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1.1
I
N
T
R
OD
U
CTIO
N
T
h
e Wavete
k M
odels 3001/3002 are
r
ugge
d
, com
p
letely
solid-state Signal Generators covering t
h
e freq
u
ency range
of .001 or 1 to 520 MHz. T
h
e output can
b
e am
p
litu
d
e or
f
r
e
qu
e
n
cy
m
o
d
ulate
d
, and
t
h
e level can be set between
+13 and -137
dB
m.
1 .1 .1
FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS
T
h
e fre
qu
ency of t
h
e instrument is set via 6 front-panel
L
ever/In
d
icator switc
h
es w
h
ic
h
yiel d α resol
u
tion of 1
kH
z.
In a
dd
itio
n
, remote fre
q
ue
n
cy programmability is standard .
Se
r
ies 3900
p
rogrammers are availa
b
le to facilitate semi-
a
u
tomatic or G
P
I
B
programming of
b
ot
h
fre
qu
ency and
o
u
t
pu
t level .
T
h
e accuracy of t
h
e instrument is
b
ase
d
on α
c r
ystal-
controlle
d
oscillator t
h
at se
r
ves as α stable f
r
e
q
uency
reference t
h
at enables t
h
e
instrument to provide hig
h
sta
b
ility signals to an accuracy of 0.0017 over its s
p
ecifie
d
fre
q
uency range. T
h
is accuracy i
n
cl
u
des
p
ossi
b
le errors
d
ue to s
h
ort term
d
rift, long ter
m d
rift, inci dental
FM,
an
d
variations
d
ue to line voltage c
h
anges an
d
tem
p
erature
c
h
a
n
ges. Wit
h
t
h
e
FRE
Q
UEN
CY
VERN
I
ER
out of t
h
e
CA
L p
osition, t
h
e fre
q
uency is acc
u
rate to 0.001% -10
kH
z.
T
h
e accuracy of t
h
e instrument can
b
e improve
d b
y using
t
h
e
o
p
tional
E
xternal Refere
n
ce i
np
ut or t
h
e o
p
tio
n
al
I nternal /External
R
eference o
r H
ig
h
Sta
b
ility
Internal
R
eference. An A
u
xilia
r
y RE Out
pu
t option is also avail-
a
b
le to
d
rive α counter. (See Section 1 .3, O
p
tions.)
S
E
CTIO
N
1
G
ENER
A
L
I
NF
O
RM
ATIO
N
1 .1 .2
M
OD
UL
ATIO
N
T h
ese instruments also feature
b
ot
h
internal and external
am
p
litu
d
e and fre
qu
ency mo
du
lation ca
p
a
b
ilities. Internal
mo
d
ulation f
r
e
q
uencies of 400 Hz and 1 kHz are standard .
In t
h
e
FM
mode of o
p
eration,
p
ea
k d
eviations to 100
kH
z
are attaina
b
le . In t
h
e AM mo
d
e, am
p
litu
d
e mo
d
ulation to
90'9. is attaina
b
le .
Wit
h
t
h
e
M
OD
UL
ATIO
N M
OD
E
switc
h
in t
h
e AM
p
osition
an
d
t
h
e
M
OD
UL
ATIO
N FRE
Q
UEN
CY switc
h
in t
h
e DC
p
osition, t
h
e o
u
t
p
ut am
p
litu
d
e can
b
e va
r
ie
d
by
t
h
e
M
OD
U
-
L
ATIO
N
FM/AM control . T
h
is
p
rovi
d
es α reference atten-
u
ator for va
r
iation of α signal level aro
und
α specific
p
oint
of interest. T
h
is ope
r
ation can also e
n
a
b
le t
h
e user to
obtain greater than 20 milliwatts of
p
ower over
p
o
r
tio
n
s
of t
h
e
b
an
d
. T
h
e fre
q
uency can also
b
e continuously
varie
d
wit
h
t
h
is control over α 100
kH
z range .
1 .1 .3
O
U
T
PU
T
LEVEL FRE
AT
URE
S
Th
e out
pu
t
p
ower is in
d
icated on α front-
p
anel meter
cali
b
rate
d
in
b
ot
h dB
m an
d VRM
S. Α fifteen-
p
osition,
10
dB
/ste
p
Atteηuator use
d
in con
j
unction wit
h
an 11
dB
VERN
I
ER
co
n
t
r
ol
pr
ovi
d
es t
h
e use
r
wit
h
α range of +13
dBm to -137
dB
m. Two progra
m
ma
b
le atten
u
ator o
p
tions
(1 Α and 1 Β), see Sectio
n
1 .3 .1) are availa
b
le .
T
h
e cali
b
rate
d
out
pu
t of eac
h
instrument is levele
d
2ο
wit
h
in ±0 .75
dB
across t
h
e co
mp
lete fre
qu
ency
r
a
n
ge
of the instrument.
Reverse
p
ower
p
rotectio
n
is also availa
b
le as an option .
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