Performance Verification
4-12 AWG510 & AWG520 Service Manual
Performance Tests
This section contains a collection of procedures for checking that the
AWG500–Series Waveform Generator performance as warranted.
The procedures are arranged in fifteen logical groupings, presented in the
following order:
Table4-4: Performance test items
Titles
See(performance
verification) Testitems
See
(specifications)
Operating mode tests Page 4-23 Continuous,Triggered, and Gated
modenor mality
Clock frequency tests Page 4-30 Clockfrequency accuracy Page 1-5
Amplitude and offsetaccur acy tests (normal out) Page 4-32 Amplitudeaccuracy, and DC offset
accuracy
Page 1-6
Amplitude, DC offsetand r ise time accuracy
tests (direct DA out)
Page 4-36 Amplitude accuracy, DC offset accuraĆ
cy and Rise time accuracy
Page 1-7
Pulse response tests Page 4-40 Risetime accuracy, Abberation, and
Flatness
Page 1-6
Sine wave tests Page 4-43 Harmonics level accuracy,and Noise
level accuracy
Page 1-6
Internal trigger tests Page 4-45 Triggerinter val normality Page 1-5
Triggerinput tests Page 4-47 Trigger level accuracy, and Trigger
functionnormality
Page 1-11
Event input and enhanced mode tests page4-52 External event input function normality,
and
Event mode normality
10 MHz reference input tests Page 4-59 Reference inputnormality, and
clock output frequency accuracy
Page 1-12
External clock input tests Page 4-61 External clock input normality Page 1-12
Add input tests Page 4-63 Add input function normality,and Input
level accuracy
Page 1-12
Marker output tests Page4-65 Marker output level accuracy Page 1-8
Marker delay tests Page 4-69 Marker delay function Page 1-8
Digital data output tests (Option 03 only) Page4-72 Highand low level accuracies,
Output period accuracy,and Skew
Page 1-10
Clock output tests Page 4-76 Clock output normality Page 1-8
Noise output tests Page 4-78 Noiselevel accur acy Page1-9
They check all the characteristics that are designated as checked in Specifica-
tions. (The characteristic items that must be checked are listed with the asterisk
(*) in Specifications).