Rigol DG4000 Series

Chapter 2 Basic Waveform Output RIGOL
DG4000 Series User’s Guide
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To Set Duty Cycle
Duty Cycle is defined as the percentage that the high level takes up in the whole
period as shown in the figure below. This parameter is only available when square
waveform is selected.
T
t
Duty Cycle=t/T*100%
The duty cycle range is limited by the “Freq/Period” setting. Please refer to
“Signal Characteristics” in Specifications. The default value is 50%.
Press Duty Cycle to highlight the softkey, and then use the numeric keyboard or
direction keys and knob to input the duty cycle value. Then, select the unit “%”
from the pop-up menu. For the input method of duty cycle value, refer to the
introduction in Parameter Setting Method.