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Channels: 1
Waveforms: Sine, Square, Pulse, Ramp, Noise, DC, Sin(x)/x, Gaussian,
Lorentz, Exponential Rise, Exponential Decay, and Haversine
sampling rate: 250 MS/s
Sine Wave 1 μHz to 20 MHz
Other Waveforms 1 μHz to 200 kHz
Amplitude, 50 Ω Load: 10 mVp-p to 10 Vp-p
Amplitude, Open Circuit: 20 mVp-p to 20 Vp-p
Modulation: AM, FM, PM
Pulse Width Modulation
Display: 3.5 in. Color TFT LCD
Power Source 100 V to 240 V, 50 Hz to 60 Hz
Power Consumption 60 W
Dimension: 104.2x241.8x419.1 mm
Weight: 2.87 kg
Includes: User Manual, Power Cord, USB Cable, CD-ROM with Programmer Manual, Service Manual, Labview and IVI Drivers, CD-ROM with ArbExpress®
Software, NIST-traceable Calibration Certificate.
Option
GL: GPIB and LAN interfaces
RMU2U: Rackmount kit
013-0345-00: Fuse adapter, BNC-P to BNC-R
159-0454-00: Fuse set, 3 pcs, 0.125 A
012-0482-00: BNC cable shielded, 3 ft.
012-1256-00: BNC cable shielded, 9 ft.
012-0991-00: GPIB cable, double shielded
011-0049-02: 50 Ω BNC terminator
Characteristics
General
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Channels |
1 |
|
Waveforms |
Sine, Square, Pulse, Ramp, Noise, DC, Sin(x)/x, Gaussian, Lorentz, Exponential Rise, Exponential Decay, and Haversine |
|
Sine Wave |
1 μHz to 20 MHz |
|
Sine Wave in Burst Mode |
1 μHz to 10 MHz |
|
Effective Maximum Frequency Out |
20 MHz |
|
Amplitude Flatness (1 Vp-p) |
|
|
<5 mhz="" p=""> |
±0.15 dB |
|
5 MHz to 20 MHz |
±0.3 dB |
|
Harmonic Distortion (1 Vp-p) |
|
|
10 Hz to 20 kHz |
<–70 dBc |
|
20 kHz to 1 MHz |
<–60 dBc |
|
1 MHz to 10 MHz |
<–50 dBc |
|
10 MHz to 20 MHz |
<–40 dBc |
|
THD |
<0.2% (10 Hz to 20 kHz, 1 Vp-p) |
|
Spurious (1 Vp-p) |
|
|
10 Hz to 1 MHz |
<–60 dBc |
|
1 MHz to 20 MHz |
<–50 dBc |
|
Phase Noise, Typical |
20 MHz: <–110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, 1 Vp-p |
|
Residual Clock Noise |
–63 dBm |
|
Square Wave |
1 μHz to 10 MHz |
|
Rise/Fall Time |
≤18 ns |
|
Jitter (RMS), Typical |
<500 ps="" p=""> |
|
Ramp Wave |
1 μHz to 200 kHz |
|
Linearity |
≤0.1% of peak output at 10% to 90% of amplitude range |
|
Symmetry |
0.0% to 100.0% |
|
Pulse Wave |
1 mHz to 10 MHz |
|
Pulse Width |
30.00 ns to 999.99 s |
|
Resolution |
10 ps or 5 digits |
|
Pulse Duty |
0.001% to 99.999% (Limitations of pulse duty width apply) |
|
Edge Transition Time |
18 ns to 0.625 × Pulse Period |
|
Resolution |
10 ps or 4 digits |
|
Lead Delay |
|
|
Range |
Continuous Mode: 0 ps to Period Trigger/Gate Burst Mode: 0 ps to Period – [Pulse Width + 0.8 × (Leading Edge Time + Trailing Edge Time)] |
|
Resolution |
10 ps or 8 digits |
|
Overshoot, Typical |
<5% |
|
Jitter (RMS), Typical |
<500 ps="" p=""> |
|
Other Waveforms |
1 μHz to 200 kHz |
|
Noise Bandwidth (–3 dB) |
20 MHz |
|
Noise Type |
White Gaussian |
|
DC (into 50 Ω) |
–5 V to +5 V |
|
Arbitrary Waveforms |
1 mHz to 10 MHz |
|
Arbitrary Waveforms in Burst Mode |
1 mHz to 5 MHz |
|
Effective Analog Bandwidth (–3 dB) |
34 MHz |
|
Nonvolatile Memory |
4 waveforms |
|
Memory: Sample Rate |
2 to 128k: 250 MS/s |
|
Vertical Resolution |
14 bits |
|
Rise/Fall Time |
≤20 ns |
|
Jitter (RMS) |
4 ns |
|
Amplitude, 50 Ω Load |
10 mVp-p to 10 Vp-p |
|
Amplitude, Open Circuit |
20 mVp-p to 20 Vp-p |
|
Accuracy |
±(1% of setting + 1 mV), (1 kHz sine waveform, 0 V offset, >10 mVp-p amplitude) |
|
Resolution |
0.1 mVp-p, 0.1 mVRMS, 1 mV, 0.1 dBm, or 4 digits |
|
Units |
Vp-p, VRMS, dBm (sine wave only) |
|
Output Impedance |
50 Ω |
|
Load Impedance Setting |
Selectable: 50 Ω, 1 Ω to 10.0 kΩ, High Z (adjusts displayed amplitude according to selected load impedance) |
|
Isolation |
<42 v="" sub="">Peak maximum to earth |
|
Short-circuit Protection |
Signal outputs are robust against permanent shorts against floating ground |
|
External Voltage Protection |
To protect signal outputs against external voltages use fuse adapter 013-0345-00 |
|
DC Offset Range, 50 Ω Load |
±(5 VPeak – amplitude Vp-p/2) |
|
DC Offset Range, Open Circuit |
±(10 VPeak – amplitude Vp-p/2) |
|
Accuracy |
±(1% of |setting| + 5 mV + 0.5% of amplitude (Vp-p)) |
|
Resolution |
1 mV |
Modulation
AM, FM, PM
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Carrier Waveforms |
All, including ARB, except Pulse, Noise, and DC |
|
Source |
Internal/External |
|
Internal Modulating Waveform |
Sine, Square, Ramp, Noise, ARB (AM: Maximum waveform length 4,096; FM/PM: Maximum waveform length 2,048) |
|
Internal Modulating Frequency |
2 mHz to 50.00 kHz |
|
AM Modulation Depth |
0.0% to +120.0% |
|
Min FM Peak Deviation |
DC |
|
Max FM Peak Deviation |
10 MHz |
Frequency Shift Keying
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Carrier Waveforms |
All, including ARB, except Pulse, Noise, and DC |
|
Source |
Internal/External |
|
Internal Modulating Frequency |
2 mHz to 1.000 MHz |
|
Number of Keys |
2 |
Pulse Width Modulation
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Carrier Waveform |
Pulse |
|
Source |
Internal/External |
|
Internal Modulating Waveform |
Sine, Square, Ramp, Noise, ARB (Maximum waveform length 2,048) |
|
Internal Modulating Frequency |
2 mHz to 50.00 kHz |
|
Deviation |
0% to 50.0% of pulse period |
Sweep
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Waveforms |
All, including ARB, except Pulse, Noise, and DC |
|
Type |
Linear, Logarithmic |
|
Sweep Time |
1 ms to 300 s |
|
Hold/Return Time |
0 ms to 300 s |
|
Max Total Sweep Time (Sweep + Hold + Return) |
300 s |
|
Resolution |
1 ms or 4 digits |
|
Total Sweep Time Accuracy, Typical |
0.4% |
|
Min Start/Stop Frequency |
All except ARB: 1 μHz ARB: 1 mHz |
|
Max Start/Stop Frequency |
Sine: 20 MHz Square: 10 MHz ARB: 10 MHz Others: 200 kHz |
Burst
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Waveforms |
All, including ARB, except Noise and DC |
|
Type |
Triggered, Gated (1 to 1,000,000 cycles or Infinite) |
|
Internal Trigger Rate |
1 μs to 500.0 s |
|
Gate and Trigger Sources |
Internal, External, Manual Trigger, and Remote Interface |
Modulation Input
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Input Range |
All except FSK: ±1 V full scale FSK: 3.3 V logic level |
|
Impedance |
10 kΩ |
|
Frequency Range |
DC to 25 kHz (122 kS/s sample rate) |
External Triggered/Gated Burst Input
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Level |
TTL compatible |
|
Pulse Width |
100 ns minimum |
|
Slope |
Positive/Negative selectable |
|
Trigger Delay |
0.0 ns to 85.000 s |
|
Resolution |
100 ps or 5 digits |
|
Jitter (RMS), Typical |
Burst: <500 ps="" trigger="" input="" to="" signal="" output="" p=""> |
10 MHz Reference Input
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Impedance |
1 kΩ, AC coupled |
|
Required Input Voltage Swing |
100 mVp-p to 5 Vp-p |
|
Lock Range |
10 MHz ±35 kHz |
Trigger Output
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Level |
Positive TTL level pulse into 1 kΩ |
|
Impedance |
50 Ω |
|
Jitter (RMS), Typical |
500 ps |
|
Max Frequency |
4.9 MHz (4.9 MHz to 20 MHz: A fraction of the frequency is output) |
Remote Programming (GPIB, LAN 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX, USB 1.1, compatible with SCPI-1999.0 and IEEE 488-2 standards)
|
Characteristic |
USB |
LAN*1 |
GPIB*1 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Function Change |
95 ms |
103 ms |
84 ms |
|
Frequency Change |
2 ms |
19 ms |
2 ms |
|
Amplitude Change |
60 ms |
67 ms |
52 ms |
|
Select User ARB |
88 ms |
120 ms |
100 ms |
|
Data Download Time for 4k Point ARB Waveform Data (8 KB), Typical |
20 ms |
84 ms |
42 ms |
*1 GPIB and LAN interfaces are only available on the instrument with Option GL.
General
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Frequency Setting Resolution |
1 μHz or 12 digits |
|
Phase (except DC, Noise, Pulse) |
|
|
Range |
–360° to +360° |
|
Resolution |
Sine: 0.01° Other Waveforms: 0.1° |
|
Internal Noise Add |
When activated, output signal amplitude is reduced to 50% |
|
Level |
0.0% to 50% of amplitude (Vp-p) setting |
|
Resolution |
1% |
|
Main Output |
50 Ω |
|
Effective Frequency Switching Speed |
2 ms through remote control |
|
Internal Frequency Reference |
|
|
Stability |
All except ARB: ±1 ppm, 0 °C to 50 °C ARB: ±1 ppm, ±1 μHz, 0 °C to 50 °C |
|
Aging |
±1 ppm per year |
|
Power Source |
100 V to 240 V, 50 Hz to 60 Hz or 115 V, 400 Hz |
|
Power Consumption |
60 W |
|
Warm-up Time, Typical |
20 minutes |
|
Power On Self Diagnostics, Typical |
<10 s="" p=""> |
|
Acoustic Noise, Typical |
<50 dba="" p=""> |
|
Display |
3.5 in. Color TFT LCD |
|
User Interface and Help Language |
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Russian (User selectable) |
Physical Characteristics
|
Benchtop Configuration |
||
|---|---|---|
|
Dimension |
mm |
in. |
|
Height |
104.2 |
4.10 |
|
Weight |
241.8 |
9.52 |
|
Depth |
419.1 |
16.50 |
|
Weight |
kg |
lb. |
|
Net |
2.87 |
6.3 |
|
Shipping |
4.72 |
10.4 |
Environmental and Safety Characteristics
|
Characteristic |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Temperature |
|
|
Operating |
0 °C to +50 °C |
|
Nonoperating |
–30 °C to +70 °C |
|
Humidity |
|
|
Operating |
≤80%, +0 °C to +40 °C, noncondensing ≤60%, +40 °C to +50 °C, noncondensing |
|
Nonoperating |
5% to 90%, <+40 °C, noncondensing 5% to 80%, ≥+40 °C to ≤+60 °C, noncondensing 5% to 40%, >+60 °C to ≤+70 °C, noncondensing |
|
Altitude |
|
|
Operating |
Up to 3,000 m (9,842 ft.) |
|
Nonoperating |
Up to 12,000 m (39,370 ft.) |
|
EMC Compliance |
EU Council Directive 2004/108/EC |
|
Safety |
UL61010-1; 2004 CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 61010-1; 2004 EN61010-1; 2001 IEC61010-1; 2001 |





