Tektronix AFG3000C Series User manual

AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators

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Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

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Table of Contents

General safety summary ...................... ................................ ................................ .... iv

Service Safety Summary.............. ................................ .................................. ........... 1

Preface ............................................................................................................... 3

Finding oth

Manual conventions .................... ................................ .................................. ..... 4

Speciﬁcations ........................ ................................ ................................ ............... 5

Electrical speciﬁcations .. ................................ .................................. ................... 5

Input and output speciﬁcations.......... .................................. ................................ .. 16

General speciﬁcations.. ................................ ................................ ...................... 17

Perform

ance veriﬁcation.......................................................................................... 21

Self tests ..... ................................ ................................ .................................. 21

Error codes ...... ................................ ................................ .............................. 23

Performance tests . ................................ .................................. .......................... 25

Test record ..................................................................................................... 27

Frequency/period test......................................................................................... 49

Ampl

DC Offset test ................................................................................................. 52

AC Flatness test............................................................................................... 54

Harmonics Distortion test.................................................................................... 57

Total Harmonic Distortion test .............................................................................. 59

Spurious test................................................................................................... 61

se-Fall time test............................................................................................. 64

er information..................................................................................... 4

itude test................................................................................................. 50

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List of Figure

Figure 1: AFG3000 Series dimensions ......................................................................... 19

Figure 2: RM

Figure 3: Frequency/period test.......................................... ................................ ........ 49

Figure 4: 50 Ω terminator accuracy ............................................................................. 50

Figure 5: Amplitude test........................ ................................ ................................ .. 50

Figure 6: 50 Ω terminator accuracy ............................................................................. 52

Figure 7: DC offset tests.......................................................................................... 52

Figure 8:

Figure 9: Harmonic distortion tests.............................................................................. 57

Figure 10: Total Harmonic distortion tests ..................................................................... 59

Figure 11: Spurious tests ... .................................. ................................ .................... 61

Figure 12: Rise-Fall time tests ................................................................................... 64

3100 Rackmount dimensions .............. ................................ ...................... 19

AC ﬂatness tests........................................................................................ 54

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List of Tables

Table 1: Supported products...... .................................. ................................ ............... 3

Table 2: Ope

Table 3: Waveforms................................................................................................ 6

Table 4: (Category) speciﬁcations ................................................................................ 6

Table 5: Phase (except DC, Noise, and Pulse) .................................................................. 8

Table 6: Lead delay (pulse)................................. ................................ ....................... 8

Table 7: Amplitude .............................. ................................ .................................. . 8

Table 8 : D

Table 9: Internal noise add ..................... ................................ ................................ .. 10

Table 10: Output characteristics ........... .................................. ................................ .... 10

Table 11: Modulation . ................................ .................................. .......................... 14

Table 12: Front panel ............................................................................................. 16

Table 13: Rear panel .............................................................................................. 16

14: Power ................................................................................................... 17

Table

Table 15: Environmental . .................................. ................................ ...................... 17

Table 16: System characteristics ................................................................................ 18

Table 17: Error codes ............................................................................................. 23

Table 18: Performance test items ............................................................................... 25

Table 19: Test equipment ........................................................................................ 27

ble 20: AFG3000 Series Performance Test Record......................................................... 28

rating mode .......................................................................................... 5

C offset..................... ................................ ................................ ............. 9

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General safety summary

General safet

To avoid ﬁre or personal

injury

ysummary

Review the fo this product or any products connected to it.

To avoid pot

Only qualiﬁed personnel should perf orm service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system. Read the safety sections of the other component manuals for warnings and cautions r

Use proper power cord. Use only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and certiﬁed for the country of use.

Ground the product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input o r output terminals of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

Observe all terminal ratings. To a void ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product.

llowing safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to

ential hazards, use this product only as speciﬁed.

elated to operating the system.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

Power disconnect. The power cord disconnects the product from the power source. Donotblockthepowercord;itmustremain accessible to the user at all times.

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualiﬁed service personnel.

Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

Do not operate in wet/damp conditions.

Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the manual's installation instructions for details

on installing the product so it has proper ventilation.

iv AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

General safety summary

Terms in this manual

Symbols and terms on the

product

These terms may

WAR NI NG . Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result

in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in

damage to this product or other property.

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER in the marking.

WARNING read the marking.

CAUTIO

The following symbol(s) may appear on the product:

appear in this manual:

dicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read

indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you

N indicates a hazard to property including the product.

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General safety summary

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Service Safety Summary

Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures. Read this Service Safety Summary and the General Safety Summary before performing any service

procedures.

Do Not Service Alone. Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this product unless another person capable of rendering ﬁrst aid and resuscitation is present.

Disconnec

of the power cord or, if provided, the power switch.

UseCareWhenServicingWithPowerOn. Dangerousvoltagesorcurrentsmay exist in this product. Disconnec t power, remove battery (if applicable), and disconnect test leads before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing compon

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

tPower. To avoid electric shock, disconnect the mains power by means

ents.

AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation 1

Service Safety Summary

2 AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

Preface

This manual provides instructions to verify the performance of the AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators to the module level.

Unless noted otherwise, the term “AFG3000 Series” refers to the models in the following table.

Table 1: Sup

AFG3011 AFG3021B AFG3011C

AFG3101 AFG3022B AFG3021C

AFG3102 AFG3022C

AFG3251 AFG3051C

AFG3252 AFG3052C

To prevent personal injury or damage to the instrument, consider the following before attempting service:

The procedures in this manual should b e performed only by a qualiﬁed service person.

Read the General Safety Summary and the Service Safety Summary at the beginning of this document.

When using this manual for servicing, be sure to follow all warnings, cautions, and notes.

ported products

AFG3101C

AFG3102C

AFG3251C

AFG3252C

The manual consists of the following sections:

Speciﬁcations contains a description of the instrument and the characteristics that apply to it.

Performance Veriﬁcation contains procedures for conﬁrming that the instrument functions properly and meets warranted limits.

The procedures described in this document should be performed every 12 months or after module replacement.

If the instruments do not meet performance criteria, repair is nece ssary.

AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation 3

Preface

Finding other

Document Description

AFG3000 Series Quick Start User Manual

AFG3000 Series Programmer Manual

AFG3000 Series Online Help A online help system, integrated with the User Interface application that ships with this

information

This manual focuses on the performance veriﬁcation of the instrument. See the following list for other documents supporting the instrument. All documents except the On CD-ROM that ship with instrument.

A quick reference to major features of the instrument and how they operate. It also provides several tutorials to familiarize you with basic instrument features.

An encyclopedia of topics that describe the instrument interface and features, and gives background information on how to use them. It provides Menu Structures, User Interface, and Programming Information.

product. The help is preinstalled in the instrument.

line Help are on the AFG3000 Series Product Documentation

Manual conventions

This manual uses certain conventions that you should become familiar with.

Some se instructions clear and consistent, this manual uses the following conventions:

ctions of the manual contain procedures for you to perform. To keep those

Modules

Safety

-panel controls and menu names appear in the same case (initial capitals,

Front all uppercase, and so on) in the manual as is used on the instrument front-panel and menus. Front-panel labels are all upper case letters (for example, MENU, SELECT, PULSE GEN, and so on).

Instruction steps are numbered unless there is only one step.

roughout this manual, any replaceable component, assembly, or part of the

Th instrument is referred to generically as a module. In general, a module is an assembly (such as a circuit board). Sometimes a single component is a module; for example, the chassis of the instrument is a module.

Symbols and terms related to safety appear in the Safety Summary near the beginning of this manual.

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Speciﬁcations

These speciﬁcations apply to all AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators. All speciﬁcations are guaranteed unless labeled “typical”. Typical speciﬁcations are provided

for your convenience but are not guaranteed.

Speciﬁcations that are check marked with the indirectly

All speciﬁcations apply to the arbitrary function generator unless noted otherwise. These spec

) in the Performance Veriﬁcation section.

iﬁcations are valid under the following conditions:

The instrument must have been calibrated/adjusted at an ambient temperature between +

The instrument must be operating at an ambient temperature between 0 °C and +50 °

The instrument must have had a warm-up period of at least 20 minutes.

The instrument must be in an environment with temperature, altitude, and humidity within the operating limits described in these speciﬁcations.

Electrical speciﬁcations

Table 2: Operating mode

Characteristic Description

Run mode

Burst count

Internal trigger rate 1.000 μs to 500.0 s

Continuous, Modulation, Sweep, and Burst

1 to 1,000,000 cycles or inﬁnite

symbol are checked directly (or

20 °C and +30 °C.

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Speciﬁcations

Table 3: Wavefo

Characteristic Description

Standard Sine, Square, Pulse, Ramp, More (Sin(x)/x, Noise, DC, Gaussian, Lorentz, Exponential Rise,

Arbitrary waveform

Waveform length

Sampling rate

AFG3021B / 3022B / 3021C / 302 3011C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C / 3051C / 3052C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Resolution 14 bits

Number of non-volatile wavefo

rms

Exponential Decay, and Haversine)

2 to 131,072

250 MS/s

2C / 3011/

250 MS/s or 1 GS/s (rate changes automatically at ≤16K)

250 MS/s or 2 GS/s (rate changes automatically at ≤16K)

rm memories

Table 4: (Category) speciﬁcations

PV reference

Characteristic Description

Frequency range

Sine

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Square

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3022B

AFG3021C / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Pulse

AFG3011 / 3011C

1 μHz to 10 MHz

1 μHz to 25 MHz

1 μHz to 50 MHz

1 μHz to 100 MHz

1 μHz to 240 MHz

1 μHz to 5 MHz

1 μHz to 12.5 MHz

1 μHz to 25 MHz

1 μHz to 40 MHz

1 μHz to 50 MHz

1 μHz to 120 MHz

1 mHz to 5 MHz

page

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Table 4: (Category) speciﬁcations (cont.)

Characteristic Description

AFG3021B / 3022B

AFG3021C / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Ramp, Sin(x)/X, Gaussian, Lorentz, Exponential Rise, Exponential Decay, Haversine

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3022B

AFG3021C / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3022C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Arbitrary

Noise bandwidth (-3 dB), typical

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051 / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

1 mHz to 12.5 MHz

1mHzto25MHz

1mHzto40MHz

1mHzto50MHz

1mHzto120MHz

1 μHz to 100 kHz

1 μHz to 250 kHz

1 μHz to 500 kHz

1 μHz to 800 kHz

1 μHz to 1 MHz

1 μHz to 2.4 MHz

1 mHz to 5 MHz

1 mHz to 12.5 MHz

1mHzto25MHz

1mHzto50MHz

1mHzto120MHz

10 MHz

25 MHz

50 MHz

100 MHz

240 MHz

Speciﬁcations

PV reference page

AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation 7

Speciﬁcations

Table 4: (Category) speciﬁcations (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Resolution 1 μHz or 12 digits

Accuracy st

abilityy

Accuracy aging

Triggered/Gated Burst mode: AFG3011 / 3011C, 1 μHz to 5 MHz; AFG3021B/3021C/3022B/3022C, 1 μHz to 12.5 MHz; AFG3051C/3052C, 1 μHz to 25 MHz; AFG3101/3101C/3102/3102C, 1 μHz to 50 MHz; AFG3251/3251C/3252/3252C, 1 μHz to 120 MHz

Triggered/Gated Burst mode: AFG3011/3011C,1mHzto2.5MHz; AFG3021B/3021C/3022B/3022C, 1 mHz to 6.25 MHz; AFG3051C/3052C, 1 MHz to 12.5 MHz; AFG3101/3101C/3102/3102C, 1 mHz to 25 MHz; AFG3251/AFG3252, 1 mHz t o 60 MHz

±1 ppm, 0 °C to 50 °C (except Arb)

±1 ppm ±1 mHz, 0 °C to 50 °C (Arb)

±1 ppm/year

PV reference page

(See page 49,

Frequency/period test.)

Table 5: Phase (except DC, Noise, and Pulse)

Characteristics

Range

Resolution: 0.01° (sine), 0.1° (other standard waveforms)

Description

–360° to +360°

Table 6: Lead delay (pulse)

Characteristic Description

Range

Continuous mode

0 ps to period

Triggered/Gated Burst mode 0 ps to period – [pulse width + 0.8 * (leading edge time + trailing edge time)]

Resolution 10 ps or 8 digits

Table 7: Amplitude

Characteristic Description

Range

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C / 3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

20 mV 40 mV

10 mV 20 mV

20 mV 40 mV

p-p

to 20 V to 40 V

to 10 V to 20 V

p-p

(into open circuit load)

p-p

(into open circuit load)

p-p

(into open circuit load)

p-p

PV reference page

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Table 7: Amplitude (cont.)

Characteristic Description

AFG3251 / 3252 / 3251C / 3252C

50 mV 100 mV

Accuracy

AFG3011 / 3011C ±(2% of setting +2 mV) (at 1 kHz sine waveform amplitude > 10 mV

0V offset)

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C / 3101 / 3101C / 3102 /

±(1% of setting +1 mV) (at 1 kHz sine waveform, amplitude > 10 mV

0 V offset) 3102C / 3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Resolution 0.1 mV

Units

Output impedance 50 Ω

Isolation 42 Vpkmaximum to earth

51/ 3251C / 3252 / 3252C (frequency range: >200 MHz to 240 MHz): 50 mV

AFG32 dBm is used only for sine waveform. V

is not available for Arb and Noise waveforms.

rms

to 5 V

p-p

p-p,Vrms

p-p

to 10 V

p-p

,0.1mV

(into open circuit load)

p-p

, 1 mV, 0.1 dBm or 4 digits

rms

, dBm, and Volt (High level and Low level)

p-p

to 4 V

p-p

into 50 Ω,100mV

p-p

to 8 V

into open circuit load

p-p

Speciﬁcations

PV reference page

(See page 50, Amplitude test.)

Table 8: DC offset

racteristic

Cha

Range

AFG3011 / 3011C ±(10 Vpkac+dc i nto 50 Ω

G3021B / 3021C / 3022B /

AF 3022C / 3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Accuracy

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C / 3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C / 3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Resolution 1 mV

ription

Desc

20 V

±(

±(10 V

ac+dc into open circuit

ac+dc into 50 Ω

ac+dc into open-circuit load

±5VDCinto50Ω load

±10 V

ac+dc into open-circuit load

±2.5 V DC into 50 Ω load

±5 V DC open circuit

±(1% of |setting| +5 mV + 0.5% of amplitude (V

±(2% of |setting| +10 mV + 1% of amplitude (V

±(1% of |setting| +5 mV + 0.5% of amplitude (V

)) (except for AFG3011C)

p-p

)) (AFG3011C)

p-p

))

p-p

PV reference

pag

(See page 52, DC Offset test.)

AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation 9

Speciﬁcations

Table 8: DC offset (cont.)

PV reference

Characteristic Description

page

Output impedance 50 Ω

AFG3011/3011C:Add1.0mVper°Cforoperationoutsidetherangeof20°Cto30°C. AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C and AFG3101 / 31010C / 3102 / 3102C: Add 0.5 mV per °C for operation outside the range of 20 °C to 30 °C. AFG3251 / 32

51C / 3252 / 3252C: Add 2.0 mV per °C for operation outside the range of 20 °C to 30 °C.

Table 9: Internal noise add

Characteristic Description

Range

Resolution

0% to 50% of amplitude setting

Table 10

: Output characteristics

Characteristic Description

Sine wave

Flatness (at 1.0 V

AFG3011 / 3011C

amplitude (+4 dBm), relative to 100 kHz)

p-p

z: ±0.15 dB

<5MH 5MHz≤ frq ≤ 10 MHz: ±0.3 dB

z: ±0.15 dB

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

<5MH 5MHz≤ frq < 20 MHz: ±0.3 dB 20 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 25 MHz: ±0.5 dB

AFG3051C / 3052C

<5MHz:±0.15dB 5MHz≤ frq < 45 MHz: ±0.3 dB

Hz ≤ frq ≤ 50 MHz: ±0.5 dB

45M

G3101 / 3101C / 3102

AF / 3102C

<5MHz:±0.15dB

Hz ≤ frq < 25 MHz: ±0.3 dB

25 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 100 MHz: ±0.5 dB

MHz: ±0.15 dB

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

5MHz≤ frq < 25 MHz: ±0.3 dB

25 MHz ≤ frq < 100 MHz: ±0.5 dB

00 MHz ≤ frq < 200 MHz: ±1.0 dB

200 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 240 MHz: ±2.0 dB

Harmonic distortion (at 1.0 V

amplitude)

p-p

AFG3011 / 3011C 10 Hz ≤ frq < 20 kHz: < –60 dBc

20 kHz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –55 dBc 1MHz≤ frq ≤ 10 MHz: < –45 dBc

PV reference page

(See page 54,

tness

AC Fla test.)

(See page 57,

Harmonics Distortion test.)

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Table 10: Output characteristics (cont.)

Characteristic Description

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3052C 10 Hz ≤ frq < 20 kHz: < –70 dBc

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

armonic distortion

Tota l h

(at 1 V

amplitude)

p-p

Spurious1(nonharmonic) (at 1 V

AFG3011 / 3011C 10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 3052C 10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Phase noise, typical (at 1 V

AFG3011 / 3011C 10 MHz: < –110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C / 3051C / 3052C / 3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

Residual clock noise, typical

AFG3011 / 3011C / 3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C / 3051C / 3052C

10 Hz ≤ frq < 20 kHz: < –70 dBc 20 kHz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc 1MHz≤ frq < 10 MHz: < –50 dBc 10 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 25 MHz: < –40 dBc

20 kHz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc 1MHz≤ frq < 5 MHz: < –50 dBc 5MHz≤ frq ≤ 50 MHz: < –40 dBc

10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc 1MHz≤ frq < 5 MHz: < –50 dBc 5MHz≤ frq ≤ 100 MHz: < –37 dBc

10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc 1MHz≤ frq < 5 MHz: < –50 dBc 5MHz≤ frq < 25 MHz:< –37 dBc 25 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 240 MHz: < –30 dBc

10 Hz to 20 kHz: < 0.2% (See page 59,

amplitude)

p-p

1MHz≤ frq ≤ 10 MHz: < –50 dBc

10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc 1MHz≤ frq ≤ 25 MHz: < –50 dBc

1MHz≤ frq ≤ 50 MHz: < –50 dBc

10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –60 dBc 1MHz≤ frq < 25 MHz: < –50 dBc 25 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 100 MHz: –50 dBc + 6 dBc/octave

10 Hz ≤ frq < 1 MHz: < –50 dBc 1MHz≤ frq < 25 MHz: < –47 dBc 25 MHz ≤ frq ≤ 240 MHz: –47 dBc + 6 dBc/octave

amplitude)

p-p

20 MHz: < –110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset

–63 dBm

Speciﬁcations

PV reference page

Total Harmonic Distortion test.)

(See page 61, Spurious test.)

AFG3000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation 11

Speciﬁcations

Table 10: Output characteristics (cont.)

Characteristic Description

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C / 3251C / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Square wave

Rise time/

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 33052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Jitter (rms), typical

AFG3011 / 3011C / 3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 33052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Pulse

Pulse width

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 33052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Resolution 10 ps or 5 digits

Pulse duty

Leading edge/trailing edge transition time (at 10% to 90% of amplitude, respectively)

AFG3011 / 3011C 50 ns to 0.625 * pulse period

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

fall time

–57 dBm

≤ 50 ns

≤ 9ns

≤ 7ns

≤ 5ns

≤ 2.5 ns

500 ps

300 ps

200 ps

100 ps

80 ns to 999.99 s

16 ns to 999.99 s

12 ns to 999.99 s

8 ns to 999.99 s

4 ns to 999.99 s

0.001% to 99.999%

9 ns to 0.625 * pulse period

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Table 10: Output characteristics (cont.)

Characteristic Description

AFG3051C / 33052C 7 ns to 0.625 * pulse period

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Resolution 10 ps or 4 digits

Overshoot, typical < 5%

Jitter (rms), typical

AFG3011 / 3011C / 3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 33052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Ramp

Linearity (at frequency: 1 kHz, amplitude: 1 V

AFG3011 / 3011C / 3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C / 3051C / 3052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

Symmetry 0% to 100%

Arbitrary

Rise time/fall time, typical

AFG3011 / 3011C

AFG3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

AFG3051C / 33052C

AFG3101 / 3101C / 3102 / 3102C

AFG3251 / 3251C / 3252 / 3252C

Jitter (rms), typical

AFG3011 / 3011C / 3021B / 3021C / 3022B / 3022C

5 ns to 0.625 * pulse period

2.5 ns to 0.625 * pulse period

500 ps

300 ps

200 ps

100 ps

≤ 0.2% of peak output at 10% to 90% of amplitude range

≤ 0.1% of peak output at 10% to 90% of amplitude range

≤ 0.15% of peak output at 10% to 90% of amplitude range

≤ 80 ns

≤ 14 ns

≤ 10 ns

≤ 8ns

≤ 3ns

4ns

, symmetry: 100%)

p-p

Speciﬁcations

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