HAMEG 8150 User Guide

12.5 MHz
Arbitrary Function Generator

HM8150

Frequency range 10 mHz to 12.5 MHz

Output voltage 20 V

pp

(open circuit)

Rise and fall time ‹ 10 ns

Pulse width adjustment

Arbitrary waveform generator 40MSa/s

Burst, gating, external triggering, sweep

RS-232 interface, optional: USB, IEEE-488

Triggered arbitrary signal

Gated sine wave,
Gated mode

Amplitude-modulated
sine wave

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Setting accuracy (1 kHz): Range 1: ± 2 %

Range 2: ± 3 %
Range 3: ± 4 %
3 % additional for pulse and square wave

Frequency response: ‹ 100 kHz: ± 0.2dB

0.1 – 12.5 MHz: ± 0.5 dB

Offset error: Range 3: ± 50 mV
Display: 21⁄2 digits (LCD)

DC offset

Output voltage: Range 1: -7.5...+7.5 V (open circuit)

Range 2: -0.75...+0.75 V (open circuit)
Range 3: -75...+75 mV (open circuit)

Trigger output BNC connector

Sawtooth: 0 to 5 V (sweep out)
Level: 5 V / TTL
Output impedance: 1 kΩ

Sweep (internal)

Setting of start and stop frequency
Internal sweep: all waveforms
Sweep time: linear, 20 ms to 100s

continuous or triggered
(ext. signal, interface)

Amplitude Modulation:

Modulation via external signal
Modulations depth: 0 to 100 %
Bandwidth: DC - 20 kHz (-3 dB)

Gate (asynchronuous)

Modulation on/off via external TTL signal
Delay time: ‹ 150 ns
Input singal: TTL

Trigger Function (synchronuous)

Burst mode via ext. trigger input or interface
Frequency range: ‹ 500 kHz

Miscellaneous

Interface: RS-232 (standard), IEEE-488 (optional) or

USB (optional)

Display: 16 characters, LCD with backlight
Memory: for the last device settings and for 1

arbitrary signal

Safety Class: Safety Class I (EN61010-1)
Power supply: 115/230 V ± 10 %; 50/60 Hz
Power consumption: approx. 20 Watt
Operating temperature: +10 °C to +40 °C
Max. rel. humidity: 10 % to 90% (without condensation)
Dimensions (W x H x D): 285 x 75 x 365mm
Weight: approx. 5kg

12.5 MHz Arbitrary Function Generator HM8150

Valid at 23 °C after a 30 minute warm-up period

Frequency

Range: 10 mHz to 12.5 MHz
Resolution: 5 digit, max. 10mHz
Accuracy: ± (1 digit + 5 mHz)
Temperature coeffizient: 0.5 ppm/ °C
Aging: 2 ppm/year

Waveforms
Sine wave

Frequency range: 10 mHz to 12.5 MHz
Amplitude: 20 mV

pp

-20Vpp(open circuit)

Harmonic Distortion @ 1Vpp:

f ‹ 500 kHz: - 65 dBc
500 kHz ≤ f ‹ 5 MHz: - 50 dBc
5 MHz ≤ f ≤ 12,5 MHz: - 40 dBc

Total Harmonic Distortion @ 1Vpp:

f ‹ 100 kHz: typ. 0.05 %

Spurious (Non-Harmonic) @ 1Vpp:

f ‹ 500 kHz: - 65 dBc
500 kHz ≤ f ≤ 12,5 MHz: - 65 dBc + 6 dBc/octave

Square wave

Frequency range: 10 mHz to 12.5 MHz
Amplitude: 20 mV

pp

- 20 Vpp(open circuit)

Rise / fall time: ‹ 10 ns
Overshoot: ‹ 5 % (U

out

≤ 200 mV)

Symmetry: 50 % ± (5% +10 ns)

Pulse

Frequency range: 10 mHz to 5 MHz
Amplitude: 10 mV...+10 V or -10mV...-10 V
Rise / fall time: ‹ 10ns
Pulse width: 100 ns to 80 s
Duty cycle: max. 90 %

Sawtooth

Frequency range: 10 mHz to 25 kHz
Amplitude: 20 mV

pp

-20Vpp(open circuit)

Linearity: better than 1 %

Triangle

Frequency range: 10 mHz to 250 kHz
Amplitude: 20 mV

pp

-20Vpp(open circuit)

Linearity: better than 1 %

Arbitrary generator

Frequency range: 10 mHz to 250 kHz
Amplitude: max. 20 Vpp(open circuit)
Output rate: 40 MSa/s
Resolution: X: 1024 (10 bit), Y: 1024 (10 bit)

or X: 4096 (12 bit), Y: 4096 (12 bit)

Inputs

Gate/Trigger: BNC connector
Impedance: 5kΩII100pF
Max. input voltage: ± 30 V
Modulation Input: BNC connector
Impedance: 10 kΩ
Max. input voltage: ± 30 V

Outputs

Signal output: BNC connector, short circuit proof,

ext. voltage up to ± 15 V

Impedance: 50 Ω
Output voltage: Range 1: 2.1 - 20 Vpp(open circuit)

Range 2: 0.21 – 2.0 Vpp(open circuit)
Range 3: 20 – 200 mVpp(open circuit)

Resolution: Range 1: 100mV

Range 2: 10 mV
Range 3: 1 mV

Accessories supplied: Operator’s Manual and power cable
Optional accessories:

HZ33/HZ34 Test Cable 50 Ω (BNC-BNC)
HZ24 Attenuators 50Ω 3/6/10 and 20dB
HZ42 19” Rackmount kit 2RU
HZ20 Adapter plug
HO870 USB Interface
HO880 IEEE-488 Interface