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AFG1000 Series Datasheet
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The AFG1000 Series Arbitrary Function Generator provides a waveform generation tool with the best price performance ratio. It includes two models with dual channels, up to 60 MHz bandwidth and up to 10 Vp-p output amplitude. The four run modes, 50 built-in frequently-used waveforms and the built-in 200 MHz frequency counter cover most waveform generation needs in your experiment and test jobs. The 3.95-inch TFT LCD, short-cut buttons, USB interface and PC software provide the most intuitive ways to configure the instrument.
Key performance specifications
- Dual-channel, 25 MHz or 60 MHz sine waveforms, 12.5 MHz or 30 MHz square waveforms
- 14 bits, 125 MS/s or 300 MS/s arbitrary waveforms with 8 k points record length
- Amplitude 1 mVp-p to 10 Vp-p into 50 Ω loads
Key features
- Continuous, sweeping, burst, and modulation modes (AM, FM, PM, ASK, FSK, PSK, PWM) covers most requirements for students and other users to get the experiments/test job done
- 64-MByte internal non-volatile memory for arbitrary waveform storage
- Built-in 200 MHz counter with 6-digit resolution offers an easy and precise way of frequency/period/pulse width/duty cycle measurement
- Standard USB host/device for memory expansion and remote control
- Free ArbExpress makes user defined waveforms editing extremely easy through an external USB memory stick
- Standard 5-year warranty
Applications
- Electric and electronics experiments
- Communications experiments
- Sensor simulation
- Functional test
Performance and features
1 μHz to 25 MHz or 60 MHz sine waveform range, with 12-digit or 1 μHz resolution and a ±1 ppm drift high stability time base, provides great signal fidelity in the frequency domain. With 1 mVp-p to 10 Vp-p output amplitude range, and 14-bit or 1 mVp-p resolution over the whole frequency range, there is no need to compromise between output amplitude and frequency any more.
Four different run modes cover most use cases with a cost effective solution. 50 most-frequently used standard and arbitrary waveforms are built-in for easy access. Up to 8 K points arbitrary waveforms memory enables users to replicate real world signals captured with a Tektronix oscilloscope or defined with ArbExpress. The built-in 200 MHz and 6-digit resolution frequency counter is an easy and precise way to measure frequencies/periods/pulse widths/duty cycles.
Ease of use
The high-resolution 3.95-inch color TFT display shows relevant settings and parameters in both text and graphic formats, which give users full confidence in their settings, and let them focus on the task at hand. The front panel shortcut buttons and rotary knob make accesses to most frequently used functions and settings with minimum effort and time. The built-in 64-MByte non-volatile memory together with USB stick memory interface, provide unlimited space for user-defined waveform storage.
Software and solutions
The user-defined arbitrary waveforms generated by the free ArbExpress software can easily be loaded on the AFG1000 with a USB memory stick.
Specifications
All specifications are guaranteed unless noted otherwise. All specifications apply to all models unless noted otherwise.
Channels
- Number of channels
- 2
Built-in waveforms
- Built-in waveforms
- Sine, Square, Pulse, Ramp, Noise, and 45 frequently used arbitrary waveforms
General characteristics
- Sine waves
- Range
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 μHz to 25 MHz 1 μHz to 60 MHz - Sine wave in burst mode
2 mHz to 25 MHz 2 mHz to 30 MHz - Effective maximum frequency out
25 MHz 60 MHz - Amplitude flatness (1 Vp-p), typical
- <10 MHz
±0.4 dB ±0.4 dB - ≥10 MHz and ≤25 MHz
±0.7 dB - ≥10 MHz and ≤60 MHz
±0.9 dB - Harmonic distortion (1 Vp-p)
- ≤10 MHz
< -50 dBc < -60 dBc - >10 MHz
< -50 dBc < -47 dBc - Total harmonic distortion
< 0.2% (10 Hz to 20 kHz, 1 Vp-p) - Spurious (1 Vp-p), typical
< -45 dBc - Phase noise, typical
1 MHz: < -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, 1 Vp-p - Residual clock noise, typical
-57 dBm
- Square wave
- Range
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 μHz to 12.5 MHz 1 μHz to 30 MHz - Rise/fall time, typical
<12 ns <10 ns - Jitter (rms), typical
<1 ns <500 ps - Overshoot
<5%
- Ramp wave
- Range
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 μHz to 1 MHz 1 μHz to 2 MHz - Linearity, typical
≤ 0.1% of peak output at 10% - 90% of amplitude range, at 1 kHz, 1 V p-p , 50% symmetry - Symmetry
0.0% to 100.0%
- Pulse wave
- Range
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 μHz to 12.5 MHz 1 μHz to 30 MHz - Pulse width range
40 ns to 999 ks 17 ns to 999 ks - Pulse width resolution
1 ns or 4 digits - Pulse duty
<1 MHz, 0.1% to 99.9% (limitations of pulse duty width apply) ≥1 MHz, 50% fixed ≥1 MHz, 50% fixed - Edge transition time, typical
<12 ns, fixed <10 ns, fixed - Overshoot, typical
<5% - Jitter (rms), typical
<1 ns <500 ps
- Noise
- Noise bandwidth (-3 dB)
AFG1022 AFG1062 25 MHz 50 MHz - Noise type
White Gausian
- DC
- Range
AFG1022 AFG1062 -5 V to +5 V, 50 Ω load -10 V to + 10 V, open circuit or high Z load
- Arbitrary waveform
- Range
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 μHz to 10 MHz 1 μHz to 30 MHz - Arbitrary waveform in burst mode
2 mHz to 10 MHz 2 mHz to 30 MHz - Effective analog bandwidth (-3 dB)
30 MHz 60 MHz - Non-volatile memory
64 MByte - Memory
- Length
2 to 8 K Points - Sampling rate
125 MS/s 300 MS/s - Vertical resolution
14 bits - Rise and fall time
< 10 ns < 8 ns - Jitter (rms), typical
< 6 ns
- Frequency
- Resolution
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 μHz or 12 digits - Internal reference stability
±1 ppm at 0 - 40 °C - Internal reference aging
±1 ppm per year
- Amplitude
- Range (50 Ω load)
- ≤25 MHz
AFG1022 AFG1062 1 mVp-p to 10 Vp-p 1 mVp-p to 10 Vp-p - >25 MHz
- 1 mV p-p to 5 V p-p - Range (Open circuit or high Z load)
- ≤25 MHz
2 mVp-p to 20 Vp-p 2 mV p-p to 20 V p-p - >25 MHz
- 2 mV p-p to 10 V p-p - Accuracy
- ±(1% of setting +1 mVp-p), (1 kHz sine waveform, 0 V offset)
- Resolution
- 1 mVp-p, 1 mVrms or 4 digits
- Units
- Vp-p, Vrms
- Output impedance
- 50 Ω (typical)
- Local impedance setting
- Selectable: 50 Ω, 1 Ω to 10.000 kΩ, High Z (adjusts displayed amplitude according to selected load impedance)
- Isolation
- No floating ground, signal ground connected to chassis ground
- Signal output protection
- Short-circuit tolerance, main output automatically disabled when over current
DC offset
- Range
±(5 Vpk – Amplitudep-p/2), 50 Ω load
±(10 Vpk – Amplitudep-p/2), open circuit or high Z load
- Accuracy
- ±(1% of |setting| + 1 mV + 0.5% of amplitude (Vp-p))
- Resolution
- 1 mV or 4 digits
Modulation
Modulation, sweeping, and burst modes are only available for channel 1 on the AFG1022.
The AFG1062 supports equal strong channels with modulation, sweeping, and burst modes.
Amplitude modulation
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, noise, arbitrary
- Internal AM frequency
- 2 mHz to 20 kHz
- Depth
- 0.0% to 100.0%
Frequency modulation
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, noise, arbitrary
- Internal modulating frequency
- 2 mHz to 20 kHz
- Frequency deviation
- (limited by carrier waveform type)
AFG1022 AFG1062 2 mHz to 12.5 MHz 2 mHz to 30 MHz
Phase modulation
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, noise, arbitrary
- Internal PM frequency
- 2 mHz to 20 kHz
- Phase Deviation
- 0° to 180°
Amplitude shift keying (AFG1062 only)
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- 50% duty cycle square
- ASK rate
- 2 mHz to 100 kHz
Frequency shift keying
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- 50% duty cycle square
- FSK rate
- 2 mHz to 100 kHz
Phase shift keying (AFG1062 only)
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- 50% duty cycle square
- PSK rate
- 2 mHz to 100 kHz
Pulse width modulation (AFG1062 only)
- Carrier waveforms
- Pulse, ≤1 MHz
- Source
- Internal / external
- Internal modulating waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary, except DC and noise
- PWM frequency
- 2 mHz to 20 kHz
- Deviation
- 0.0% to 50.0% of pulse period
Sweeping
Modulation, sweeping, and burst modes are only available for channel 1 on the AFG1022.
The AFG1062 supports equal strong channels with modulation, sweeping, and burst modes.
Carrier waveforms
- Carrier waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, arbitrary (AFG1062 only)
- Minimum start-stop frequency
- 1 μHz
Maximum start-stop frequency
- Sine
AFG1022 AFG1062 25 MHz 60 MHz
- Square
12.5 MHz 30 MHz - Ramp
1 MHz 2 MHz
- Type
- Linear, logarithmic
- Direction
- Up / down
- Sweep time
- 1 ms to 500 s ± 0.1%
- Trigger sources
- Internal, external, or manual
Burst
Modulation, sweeping, and burst modes are only available for channel 1 on the AFG1022.
The AFG1062 supports equal strong channels with modulation, sweeping, and burst modes.
- Waveforms
- Sine, square, ramp, pulse, arbitrary except DC and noise
- Types
AFG1022: count (1 to 50,000 cycles), infinite, gated
AFG1062: count (1 to 1,000,000 cycles), infinite, gated
- Start phase
- -360° to +360°
- Trigger sources
- Internal, external, or manual
- Internal trigger interval
- (40 ns or (cycles x period) to 500 s) ± 1%
- Gate source
- External trigger
Frequency counter
- Function
- Frequency, period, positive pulse width, duty cycle
- Frequency range
- 100 mHz to 200 MHz
- Frequency resolution
- 6 digits
- Coupling mode
- AC, DC
- Voltage Range and Sensitivity, DC coupled (non-modulation signal)
- 100 mHz to 100 MHz
- 250 mVp-p to 5 Vp-p (AC + DC)
- 100 MHz to 200 MHz
- 450 mVp-p to 3 Vp-p (AC + DC)
- Voltage range and sensitivity, AC coupled (non-modulation signal)
- 1 Hz to 100 MHz
- 250 mVp-p to 5 Vp-p
- 100 MHz to 200 MHz
- 450 mVp-p to 4 Vp-p
- Pulse width and duty cycle measure
- 1 Hz to 10 MHz
- Input impedance
1 M Ω in parallel with 100 pF
- High frequency noise restraint (HFR)
- On / Off (HFR frequency = 500 kHz)
- Sensitivity
- Low, middle, or high
- Trigger level range
- -2.5 V to +2.5 V
Auxiliary inputs and outputs
- External modulation input
- Input frequency range
- DC to 20 kHz
- Input voltage range
- All except FSK: ±1 V full scale, FSK: 3.3 V logic level
- Input impedance
- 12 kΩ (typical)
- External trigger input
- Level
- TTL-compatible
- Slope
- Rising or falling (selectable)
- Pulse Width
- >100 ns
- External reference clock input
- (Shared with Frequency Counter Input)
- Impedance
- 400 Ω, AC coupled
- Requested Input voltage swing
- 100 mVp-p to 5 Vp-p
- Locking range
- 10 MHz ±9 kHz
- External reference clock output
- Frequency
- 10 MHz
- Impedance
- 50 Ω, DC coupled
- Amplitude
- 1.6 Vp-p into 50 Ω load
- Communication interface
- USB
- Host and device, USB TMC compliance
Display
- Display type
- 3.95-inch
- Display resolution
- 480 by 320
- Display colors
- 65,536
Menu and online help languages
- Menu and online help languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
Power source
- Supply
- 220-240 VAC, 100-120 VAC, 50/60 Hz, CATⅡ
- Consumption
AFG1022: Less than 28 W
AFG1062: Less than 35 W
- Fuse
110 V: 250 V, F1AL
220 V: 250 V, F0.5AL
- Warm-up time
- 30 minutes (typical)
Physical characteristics
- Dimensions (W, H, D)
- 230 × 110 × 306 mm (9.0 × 4.4 × 12.1 in)
- Weight
- Net
- 3.4 kg (7.5 lbs)
- Shipping
- 4.7 kg (10.3 lbs)
EMC environment and safety
- Temperature
- Working
- 0 ℃ to 40 ℃ (32 °F to 104 °F)
- Storage
- -20 ℃ to 60 ℃ (-4 °F to 144 °F)
- Relative humidity (non-condensing)
Operating: ≤ 80%, +0 °C to +40 °C (+32 °F to +104 °F)
Non-operating: 5% to 90%, < +40 °C (+104 °F)
Non-operating: 5% to 80%, ≥ +40 °C (+104 °F) to ≤ +60 °C (+140 °F)
- Altitude
- Operating: up to 3,000 m (9843 ft.)
Non-operating: up to 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
- Cooling method
- Fan cooling
- EMC compliance
- European Union
- EN 61326-1
- Australia/NZ
- CISPR 11, Class A
- Safety compliance
- UL 61010-1
- CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1
- EN 61010-1
- IEC 61010-1
Ordering information
Models
- AFG1022
- Arbitrary Function Generator
- AFG1062
- Arbitrary Function Generator
Instrument options
Power plug options
- Opt. A0
- North America power plug (115 V, 60 Hz)
- Opt. A1
- Universal Euro power plug (220 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A2
- United Kingdom power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A3
- Australia power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A5
- Switzerland power plug (220 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A6
- Japan power plug (100 V, 50/60 Hz)
- Opt. A10
- China power plug (50 Hz)
- Opt. A11
- India power plug (50 Hz)
- Opt. A12
- Brazil power plug (60 Hz)
- Opt. A99
- No power cord
Service options
- Opt. C3
- Calibration Service 3 Years
- Opt. C5
- Calibration Service 5 Years
Probes and accessories are not covered by the warranty and Service Offerings. Refer to the datasheet of each probe and accessory model for its unique warranty and calibration terms.
Accessories
Standard Accessories
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generator Safety and Compliance Instructions; printed document
- AFG1000 Documentation CD containing the following PDF documents:
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generators Quick Start User Manual, English
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generators Quick Start User Manual, Simplified Chinese
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generators Programmer Manual
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generators Specifications and Performance Verification Manual
- PDF documents not included on the AFG1000 Documentation CD but available for download from
www.tek.com.
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generators Quick Start User Manual, Russian, (Tektronix part number 077-1135-xx)
- AFG1000 Arbitrary/Function Generators Quick Start User Manual, Japanese, (Tektronix part number 077-1166-xx)
- Packing list
- Power cord, specified by country
- Certificate of calibration; printed document
- USB cable x 1, Type A to Type B
- BNC cable x 2
- Tektronix Supplemental Information Sheet For the Peoples Republic of China: China RoHs; printed document
- Fuse, cartridge; 5 x 20 mm, 0.5 A, 250 V, time-delay
- Fuse, cartridge; 5 x 20 mm, 1 A, 250 V, time-delay
Warranty
- Five year warranty on parts and labor
Recommended accessories
- 174-4401-xx, USB cable, type A to type B cable – three feet
- 174-5194-xx, USB cable, type A to type B cable – six feet
- 012-1732-xx, BNC cable assembly, 0 to 1 GHz, shielded – three feet
- 159-0568-xx, Fuse, cartridge; 5 x 20 mm, 0.5 A, 250 V, time-delay
- 159-0569-xx, Fuse, cartridge; 5 x 20 mm, 1 A, 250 V, time-delay