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Chapter 6 Specifications
Agilent 33500 Series Function / Arbitrary Waveform Generator
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The characteristics and specifications shown below
are a subset of the full specifications for the 33500
Series waveform generators. For the complete set
of the latest specifications, see the Web page at
www.agilent.com/find/33521A
www.agilent.com/find/33522A
INSTRUMENT CHARACTERISTICS
MODELS AND OPTIONS
33521A 1-Channel
33522A 2-Channel
Option 002 Increases Arbitrary Waveform
memory from 1 MSa/channel to
16 MSa/channel
Option 010 High-stability frequency reference
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,
Negative Ramp, Sinc
User-Defined
Arbitrary
Up to 1 MSa (16 MSa with Option
002) with multi-segment
sequencing
MODULATION TYPES & OPERATING MODES
Operating
Modes
Continuous, Modulate, Frequency
Sweep, Burst, Output Gate
Modulation
Types
AM, FM, PM, FSK, BPSK, PWM,
Sum (C Modulation)
100 kHz offset: -125 dBc/Hz -135 dBc/Hz
WAVEFORM CHARACTERISTICS
SINE
Frequency
Range
1

Hz to 30 MHz, 1

Hz resolution
SQUARE and PULSE
Frequency
Range
1

Hz to 30 MHz, 1

Hz resolution
Rise and Fall
Times (nom)
Square: 8.4 ns, fixed
Pulse: 8.4 ns to 1

s,
independently variable, 100 ps or
3-digit resolution
RAMP and TRIANGLE
Frequency
Range
1

Hz to 200 kHz, 1

Hz
resolution
Ramp
Symmetry
0.0% to 100.0%, 0.1% resolution
(0% is negative ramp, 100% is
positive ramp, 50% is triangle)
GAUSSIAN NOISE
Bandwidth (typ) 1 mHz to 30 MHz, variable
Crest Factor
(nom)
4.6
Repetition
period
> 50 years
PSEUDORANDOM BINARY SEQUENCE (PRBS)
Bit Rate 1 mbps to 50 Mbps, 1 mbps
resolution
Sequence
Length
2
m-1
, m=7, 9, 11, 15, 20, 23
WAVEFORM SEQUENCING
Operation
Individual arbitrary waveforms (segments) can be
combined into user-defined lists (sequences) to
form longer, more complex waveforms.
Each sequence step specifies whether to repeat
the associated segment a certain number of times,
to repeat it indefinitely, to repeat it until a Trigger
event occurs, or to stop and wait for a Trigger
event.
Additionally, the behavior of the Sync output can
be specified in each step.
To improve throughput, up to 32 sequences
totaling of up to 1024 segments can be pre-loaded
into volatile memory.
Segment
Length
8 Sa to 1 MSa (16 MSa with
Option 002) in increments of 1
Sequence
Length
1 to 512 steps
Segment
Repeat Count
1 to 1,000,000 or Infinite