User's Manual
WAVEFORMS
Standard Waveforms:
Arbitrary Waveforms:
 Waveform Length:
 Amplitude Resolution:
 Sample Rate:
 Non-Volatile Memory:
Sine, Square, Triangle,
Ramp, Noise, DC volts,
Sine(x)/x, Negative Ramp,
Exponential Rise,
Exponential Fall, Cardiac
8 to 16,000 points 
12 bits (including sign)
40 MSa / sec
Four 16,000-point waveforms 
FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS
Sine:
Square:
Triangle:
Ramp:
Noise (Gaussian):
Arbitrary Waveforms:
  8 to 8,192 points:
  8,193 to 12,287 points:
  12,288 to 16,000 points:
Resolution:
Accuracy:
Temperature Coefficient:
Aging:
100 
Hz – 15 MHz
100 
Hz – 15 MHz
100 
Hz – 100 kHz
100 
Hz – 100 kHz
10 MHz bandwidth
100 
Hz – 5 MHz
100 
Hz – 2.5 MHz
100 
Hz – 200 kHz
10 
Hz or 10 digits
10 ppm in 90 days, 
20 ppm in 1 year,
18
C – 28 C 
< 2 ppm / 
C 
< 10 ppm / yr
SINEWAVE SPECTRAL PURITY (into 50 )
Harmonic Distortion
  DC to 20 kHz:
  20 kHz to 100 kHz:
  100 kHz to 1 MHz:
  1 MHz to 15 MHz:
Total Harmonic Distortion
  DC to 20 kHz:
Spurious (non-harmonic)
  Output (DC to 1 MHz):
  Output (> 1 MHz):
Phase Noise:
-70 dBc
-60 dBc 
-45 dBc
-35 dBc
< 0.04%
< -65 dBc 
< -65 dBc + 6 dB/octave 
< -55 dBc in a 30 kHz band
SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
Squarewave
 Rise/Fall Time:
 Overshoot:
 Asymmetry:
 Duty Cycle:
Triangle, Ramp, Arb
 Rise/Fall Time:  
 Linearity:
 Settling Time:
 Jitter:
< 20 ns
< 4% 
1% + 5 ns
20% to 80% (to 5 MHz)
40% to 60% (to 15 MHz) 
40 ns (typical)
< 0.1% of peak output
< 250 ns to 0.5% of final value
< 25 ns
OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS 
(1)
Amplitude (into 50
): 
(2)
  Accuracy (at 1 kHz): 
 Flatness
 < 100 kHz:
    100 kHz to 1 MHz:
    1 MHz to 15 MHz:
    1 MHz to 15 MHz:
Offset  (into 50
): 
(3)
 Accuracy: 
(4)
Output Impedance:
Resolution: 
Output Units:
Isolation:
Protection:
50 mVpp – 10 Vpp
 1% of specified output
(sine wave relative to 1 kHz)
 1% (0.1 dB)
 1.5% (0.15 dB)
 2% (0.2 dB)  Ampl   3Vrms
 3.5% (0.3 dB) Ampl < 3Vrms
5 Vpk ac + dc
2% of setting + 2 mV
50 ohms fixed
3 digits, Amplitude and Offset
Vpp, Vrms, dBm 
42 Vpk maximum to earth 
Short-circuit protected 
15 Vpk overdrive < 1 minute
(1) Add 1/10th of output amplitude and offset specification
 per 
C for operation outside of 18 C to 28 C range
 (1-year specification).
(2) 100 mVpp – 20 Vpp amplitude into open-circuit load.
(3) Offset 
 2 X peak-to-peak amplitude. 
(4) For square wave outputs, add 2% of output amplitude
 additional error.
Chapter 1 Specifications
Agilent 33120A Function Generator
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