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Total Harmonic Distortion 
(Sine) 
10 Hz – 20 kHz at 0 dBm, < 0.075% 
Spurious (non-harmonic) 
DC – 10 MHz, < -65 dBc / 10 MHz – 30 MHz, < -55 / 30 MHz – 60 MHz, 
< -40 (0  dBm input  signal) 
Rise/Fall Time (square) 
< 4.2 ns (10 % – 90 %, at 1Vpp into 50 Ω) 
Variable Duty Cycle (square) 
0.001% - 99.999% (depending on frequency setting) 
Asymmetry (50% duty 
cycle) 
1% of period + 20 s (typical,1 kHz, 1 Vpp) 
Jitter (rms) cycle to cycle 
(square) 
300 ps + 0.00 ppm of period (typical, 1 kHz, 1 Vpp) 
Ramp Symmetry 
0% – 100% 
Linearity (triangle, ramp at 1 
kHz,  
1 Vpp, 100% symmetry) 
< 1% of peak output (typical) 
General 
4053B, 4054B & 4055B 
Pulse 
Pulse Width 
32.6 ns minimum, 100 ps resolution, 1,000,000 s max. 
Rise/Fall Time 
16.8 ns ( 1 Vpp, 50 10% – 90% 50 load) 
Duty Cycle 
0.001% resolution 
Overshoot 
< 3 % (100 kHz, 1 Vpp) 
Jitter (rms) cycle to cycle 
300 ps + 0.05 ppm of period (typical, 1 kHz, 1 Vpp) 
Burst 
Waveform 
Sine, square, ramp, pulse, arbitrary, noise 
Type 
Cycle (1-1000000 cycles), infinite, gated 
Start/Stop Phase 
0 ° – 360 ° 
Internal Period 
1 µs – 1000 s 
Gated Source 
Internal, external trigger 
Trigger Source 
Internal, external, manual 
Phase Offset 
Range 
0 ° – 360 ° 
Resolution 
0.1 ° 
AM, FM & PM Modulation Characteristics 
Carrier 
Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary (except DC) 
Source 
Internal, external 
Internal Modulation 
Waveform 
Sine, square, ramp, noise, arbitrary (1 mHz - 20 kHz) 
AM Modulation Depth 
0% – 120%, 0.1% resolution 
FM Frequency Deviation 
0 – 0.5*bandwidth, 10 µHz resolution 










