CALL(978) 977-3000
SPECIFICATIONS
FREQUENCY RANGE
DC - 50 MHz Data point rate. See individual
functions for specific frequency ranges.
FUNCTIONS
Standard (Sine, square, triangle, pulse, ramp
up/down, random noise, DC, glitch)
Modulations and Sweeps
Combined Waveforms
Arbitrary Waveforms
Waveform Library
OUTPUT
Source Impedance
50Ω/600Ω±1%
Amplitude Range
5 mV to 10V p-p
10 mV to 20V p-p with no load
Amplitude Resolution
0.1% of output voltage within each of 11 cas-
caded auto-switching 2:1 attenuator ranges
Amplitude Accuracy
±1%, absolute
0.2%, relative, typ.
Offset Range
±5V in 1.25 mV steps
±10V with no load
Offset Accuracy
±1% ±200 µV (20 to 30°C)
±34 µV/°C
Frequency Stability
±2 ppm, 0°to 50°C
±2 ppm/yr
Frequency Resolution
1 ppm +1 mHz max.
Relative Frequency Accuracy
< 0.2 ppm
Noise
100 µV RMS DCto 10 MHz Typ.
Jitter
0.005% waveform period +100ps RMSfor
sine, 0.05% +100 ps RMSfor other waveforms
Protection
±15V
TRIGGER
Source
Manual., external, bus
Modes
Free run, counted burst, gated, start, stop,
start/stop
SINE WAVE
Frequency Range
0.001 Hz to 20 MHz
Amplitude Flatness
±0.1 dB DCto 100 kHz
±0.2 dB 100 kHz to 1 MHz
±0.3 dB 1 MHz to 20 MHz
Harmonics + Spurious
–70 dBc 1 mHz to 20 kHz
–65 dBc 20 kHz to 100 kHz
–55 dBc 100 kHz to 1 MHz
–25 dBc 1 MHz to 20 MHz
Phase Range
±360°in 0.1°increments
Phase Accuracy
±1.0°DCto 100 kHz
TRIANGLE AND RAMP
Frequency Range
0.001 Hz to 2 MHz
Nonlinearity 10% - 90%
±0.05% up to 10 kHz
±0.5% 10 kHz up to 1 MHz
Ringing
< 0.1% up to 10 kHz
< 0.2% 10k to 1 MHz
Triangle Symmetry
User adjustable from 5% to 95% in 0.1%
steps, with 0.1% accuracy
Triangle Delay Range
±360°in 0.1°steps
SQUARE AND PULSE
Frequency Range
0.001 Hz to 5 MHz
Pulse Polarity
Positive with zero volt baseline
Duty Cycle
Adjustable from 5% to 95% in 0.1% steps,
with 0.1% accuracy
Delay Range
±1 waveform period in steps of 0.1 µs to
0.1 ms, depending on the frequency selected
Rise Time
15 ns DC to 1.47 Hz
10 µs 1.47 Hz to 1 kHz
1 µs 1 kHz to 10 kHz
50 ns 10 kHz to 5 MHz
15 ns in Fast Square
Overshoot and Ringing
< 0.1% up to 10 kHz
< 0.2% 10k to 1 MHz
NOISE FUNCTION
Amplitude Range
1 mV to 1.8V RMS-steps of 1 µV /1 mV(no load)
Noise Spectral Distribution
Pseudo random with the ability to set number
of spectral lines
MODULATION AND SWEEPS
Modulation Types
AM DSB, DSB SC, AM SSB, SSB SC, FM,
FM, Expon. Decay, Sinx/x
Carrier Range
0.001 Hz to 20 MHz
Modulation Rate
0.001 Hz to Carrier frequency in steps of <0.4%
(<0.1 ppm with reduced carrier resolution)
Modulation Span–(within 20 MHz bandwidth)
AM:0.0% to 200.0%
FM:lesser of ±carrier/2 or ±2 MHz
ΦM:±7200 degrees
Envelope Distortion
AM: <1%
Exponential Decay Envelope
t
2
e
–at
envelope defined by peak time, duration
Sinx/x Envelope
Defined by bandwidth, repetition rate
External Modulation
0 to 40% AM
Sweeps
Linear and log, phase continuous
COMBINED WAVEFORMS
Up to 4 standard functions can be summed or
used in modulation including glitch
Carrier
Any standard function
Modulator
Summation of up to 3 standard functions
Modulation Type
AM, FM, or ΦM
Post-modulation Summation
Up to 2 standard functions
ARBITRARY WAVEFORMS
Waveform Length
2k to 256k points
WAVEFORM LIBRARY
Fast Square, sin
3
x, sinx/x, RC lowpass/high-
pass filtered square wave
Additional libraries are being developed.
GENERAL
Non-volatile Memory
Over 50 instrument set ups
Rear Panel Inputs
Trigger, Ext. Clock/Reference, Modulation (AM)
Rear Panel Outputs
Function, 10 MHz Reference, Sync/Marker
Interfaces
RS-232 and IEEE-488
Operating Temperature
0 to 50°C
Power
< 30W, 100/120/220/240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
DIMENSIONS
8.5” x 5.2” x 16.9” (WxHxD)
216 x 132 x 429 mm
Weight
13 lb (6 kg)