A better way to generate arbitrary waveforms

摘要

For many years, function and arbitrary waveform generators - often referred to as ARB generators by test engineers -have traditionally been built on one common technology: direct digital synthesis (DDS). DDS has enabled quality performance at a reasonable price for generations of function generators. However, new technologies are enabling instruments to take advantage of DDS approaches while improving signal fidelity, making those instruments useful for more applications than ever before.