Tektronix announced an extension to the TDSUWB oscilloscope software utility. The UWB WiMedia2 software extends the UWB debug and analysis capabilities of the Tektronix DSA70000, DPO70000 and TDS6000C Series (real time oscilloscopes) to include real-time analysis of Ultra Wideband RF and electrical signals. UWB wireless technology promises a data transfer rate of up to 1Gbps to meet the demand of data-intensive future applications. With UWB WiMedia2 application, engineers will be able to design, debug, and validate performance of WiMedia Ultra Wideband radios used in Certified Wireless USB, WiNet and High Speed Bluetooth consumer electronics.
UWB is a wireless radio technology that uses pulses or waveforms compressed in time, allowing frequency energy to be spread over a very wide bandwidth to very low levels enabling UWB radios to share spectrum with existing narrowband transmissions without causing undue interference. Extensions within Tek UWB WiMedia2 for the WiMedia Alliances’ UWB Common Radio Platform offer single-button tests for debugging and RF compliance testing of WiMedia UWB systems including demodulation of the RF waveform and RF signal quality measurements including constellation patterns, E.V.M., Power Spectral Density, ACPR measurements and Spectrograms. UWB WiMedia2 automatically identifies Time Frequency Code (TFC) - frequency of operation and hopping sequence and automatically identifies data rate from the RF waveform for unprecedented ease of use. The results of all combinations of TFCs, data rates and bandgroups are tabulated in standard csv format providing fast and easy documentation of all RF measurements.
To complete the UWB solution, Tektronix also provides the signal generator AWG7000 series that enables UWB developers to generate WiMedia signals for complete receiver verification. With its 20GS/s sample rate and 5 GHz bandwidth, the AWG7000 is capable of direct generation of UWB signals. Also available for download are sample WiMedia radio waveforms that can be used to drive UWB test signal generation from the AWG7000.
The Tek UWB WiMedia2 is currently pre-release software and is available for download from www.tektronix.com for a limited time without charge.
