• 20 MHz bandwidth / 1 channel
• This version does not have arbitrary capability
• Built-in modulation and 17 popular waveforms
• Full bandwidth sine and square waves
• Lowest total harmonic distortion (THD) in its class

The Keysight 33500B and 33600A Series function/arbitrary waveform generators offer the standard signals and features you expect, such as modulation, sweep, and burst. However, it also provides features that give you the capabilities and flexibility you need to get your job done quickly, no matter how complex. An intuitive front-panel user interface, for example, can be quickly and easily relearned when your attention has been focused elsewhere. And that is just the beginning.

Several versions available

The Keysight 33500B series is available in a 1 or 2 channel configuration, as well as with choice of frequency and arbitrary waveform capability. The chart below provides an overview of the main features of each.

Please note, 1 channel generators cannot be upgraded to 2 channel.

17 arbitrary waveforms built-in, including standard waveforms such as sine, square, ramp, PRBS and Gaussian Noise. As well as specialty waveforms: Cardiac, Haversine, and Lorentz. Built-in modulations include AM, FM, PM FSK and PWM.

Test your digital serial buses by streaming standard PRBS patterns—PN3 through PN32.

Add noise to your signal for margin and distortion testing using only a single channel. You can create dual-tone multi-frequency signals without a dual-channel generator, which means you can preserve your budget for other test needs. On a two-channel model, you can sum and combine up to four signals.

Dual-tone signal created by summing waveforms using the modulation type “Sum”.

If your generator is introducing spurious signals or harmonics, you’ll have a hard time producing reliable designs. To be successful, you need to test with clean, precise, low-noise signals. Keysight Trueform function / arbitrary waveform generators offer the highest signal fidelity so you can generate the exact waveforms you need for your most challenging measurements. You can be confident you are seeing your design’s characteristics, and not that of your waveform generator, in your measurements.

Lowest jitter

With jitter as low as 1 ps, Trueform function / arbitrary waveform generators offer exceptional edge stability. You can even use them as a system clock for timing and triggering your other instruments. With better jitter performance, you can place edges more accurately, helping you reduce timing errors in your circuit design.

With total harmonic distortion of just 0.03%, Trueform waveform generators offer up to 5x better fidelity than other generators. Clean, spurious-free signals don’t introduce noise or artifacts. See your design’s characteristics, not the waveform generator’s, in your measurements.

Trueform function / arbitrary waveform generators offer the lowest total harmonic distortion (THD) in its class.

Reproduce lower-voltage output signals

Today’s ultra-low-power products such as pacemakers, hearing aids and remote sensors use very low voltages. With Trueform function / arbitrary waveform generators, you can create signals as low as 1 mVpp. That is a 10x lower voltage range than typical waveform generators.

Use the optional high-stability time base for even better accuracy

Get improved time-based stability and frequency accuracy using the optional high-stability time base.

The optional timebase offers 0.1 ppm stability, which is 20x more stable than the standard time base over one year.

Trueform function / arbitrary waveform generators use a technology that plays every point in your signal exactly as you designed it. That means to test the robustness of your design, you can create a specific signal with noise, overshoots, spikes and dropouts just where you need them.

Standard deep memory

If you want to test your design with long, complex waveforms with a variety of anomalies, you need to make sure your waveform generator has sufficient memory. The 33500B and 33600A Series come standard with 1 M Samples and 4 M Samples deep memory respectively. Typical DDS generators offer only a fraction of that capacity. In addition to this, higher memory options up to 64 MSamples are available to handle your most complex waveforms.

Non aliasing

Define any waveform shape and any waveform length using the Trueform arbitrary waveform capability. Play your signals as defined, at your exact sample rate, without the chance of missing short-duration anomalies that are critical for testing device reliability.

While DDS technology may skip points at higher frequencies, Trueform never skips points and is always anti-aliased.

Waveform sequencing lets you create multiple configured waveforms with several common segments and lets you build long, complex waveforms using minimal instrument memory.