 99.665 MHz Figure 9. GSM Physical Layer 1 Internal (High Resolution) Sample Clocking = 99.665 MHz Additional artifacts are due to High Resolution Clock spurs. 1 OSP Enabled. Direct Path (4 dBm Peak). 25 MHz Carrier . IQ Rate = 1.083 MS/s, 4 Samples/Symbol. [...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 35 NI 5441 Specifications Figure 10. CDMA 2000 Physical Layer 1 External Sample Cl ocking = 98.304 MHz Figure 11. CDMA 2000 Physical Layer 1 Internal (High Resolution) Sample Clocking = 98.304 MHz Additional artifacts are due to High Resolution Clock spurs. 1 OSP Enabled. Direct Path (4 dBm Peak). 25 MHz Carrier[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 36 ni.com Figure 12. W-CDMA Physical Layer 1 External Sample Cl ocking = 92.16 MHz Figure 13. W-CDMA Physical Layer 1 Internal (High Resolution) Sample Clocking = 92.16 MHz Additional artifacts are due to High Resolution Clock spurs. 1 OSP Enabled. Direct Path (4 dBm Peak). 25 MHz Carrier. IQ Rate = 3.84 MS/s, 1 Sample/Symbo[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 37 NI 5441 Specifications Figure 14. DVB Physical Layer 1 External Sample Cl ocking = 96.88 MHz Artifacts at 15 and 35 MH z are due to 2x FIR In terpolation aliasing. Figure 15. DVB Physical Layer 1 Internal (High Resolution) Sample Clocking = 96.88 MHz Artifact at 10 MHz is du e to CLK IN feed-through. Addition[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 38 ni.com Calibration Power Specif ication Va l u e Comments Self-Calibrati on An onboard, 24-bit ADC and precision voltage reference are used to calibrate the DC gain and offset. The self-calibration is initiated by the user through the software and takes approximately 75 seconds to complete. — External Calibration The Ex[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 39 NI 5441 Specifications Software Specif ication Va l u e Co mments Dri ver Software NI-FGEN 2.3 or later ve rsion. NI-FGEN is an IVI-compliant driv er that allows you to conf igure, control, and calibrate the NI 5441. NI -FGEN prov ides application programming interfaces for man y dev elopment en vironments. ?[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 40 ni.com Environment NI PXI-5441 Environment Note T o ensure that the NI PXI-5441 cools ef fectiv ely , follow the guidelines in the Maintain Forced-Air Cooling Note to Users incl uded in the NI 544 1 kit. The NI PXI-5441 is intended for indoor use only . Specifications Va l u e Comments Operating T emperature 0 ºC to +55 [...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 41 NI 5441 Specifications Safety , Electromagnetic Compatibility , and CE Compliance Specification Va l u e Comments Safety The NI 5441 meets the requirements of the following standards of safety for electrical equipment for measurem ent, control, and laboratory use: • IEC 61010-1, EN 61010-1 • UL 61010 -1 ?[...]

NI 5441 Specification s 42 ni.com Physical Specif ication Va l u e Comments Dimensions 3U, One Slot, PXI/ cPCI Module 2.0 × 13.0 × 21.6 cm (0.8 × 5.1 × 8.5 in) — We i g h t 345 g (12.1 oz) — Front Panel Connectors Label Functio n(s) Connector T ype — CH 0 Analog Output SMB (jack) CLK IN Samp le clock input and PLL reference clock input. S[...]

© National Instruments Corpor ation 43 NI 5441 Specifications T echnical Support Resources NI W eb Support National Instruments W eb support is your first stop for h elp in solving installation, configuration, and application problems and question s. Online problem-solving and diagnost ic resources include frequently asked questions, knowledge bas[...]

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