| Rohde & Schwarz RTO6-B7 Specifications |
| Output7 |
| Output pulse |
|
two complementary negative going square wave pulse train signals, single-ended or differential operation, fast transition on rising and falling edge, adjustable amplitude and timing parameters, free-running or phase-locked to base unit |
| Outputs |
single-ended operation |
single-ended output (OutP) |
| single-ended reference output (RefP) |
| differential operation |
differential output (OutP, OutN) |
| differential reference output (RefP, RefN) |
| Output connectors |
|
SMA female connectors |
| Reverse DC voltage |
|
0 V |
| Output impedance |
single-ended outputs |
nom. 50 Ω |
| both differential pairs |
nom. 100 Ω |
| Return loss |
≤ 10 GHz |
> 15 dB (meas.) |
| ≤ 20 GHz |
> 12 dB (meas.) |
| DC characteristics7 |
| Output high level |
|
0 V ± 10 mV |
Output low level
setting range |
|
-200 mV to -50 mV, adjustable in 10 mV steps |
| Output low level error |
OutP |
±2 % of setting ±15 mV |
| Output low level imbalance |
between OutP and RefP, OutN, RefN |
±1 dB (meas.) |
| Time domain characteristics7 |
| Transition time |
10 % to 90 %, rising and falling edge, calculated from 0.36/bandwidth |
| output low level |
| -120 mV to -50 mV |
20 ps |
| -200 mV to -130 mV |
22 ps |
| Step response aberrations |
for the first 100 ps after step transition |
±10 % (meas.) |
| for the first 1 ns after step transition |
±4 % (meas.) |
| until 100 ps before following step transition |
±2 % (meas.) |
| Repetition rate |
low frequency mode |
5 Hz, 10 Hz, 20 Hz, 50 Hz, 100 Hz, 200 Hz, 500 Hz to 1 MHz |
| high frequency mode, phase-locked to base unit |
5 MHz, 10 MHz, 25 MHz, 50 MHz, 100 MHz, 250 MHz |
| high frequency mode, free-running |
5 MHz, 10 MHz, 25 MHz, 50 MHz |
| Positive duty cycle |
measured at 50 % of transition |
| low frequency mode |
10 % to 90 %, adjustable in 10 % steps |
| high frequency mode |
50 % |
| Duty cycle error |
measured at 50 % of transition, at OutP and RefP outputs |
| low frequency mode |
±2 % (meas.) |
| high frequency mode |
±0.1 % (meas.) |
| Skew |
measured at 50 % of transition, between OutP and OutN output |
< 0.5 ps (meas.) |
| Clock accuracy |
free-running |
±100 ppm (meas.) |
| phase-locked to base unit |
see Timebase accuracy of base unit |
| Frequency domain characteristics7 |
| Analog bandwidth (-3 dB) |
output low level |
| -120 mV to -50 mV |
> 18 GHz (meas.) |
| -200 mV to -130 mV |
> 16.5 GHz (meas.) |
| Spectral magnitude error to ideal step spectrum |
≤ 5 GHz |
+0.5 dB to -1 dB (meas.) |
| ≤ 12 GHz |
+0.5 dB to -2 dB (meas.) |
| ≤ analog bandwidth |
+0.0 dB to -3 dB (meas.) |