Specifications – Atec Agilent-33521A-33522A User Manual
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Specifications
Unless otherwise stated, all specifications apply with a 50 Ω resistive load and auto range ON.
Instrument characteristics
Models & options
33521A
1-channel
33522A
2-channel
Option 002
Increases arbitrary waveform memory to 16 MSa/channel
Option 010
OCXO timebase for ultra-high stability
Option 400
GPIB interface
Waveforms
Standard
Sine, square, ramp, pulse, triangle, Gaussian noise,
PRBS (Pseudorandom Binary Sequence), DC
Built-in arbitrary
Cardiac, exponential fall, exponential rise, Gaussian pulse,
Haversine, Lorentz, D-Lorentz, negative ramp, sinc
User-defined arbitrary
Up to 1 MSa (16 MSa with Option 002) with multi-segment sequencing
Operating modes & modulation types
Operating modes
Continuous, modulate, frequency sweep, burst, output gate
Modulation types
AM, FM, PM, FSK, BPSK, PWM, Sum (carrier + modulation)
Waveform characteristics
Sine
Frequency range
1 µHz to 30 MHz, 1-µHz resolution
Amplitude flatness (spec)
1, 2
(relative to 1 kHz)
< 100 kHz:
± 0.10 dB
100 kHz to 5 MHz:
± 0.15 dB
5 to 20 MHz:
± 0.30 dB
20 to 30 MHz:
± 0.40 dB
Harmonic distortion (typ)
2, 3
< 20 kHz:
< -70 dBc
20 to 100 kHz:
< -65 dBc
100 kHz to 1 MHz:
< -50 dBc
1 to 20 MHz:
< -40 dBc
20 to 30 MHz:
< -35 dBc
THD (typ)
20 Hz to 20 kHz:
< 0.04%
Non-harmonic spurious (typ)
2, 3
Standard: < -75 dBc, increasing +20 dB/decade above 2 MHz
Option 010: < -75 dBc, increasing +20 dB/decade above 10 MHz
(or < -100 dBm, whichever is greater, below 500 MHz)
Phase noise (SSB) (typ)
1 kHz offset:
10 kHz offset:
100 kHz offset:
Standard
Option 010
-105
-110 dBc/Hz
-115
-125 dBc/Hz
-125
- 135 dBc/Hz