User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- General Safety Summary
- Preface
- Getting Started
- Operating Basics
- Reference
- Reference
- Menu Structures
- The Setup Menu Screen
- The Graphical Waveform Editor
- The Pattern Editor
- Quick Editing
- The Table Editor
- The Equation Editor
- The Sequence Editor
- The APPL Menu
- The UTILITY Window
- External Keyboards
- Setting General Purpose Knob Direction
- Formatting a Floppy Disk
- Displaying Disk Usage
- Screen Display Enable/Disable
- Focused Color
- Displaying Instrument Status
- Internal Clock (Date and Time)
- Resetting the Instrument
- Connecting to a GPIB Network
- Ethernet Networking
- Hardcopy
- Calibration and Diagnostics
- Upgrading the System Software
- Capturing Waveforms
- Waveform Programming Language
- Command Descriptions
- Programming Examples
- File Conversion
- File Management
- FG Mode
- Waveform Mixing Mode
- Synchronous Operation Mode (AWG710B only)
- Appendices
- Appendix A: Specifications (AWG710B)
- Appendix A: Specifications (AWG710)
- Appendix B: Performance Verification (AWG710B)
- Conventions
- Self Tests
- Performance Tests
- Operating Mode Tests
- Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (for option 02)
- Pulse Response Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Trigger Input Tests
- Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests
- External Clock Input and VCO Out Output Tests
- VCO OUT Output Frequency and 10 MHz Reference Input Tests
- Marker Output Tests
- Synchronous Operation Tests
- Appendix B: Performance Verification (AWG710)
- Conventions
- Self Tests
- Performance Tests
- Operating Mode Tests
- Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (for option 02)
- Pulse Response Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Trigger Input Tests
- Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests
- 1/4 Clock Frequency and 10 MHz Reference Input Tests
- Marker Output Tests
- Appendix C: Inspection and Cleaning
- Appendix D: Sample Waveforms
- Appendix E: File Transfer Interface Outline
- Appendix F: Miscellaneous
- Appendix G: Sequence File Text Format
- Index

Appendix A: Specifications (AWG710)
A-32 AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
10 MHz Reference clock out
Amplitude, Typical ≥ 1.2 V
p–p
, into a 50 Ω load, Max 2.5 V
p–p
, open circuit
Impedance 50 Ω, AC coupling
Connector Rear panel BNC connector
4
The characteristics are specified at the end of the SMA cable (012–1565–00).
Table A-36: Auxiliary outputs
Characteristics Description PV reference page
Table A-37: Period Jitter
Clock frequency 4 GS/s 2 GS/s 1 GS/s
Measurement StdDev Pk-Pk StdDev Pk-Pk StdDev Pk-Pk
Marker output 1.6 ps 11.6 ps 1.9 ps 13.4 ps 2.5 ps 15.1 ps
1/4 Clock output 2.6 ps 20.2 ps 2.4 ps 27.5 ps 1.9 ps 14.0 ps
Table A-38: Cycle to Cycle Jitter
Clock frequency 4 GS/s 2 GS/s 1 GS/s
Measurement StdDev Pk-Pk StdDev Pk-Pk StdDev Pk-Pk
Marker output 3.1 ps 21.4 ps 3.2 ps 26.1 ps 3.1 ps 21.9 ps
1/4 Clock output 4.8 ps 44.5 ps 3.7 ps 33.3 ps 3.1 ps 28.7 ps