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AFG3000C and AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators Specifications and Performance Verification Technical Reference www.tek.com *P077069103* 077-0691-0 3...
General safety summary General safety summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as specified. Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures. While using this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system.
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General safety summary Terms in this manual These terms may appear in this manual: WARNING. 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.
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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.
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Preface This manual provides instructions to verify the performance of the AFG3000C and 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: Supported products AFG3011 AFG3021B AFG3011C...
Preface Finding other information This manual focuses on the performance verification of the instrument. See the following list for other documents supporting the instrument on www.tek.com. Document Description AFG3000C and AFG3000 Series A quick reference to major features of the instrument and how they operate. It also provides Quick Start User Manual several tutorials to familiarize you with basic instrument features.
Specifications These specifications apply to all AFG3000C and AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators, unless otherwise stated. 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 symbol are checked directly (or indirectly) in the Performance Verification section.
Specifications Table 13: Rear panel (cont.) Characteristic Description Impedance 50 Ω Input range -1 V to +1 V (DC + peak AC) Bandwidth DC to 10 MHz (-3 dB) at 1 Vp-p General specifications Table 14: Power Characteristic Description Source voltage and frequency 100 V to 240 V, 47 Hz to 63 Hz 115 V, 360 to 440 Hz Power consumption...
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Specifications Table 16: System characteristics (cont.) Characteristic Description Amplitude change 90 ms 97 ms 90 ms 48 ms 50 ms 49 ms Select user Arbitrary waveform is 4K points (USB memory) Select user Arbitrary 260 ms 266 ms 240 ms waveform is 128K points (USB memory) Data download, typical...
Specifications Figure 1: AFG3000 Series dimensions Figure 2: RM3100 Rackmount dimensions AFG3000C and AFG3000 Series Specifications and Performance Verification...
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Performance verification Two types of Performance Verification procedures can be performed on this product: Self Tests and Performance Tests. You may not need to perform all of these procedures, depending on what you want to accomplish. To quickly confirm that the AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators are operating properly, complete the Self Tests.
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Performance verification 1. Select Diagnostics in the Utility menu: Utility (front-panel) > -more- (bezel) > Diagnostics/Calibration > Execute Diagnostics 2. Wait until the test is completed. 3. Verify passing of the diagnostics. If the diagnostics completes without finding any problems, the message “PASSED”...
Performance verification Error codes If Diagnostics detects a malfunction, it displays the character string “Fail” and the error code. Table 17 describes the Error code and related modules Category of the Diagnostics Error Code. Table 17 shows the error code and related modules reporting a failure. Table 17: Error codes Error code Description...
Performance verification Performance tests The Performance Tests include functional tests, such as the interface functional test, in this manual. The Functional Tests verify the functions; they verify that the AFG3000 Series Arbitrary Function Generators features operate. They do not verify that they operate within limits.
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Performance verification Table 20: AFG3000 Series Performance Test Record Instrument Serial Number: Certificate Number: Temperature: RH %: Date of Calibration: Technician: Frequency, Amplitude, DC Offset, and AC Flatness Test Record Minimum Test result Maximum Frequency Sine at 1.000000 MHz 0.999998 MHz* 1.000002 MHz* Pulse at 1.000000 MHz 0.999998 MHz*...
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Performance verification Frequency, Amplitude, DC Offset, and AC Flatness Test Record (cont.) Amplitude (AFG325x / 325xC) CF = 2 / (1 + 50 Ω / Measurement Ω) = CH1 Amplitude Minimum Test result Maximum 0.030 Vrms at 1.00 kHz (30.0 × CF - 0.654) mVrms (30.0 ×...
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Performance verification Frequency, Amplitude, DC Offset, and AC Flatness Test Record (cont.) AC Flatness (AFG3011 / 3011C) CH1 AC Flatness Minimum Test result Maximum ———- ———- Frequency 1.00 kHz dB ( = Reference) (Ampl: +4.0 dBm) Frequency 500 kHz Reference - 0.15 dB Reference + 0.15 dB Frequency 1.00 MHz Reference - 0.15 dB...
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Performance verification Frequency, Amplitude, DC Offset, and AC Flatness Test Record (cont.) CH2 AC Flatness ———- ———- Frequency 1.00 kHz dB ( = Reference) (Ampl: +4.0 dBm) Frequency 500 kHz Reference - 0.15 dB Reference + 0.15 dB Frequency 1.00 MHz Reference - 0.15 dB Reference + 0.15 dB Frequency 5.00 MHz...
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Performance verification Frequency, Amplitude, DC Offset, and AC Flatness Test Record (cont.) AC Flatness (AFG310x / 310xC / 315xC) CH1 AC Flatness Minimum Test result Maximum ———- ———- Frequency 1.00 kHz dB ( = Reference) (Ampl: +4.0 dBm) Frequency 1.00 MHz Reference - 0.15 dB Reference + 0.15 dB Frequency 5.00 MHz...
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Performance verification Frequency, Amplitude, DC Offset, and AC Flatness Test Record (cont.) Frequency 50.00 MHz Reference - 0.50 dB Reference + 0.50 dB Frequency 100.0 MHz Reference - 1.00 dB Reference + 1.00 dB Frequency 150.00 MHz Reference - 1.00 dB Reference + 1.00 dB Frequency 240.0 MHz Reference - 2.00 dB...
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Performance verification Harmonic Distortion Test Record (cont.) Harmonic Distortion Fundamental (amplitude 1 V = reference Limit CH2 Harmonic Distortion (dBc) reading - 0 dBc Nth - reference < reference -60 dBc (dBc) Sine 100 kHz 100 kHz 200 kHz 300 kHz 400 kHz 500 kHz CH1 Harmonic...
Performance verification Frequency/period test This test verifies the frequency accuracy of the arbitrary function generator. All output frequencies are derived from a single generated frequency. Only one frequency point of channel 1 is required to be checked. 1. Connect the arbitrary function generator to the frequency counter as shown in the following figure.
Performance verification Amplitude test This test verifies the amplitude accuracy of the arbitrary function generator. All output amplitudes are derived from a combination of attenuators and 3 dB variable gain. Some amplitude points are checked. This test uses a 50 Ω terminator. It is necessary to know the accuracy of the 50 Ω...
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Performance verification 4. Set up the arbitrary function generator using the following steps: Select menu Setting Operation Function Sine Sine (front) Frequency 1.000000 kHz Frequency/Period (front) Amplitude Units Vrms The voltage unit should Top Menu > Amplitude/Level Menu > be matched to that of DMM. -more- >...
Performance verification DC Offset test This test verifies the DC offset accuracy of the arbitrary function generator. This test uses a 50 Ω terminator. It is necessary to know the accuracy of a 50 Ω terminator in advance of this test. This accuracy is used for as a calibration factor. 1.
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Performance verification 4. Set up the arbitrary function generator using the following steps: Select menu Setting Operation Function More... (front) > More Waveform Menu > DC Offset + 5.000 V + 2.500 V Offset/Low (front) (AFG325x) Channel 1 Output On (front) 5.
Performance verification AC Flatness test This test verifies the flatness of a sine wave to the 1 kHz reference waveform. 1 kHz test setup 1. Connect a 50 Ω terminator to the DMM as shown in the following figure and measure the resistance value.
Performance verification >100 kHz test setup 1. Connect the arbitrary function generator to the power meter with a power head as shown in the following figure. Figure 10: >1 kHz setup for AC Flatness test 2. Set up the arbitrary function generator using the following steps: Select menu Setting Operation...
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Performance verification AFG302xB / 302xC Measurement Range Sine + 4.0 dBm 500.00 kHz Reference ± 0.15 Sine + 4.0 dBm 1.00 MHz Reference ± 0.15 Sine + 4.0 dBm 5.00 MHz Reference ± 0.30 Sine + 4.0 dBm 15.00 MHz Reference ±...
Performance verification AFG325x / 325xC Measurement Range Sine + 4.0 dBm 5.00 MHz Reference ± 0.30 Sine + 4.0 dBm 25.00 MHz Reference ± 0.50 Sine + 4.0 dBm 50.00 MHz Reference ± 0.50 Sine + 4.0 dBm 100.00 MHz Reference ±...
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Performance verification 4. Set up the spectrum analyzer according the frequency setup of the arbitrary function generator. 5. Set the Ref Level of the spectrum analyzer to 8 dBm. 6. Read the signal level in the Fundamental frequency for each signal. Use this level as a Reference value in step 7.
Performance verification Total Harmonic Distortion test This test verifies the total harmonic distortion (THD) using a spectrum analyzer. 1. Connect the arbitrary function generator to the spectrum analyzer as shown in the following figure. Figure 12: Total Harmonic distortion tests 2.
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Performance verification 7. Calculate each B1 to B7, C1 to C7 value and the THD using the following table. NOTE. When all the harmonic components are -62 dBm or less, the calculation of THD can be skipped because it is THD < 0.2%. 8.
Performance verification Spurious test This test verifies the spurious frequency signal using a spectrum analyzer. 1. Connect the arbitrary function generator to the spectrum analyzer as shown in the following figure. Figure 13: Spurious tests 2. Set up the arbitrary function generator using the following steps: Select menu Setting Operation...
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Performance verification Select menu Setting Operation Offset 0.0 V TopMenu > Offset/Low (front) Channel 1 Output On (front) 3. Set up the Oscilloscope so the square waveform of 5 division amplitude is displayed. 4. Verify that the rise/fall time of the square waveform on the oscilloscope at each amplitude is equal to or less than the limit specified in the following tables.
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Performance verification AFG310x / 310xC Oscilloscope Measurement Function Frequency Offset Amplitude Vertical Horizontal Limit Square 10.00 MHz 0.0 V 1.0 Vpp 200 mV/div 2 ns/div ≤ 5 ns ≤ 5 ns Square 10.00 MHz 0.0 V 10.0 Vpp 200 mV/div 2 ns/div with x10 attenuator...
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