The Agilent 33500B waveform generators with Trueform signal generation technology, offer a new alternative
that blends the best of Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) and point-by-point architecture, giving you the benefits of both.
Trueform technology uses an exclusive digital sampling technique that delivers unmatched performance
at the same low price you are accustomed to with DDS.
The models in the 33500B series provide the lowest jitter and lowest total harmonic distortion in their class,
giving engineers the ability to generate the exact signals they need.
With better jitter performance, engineers can place edges more accurately, helping them reduce timing errors in their circuit designs.
With total harmonic distortion less than 0.04 percent and non-harmonic spurs less than 75 dBc,
the 33500B Series offers clean signals that do not introduce noise, enabling users to get more accurate results.
Features 33521B
Number of channels: 1
Bandwidth: 30 MHz
Wavefoms : Sine, square, ramp, pulse, triangle, Gaussian noise, PRBS (Pseudorandom Binary Sequence), DC
Built-in arbitrary: Cardiac, exponential fall, exponential rise, Gaussian pulse, Haversine, Lorentz, D-Lorentz, negative ramp, sinc
User-defined arbitray: Up to 1 MSa (16 MSa with Option MEM) with multi-segment sequencing
Operating modes: Continuous, modulate, frequency sweep, burst, output gate
Modulation: AM, FM, PM, FSK, BPSK, PWM, Sum (carrier + modulation)
Arbitrary waveform characteristics
Waveform length: 8 Sa to 1 MSa per channel (16 MSa with Option OCX) in increments of 1 sample
Sample rate: 1 µSa/s to 250 MSa/s, 1 µSa/s resolution
Voltage resolution: 16 bits
Bandwidth (-3 dB, nom): Filter Off: 40 MHz; Normal Filter On: 0.27 x (Sample Rate); Step Filter On: 0.13 x (Sample Rate)
Rise and fall time: 0.35 / Bandwidth (10 ns min) with "Normal" or "Step" filter On
Waveform sequencing
Operation: Individual arbitrary waveforms (segments) can be combined into user-defined lists (sequences) to form longer, more complex waveforms.
To improve throughput, up to 32 sequences totaling up to 1,024 segments can be preloaded into volatile memory
Segment length: 8 Sa to 1 MSa per channel (16 MSa with Option MEM) in increments of 1 sample
Sequence length: 1 to 512 steps
Segment repeat count: 1 to 1x10E6, or infinite