Specifications
Arbitrary Function Generator Characteristics
Table 16: AFG Characteristics
Characterist
ic
Description
Frequency range: 0.1 Hz to 50 MHz
Frequency setting resolution: 0.1 Hz
Amplitude flatness (typical):
±0.5 dB at 1 kHz
±1.5 dB for <
20 mV
pp
amplitudes
Total harmonic distortion (typical): 1 % a t 50
Sine waveform
Spurious free dynamic range (typical): –40 dB (V
pp
0.1 V); 30 dB (V
pp
<0.1 V),
50 load
Frequency
range: 0.1 Hz to 25 MHz
Frequency setting resolution: 0.1 Hz
Duty cycl
e range: 10% - 90% or 10 ns minimum pulse, whichever is larger
Duty cycle resolution: 0.1%
Minimum pulse width (typical): 10 ns
Rise/f
all time (typical): 5 ns, 10% to 90%
Pulse width resolution: 100 ps
Overs
hoot (typical): <2% for signal steps greater than 100 mV
Square/pulse waveform
Asymmetry (typical): ±1% ±5 ns, at 50% duty cycle
Freq
uency range: 0.1 Hz to 500 kHz
Frequency setting resolution: 0.1 Hz
Var
iable symmetry: 0% to 100%
Symmetry resolution: 0.1%
DC level range (typical): ±2.5 V in to Hi-Z; ±1.25 V into 50
Ga
ussian Pulse, Lorentz Pulse, H aversine Maximum Frequency (typical): 5 MHz
Exponential rise/fall maximum frequency (typical): 5 MHz
Ramp/Triangle waveform
Sine(x)/x maximum frequency (typical): 2 MHz
Random noise waveform Amplitude range: 20 mV
pp
to5V
pp
in to Hi-Z; 10 mV
pp
to 2.5 V
pp
into 50
Sine and ramp frequency accuracy
130 ppm (frequency 10 kHz); 50 ppm (frequency > 10 kHz)
Square and pulse frequency
accuracy
130 ppm (frequency 10 kHz); 50 ppm (frequency > 10 kHz)
Signal amplitude resolution 500 V(50)
1mV(HiZ)
Signal amplitude accuracy
±[ (1.5% of peak-to-peak amplitude setting) + (1.5% of DC offset setting) + 1 mV ]
(frequency = 1 kHz)
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