Tektronix FG 504 User Manual

Introduction
T he
F
G
504 F unctio n Generator
provides
low
d istortio n
si n e, s q uare, tria n gle, ram p
,
a
n
d
pulsewaveformsovert h e
freque n cies from 0 .001 Hz
to 40 MHz i n te n d ecades
. Α
user-definable
custom fre q ue ncy range is
also available .
T
h
e
out p ut am p litu d e is 10 m
V
to
30 V pea k -to-pea k into
an
open circuit and 5
mV to 15 V pea k -to- peak into α 50
Ω
loa d . T h e output im pe
dance is 50 Ω . The F G 504
may be
swept betwee
n t he STA R T an d STO
P FRE
Q
dial settings
wit h α li near or logarit
h mic sweep . T h e outp ut may be
ph ase loc
k
ed ,
gate d , or triggered for si n
gle cycle outpu t .
T
he outp ut waveform may be s
h
ifte
d ±80° from t he
triggeri ng waveform . T he
symmetry of t he out p ut wave-
form may also b e
varie d . F or t he slower fre q
uencies, t he
output may b e h eld
at any level by p us h ing t h efro
n t pan el
bu tto n
labeled H O L D .
Α voltage-controlled
fre q uency (V C F) i n put
controls
t h e output
frequency from an external voltage
source . T he
output
fre que n cy can be swe p
t above or below t he
selecte d fre qu en cy, to α maximum of
1000 :1, depen d i n g
on t he p olarity an d am p
litude of t h eV C F i np ut and t
h
e
selecte d output
fre q ue ncy . P rovisio n is also
ma de for
amplit ud
e modulati ng t he si n ewave output
from an exter-
nal source .
SPECIFICATION
Table 1-1
Performance Co
nd itions
ELE CT R ICA L C H A R ACT
ER
ISTICS
Sectio n 1- F G 504
(S N 8040000& UP)
Th e
variety of swe p t an d modulate d
signals available
from t h e F G 504 ma ke it
esp ecially useful for suc
h
applications as
testi ng am p lifier or servo-system
re-
spo
n
se,
distortio n , and sta b ility .
It is useful for fm
gen eratio n , as α beat fre q uency
oscillato r , as α gated
triggere d or p h ase-loc k ed
logic i n terface, or as α source
for vario us ram p or p ulse
waveforms . It is also useful as
α
source for
amplitude modulate d sig n als
for various pur-
poses .
S PE CI F ICATIO
N
Th e followi ng
electrical ch aracteristics are valid
if t he
F G 504 is
calibrated at an ambient temperature
b etween
+20°C and +30°C a nd is
o p erate d at an ambie n t
temperature between
0°C an d +50°C, unless ot
herwise
note d . Force
d air circulation is require d at tem p
eratures
above +40°C . Allow
α on e- h our warm-up
period before
p erforming verificatio n tests .
C ha r
acteristic
P erformance R equi r eme n t
Sup p lemental I n fo r mation
F reque ncy
R ange
Si ne-wave, sq
uare-wave, .001 Hz to 40 MHz
calibrated
a
n
d
tria n gle i
n
10
overlappi n g ste ps
R am p s, pulses, or waveforms
.001 Hz to n ominally
4 MHz .
waveforms re q
uiring use of
varia b le SY
MME TRY co n trol
Duty Cycle
_<7 ο/ο to >93 ο / ο below 1 MH
z
<20°/ ο to >80 ο / ο above
1 MH z
.5 Χ 10' p
osition of
=400
kH z maximum . Α 5 μF
MUL
TI PL I ER switc h ( U ser
capacitor p rovides α full-scale
selecte d timing cap acitor)
frequency of -=400 Hz . T he
factory-i
n
stalle d
capacitor gives
α 20 Hz to
20 kH z ra nge for t he
.5 Χ 10' p osition of
t he MUL TI PL
I
ER
switc h .

Tektronix FG 504 Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	FG 504
Category	Inverter
Language	English