53210A

53220A

53230A

Measurement range (nom)

Frequency, period (average) measurements

Common

Channels

Ch 1 or optional Ch 2

Ch 1, Ch 2 or optional Ch 3

Digits/s

10 digits/s

12 digits/s

12 digits/s

12 digits

15 digits

15 digits

Measurement technique

Reciprocal

Reciprocal and resolution

enhanced

Reciprocal, resolution-

enhanced or continuous

(gap-free)

Signal type

Continuous Wave (CW)

CW and pulse/burst

(Option 150)

Level & slope

Automatically preset or user selectable

Gate

Internal or external

1 ms to 1000 s in 10 µs steps

100 µs to 1000 s in 10 µs steps

1 µs to 1000 s in 1 µs steps

N/A

Start delay (time or events) and stop hold-off

(time or events)

FM tolerance

± 50%

Frequency, period

DC (1 mHz) to 350 MHz (2.8 ns to 1000 s)

Microwave input (optional)

Option 106 - 100 MHz to 6 GHz (166 ps to 10 ns)

Option 115 - 300 MHz to 15 GHz ( 66 ps to 3.3 ns)

Range

Timestamp/modulation domain

N/A

N/A

1 MSa/s, 800 kSa/s,

100 kSa/s, 10 kSa/s

#Edges/timestamp

N/A

N/A

Auto-acquired per

acquisition

Acquisition length

N/A

N/A

up to 1 MSa or

100,000 s (max)

Common

Channels

N/A

Ch 1 or 2

Single-shot time resolution

N/A

100 ps

20 ps

Gating

N/A

Internal or external gate

Start delay (time or events) and stop hold-off

(time or events)

Slope

N/A

Independent start, stop slopes

Level

N/A

Independent start, stop slopes

Channel-to-channel time skew

(typ)

N/A

100 ps

50 ps

Measurement Characteristics

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