Appendix B: Performance Characteristics
The performance characteristics on the AWG2021 can be divided into three categories:
Nominal Traits. General characteristics are described not by equipment performance and limits but by such things as memory capacity.
Warranted Characteristics. Warranted characteristics are described in terms of quantifiable performance limits which are guaranteed.
Typical Characteristics. Typical characteristics are described in terms of typical or average performance for the AWG2021. The characteristics described herein are not absolutely guaranteed.
Items marked with ** are tested in the Performance Verification (Appendix C)
Nominal Traits
| This section will describe general characteristics of the AWG2021. These can be | |
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Table B 1: Electrical Characteristics | ||
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Operating Modes |
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Continuous |
| Generates the waveform continuously. |
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Triggered |
| Output quiescent until triggered by an external, GPIB or manual trigger; then |
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| generates a waveform or sequence only one time. |
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Gated |
| Same as triggered mode except periods are output for the duration of the gated |
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Burst |
| Output quiescent until triggered by an external, GPIB or manual trigger; then |
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| generates a waveform or sequence predefined count. |
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Waveform Advance |
| Continuously generates the waveform in the predefined edited sequence and |
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| the next trigger advances the waveform. |
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Autostep |
| Outputs the first waveform in the predefined Autostep File once. The next |
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| trigger advances to output the next waveform once and so on, for each |
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| successive trigger. |
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