Atec Agilent-53200A Series - Manual (Page 5)

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53210A 53220A 53230A
Measurement range (nom)
Frequency, period (average) measurements
Common
Channels Ch 1 or optional Ch 2 Ch 1, Ch 2 or optional Ch 3
Digits/s 10 digits/s 12 digits/s 12 digits/s
Maximum display
Resolution
1
12 digits 15 digits 15 digits
Measurement technique Reciprocal Reciprocal and resolution
enhanced
Reciprocal, resolution-
enhanced or continuous
(gap-free)
Signal type Continuous Wave (CW) CW and pulse/burst
(Option 150)
Level & slope Automatically preset or user selectable
Gate Internal or external
Gate time 2 1 ms to 1000 s in 10 µs
steps
100 µs to 1000 s in 10 µs
steps
1 µs to 1000 s in 1 µs steps
Advanced gating 3 N/A Start delay (time or events) and stop hold-off
(time or events)
FM tolerance ± 50%
Frequency, period
Range 9 DC (1 mHz) to 350 MHz (2.8 ns to 1000 s)
Microwave input (optional) Option 106 - 100 MHz to 6 GHz (166 ps to 10 ns)
Option 115 - 300 MHz to 15 GHz ( 66 ps to 3.3 ns)
Frequency ratio 4
Range 10 15 Displayable range
Timestamp/modulation domain
Sample rate 5 N/A N/A 1 MSa/s, 800 kSa/s,
100 kSa/s, 10 kSa/s
#Edges/timestamp N/A N/A Auto-acquired per
acquisition
Acquisition length N/A N/A up to 1 MSa or
100,000 s (max)
Time interval (single-shot) measurements 11
Common
Channels N/A Ch 1 or 2
Single-shot time resolution N/A 100 ps 20 ps
Gating N/A Internal or external gate
Start delay (time or events) and stop hold-off
(time or events)
Slope N/A Independent start, stop slopes
Level N/A Independent start, stop slopes
Channel-to-channel time
skew (typ) N/A 100 ps 50 ps
Measurement Characteristics