General Characteristics
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I and Q out | I and Q are used in conjunction with I and Q to | ||
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  | provide a balanced baseband stimulus. Balanced signals  | |
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  | are signals present in two separate conductors that are  | |
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  | symmetrical about the common mode offset, and are  | |
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  | opposite in polarity [180 degrees out of phase]. | |
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  | These female BNC connectors are provided only on | |
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  | signal generators with Option 601 or 602. If you configure  | |
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  | your signal generator with Option 1EM, these inputs are  | |
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  | relocated to rear panel SMB connectors. | |
LF output | Outputs the   | ||
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  | 2.5 Vpeak into 50 ohms, or 0 to 5 Vpeak into high | |
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  | impedance. [BNC, front panel] | |
Pattern trigger input | Accepts CMOS1 signal to trigger internal pattern or frame  | ||
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  | generator to start single pattern output. Minimum pulse  | |
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  | width 100 ns. The damage levels are   | |
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  | [BNC, rear panel]  | |
Q input | Accepts a Q input for I/Q modulation. Nominal input  | ||
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  | impedance 50 or 600 ohms, damage levels are 1 Vrms  | |
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  | and 10 Vpeak. [BNC, front panel] | |
RF output  | Nominal output impedance 50 ohms.  | ||
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Sweep output  | Generates output voltage, 0 to +10 V when signal  | ||
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  | generator is sweeping. Output impedance < 1 ohm, can  | |
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  | drive 2000 ohms. [BNC, rear panel] | |
Symbol sync input | The CMOS1 compatible symbol sync connector accepts | ||
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  | an externally supplied symbol sync for digital modulation  | |
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  | applications. The expected input is a symbol clock signal.  | |
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  | It may be used in two modes. When used as a symbol  | |
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  | sync in conjunction with a data clock, the signal must be  | |
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  | high during the first data bit of the symbol. The signal  | |
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  | must be valid during the falling edge of the data clock  | |
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  | signal and may be a single pulse or continuous. When  | |
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  | the symbol sync itself is used as the [symbol] clock, the  | |
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  | falling edge is used to clock the data signal. | |
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  | The maximum clock rate is 50 MHz. The damage levels  | |
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  | are  | |
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  | This female BNC connector is provided on signal  | |
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  | generators with Option 601 or 602. On signal generators  | |
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  | with Option 1EM, this input is relocated to a rear panel  | |
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  | SMB connector.  | |
Symbol sync output | Outputs CMOS1 symbol clock for symbol synchronization,  | ||
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  | one data clock period wide. [Auxiliary I/O connector,  | |
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  | rear panel]  | |
Trigger input | Accepts CMOS 1 signal for triggering   | ||
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  | manual sweep mode, or to trigger start of LF sweep.  | |
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  | the damage levels are   | |
Trigger output | Outputs a TTL signal: high at start of dwell, or when  | ||
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  | waiting for point trigger in manual sweep mode; low  | |
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  | when dwell is over or point trigger is received, high or  | |
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  | low 2 µs pulse at start of LF sweep. [BNC, rear panel] | |
1. Rear panel inputs and outputs are 3.3 V CMOS, unless indicated otherwise. CMOS inputs will accept 5 V CMOS, 3 V CMOS, or TTL voltage levels.
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