Signal generator P9482B

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Product family
The Tabor Proteus family is a set of instruments built on an advanced SDR architecture that combines high-speed waveform generation and optional digitizer capability into a responsive transceiver for RF engineering applications. It supports direct-to-RF generation, real-time feedback, and scalable multi-channel deployments suitable for EW scenario simulation, qubit control, and next-generation wireless communications.

Product summary
9GS/s 16Bit 8GS Mem 2CH 8 Markers RF AWG Desktop

Key highlights

• Modular design, scales from a few channels to hundreds of channels
• Fast PCIe data transfer bus enabling bidirectional waveform streaming
• Up to 16 GS of waveform memory in the Proteus family (platform dependent)
• Integrated digital IQ modulators and demodulators (DUC/DDC)
• Excellent phase noise and spurious performance
• Real-time feedback control system enabling conditional waveform generation

Detailed description
The Proteus architecture integrates a high-rate RF DAC (up to 9 GS/s on RF DAC models) with an optional high-speed ADC (example option: 5.4 GS/s digitizer) and a powerful FPGA to create a closed-loop Arbitrary Waveform Transceiver (AWT). The platform supports deterministic low-latency processing in the FPGA to enable conditional waveform sequencing and real-time responses based on received signals. Typical uses include Radar Target Simulation, Electronic Warfare scenario generation, multi-channel quantum-experiment control, and Massive MIMO research.

Features (selected)

• Modular, scalable and compact — PXIe-based modular architecture packs multiple generator outputs and digitizer inputs into a very small form factor for synchronized, phase-coherent multi-channel systems.
• Ultra-fast data transfer — optimized PCIe/streaming architecture for bidirectional waveform memory transfer, pulse descriptor word (PDW) real-time processing and uninterrupted streaming for long real-world sequences.
• Real-time feedback control system — integrated ADC + DAC + FPGA reduces round-trip latency and supports conditional waveform generation and closed-loop control for high-speed applications.
• Task-driven non-linear waveform sequencing — Task Table (state-machine) capability allows instant jumps between waveform segments based on real-time receiver inputs, enabling intelligent low-latency responses (e.g., DRFM-like echoes, Doppler shifts, delayed echoes).

Ordering summary (table)
Model: P9482B — Description: 9GS/s 16Bit 8GS Mem 2CH 8 Markers RF AWG Benchtop

Options (table)
DC2 — DC output for IQ baseband applications
DJ2 — Dynamic Jump Input
MRK2 — x8 Extra Markers
LTJ2 — Ultra Low Trigger Jitter (200 ps typ.)
G2 — Low waveform granularity option (for certain modules)
SEC — Removable SSD option for security needs
SSD — Extra factory duplicated SSD for option SEC
AWT — Optional 5.4GS/s single / 2.7GS/s dual-channel 12-bit digitizer (Arbitrary Waveform Transceiver option)
STM — Up to 3 GS/s streaming capability option
TRG — Faster trigger input (50 MHz instead of 10 MHz)
WE — 1 year warranty extension (standard warranty 3 years)
CAL — 17025 calibration

Applications & typical use cases

• Electronic Warfare and Radar simulation and test (real-time pulse detection and echo generation)
• Quantum experiments: multi-channel qubit control and measurement with closed-loop feedback
• Massive MIMO, phased-array and beamforming development and test
• Wideband signal generation and analysis for wireless standards (WiFi, 5G/6G) and NMR/medical research

caractéristiques / spécifications techniques

• Sampling rate (DAC): up to 9 GS/s (model dependent)
• Analog sample resolution: 16-bit (internal sample width)
• Memory: 8 GS standard (family supports up to 16 GS memory configurations)
• Channels (generator): 2 channels (P9482B model)
• Markers: 8 markers
• Optional digitizer (AWT): 5.4 GS/s single, 2.7 GS/s dual-channel, 12-bit (option AWT)
• Architecture: PXIe / PCIe backplane for high-speed streaming and synchronization
• Integrated digital IQ modulation / DUC and DDC features
• Real-time FPGA-based feedback and conditional waveform generation
• Task Table: conditional non-linear waveform sequencing (low-latency state machine)
• Streaming option: STM (up to 3 GS/s streaming capability)
• Trigger input: standard and optional higher-speed TRG (50 MHz)