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The Tektronix Type 181 is a time mark generator.  There is a benchtop version,
The '''Tektronix Type 181''' is a time mark generator [[introduced in 1955]].  There is a benchtop version,
the 181, and a rackmount version, the RM181.
the 181, and a rackmount version, the RM181. MOD 110 substitutes a oven-stabilized
1 MHz crystal oscillator (OCXO), the CO181 (Tek part number [[158-007]]),
thereby achieving 2 parts per million
frequency stability in a 24 hour period, the same stability as the [[180A]].
A 181 with the OCXO mod is a "181 S1".


* [http://manoman.sqhill.com/pdf/tek-181.pdf Tektronix 181 Manual (PDF)]
Internally, the 181 is similar to the [[180A|180]]. 
The oscillator drives a chain of synchronized monostable multivibrators.
Each multivibrator is triggered by the output of the previous stage, and
cannot be triggered again for the duration of its pulse width.  In the 181,
the pulse width ratio of one stage to the next is 1:10, i.e. when a stage triggers
on a pulse at its input, it propagates that event to its output, but inhibits the next
nine pulses (by time, not by counting).
 
The 181 also provides a 10 MHz output.  This is generated by a 10 MHz resonator that
is driven by an amplified and waveshaped copy of the 1 MHz crystal oscillator output.
Since it is a harmonic, the 10 MHz output has same relative frequency  accuracy as
the reference oscillator.
 
The power supply of the 181 produces +300 V and -150 V regulated voltages and
+400 V, -8 V, and -25 V unregulated.  The voltage reference is a [[5651]] tube.
The output tubes for both regulators are [[12B4]] and the feedback amplifier
tubes are [[6AU6]].  The 181 does not contain a fan or a [[thermal cutoff]].
 
* [[Media:070-292.pdf|Tektronix 181 Manual (sn 6917, color schematics, PDF)]]
* [http://w140.com/mmm/tek-181.pdf Tektronix 181 Manual (PDF)]


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Image:Tek 181.jpg|181
File:Tek 181.jpg|181
Image:Tek rm181.jpg|RM181
File:Tek rm181.jpg|RM181
File:181_PC_ISO.jpg|181, early version
File:181_PC_Front.jpg|181, early version, front
File:181_PC_Left.jpg|181, early version, left side
File:181_PC_Right.jpg|181, early version, right side
File:Tek co181.jpg|CO181 oven-stabilized oscillator
File:Tek 181 block.png|Block diagram
File:Tek 181 oscillator and multiplier.png|oscillator and multiplier
File:Tek 181 frequency dividers.png|frequency dividers
File:Tek 181-switching detail.png|switching detail
File:Tek 181 power supply.png|power supply
File:Tek rm181 1us output2.jpg|Output waveform of RM181 set for 1 us period.
Tek 181 later style rounded case.jpg|Later style case, rounded corners.
Tek 181 left internal on.jpg|Left internal view, powered up.
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[[Category:Pulse generators]]
[[Category:Introduced in 1955]]

Revision as of 08:45, 29 April 2018

The Tektronix Type 181 is a time mark generator introduced in 1955. There is a benchtop version, the 181, and a rackmount version, the RM181. MOD 110 substitutes a oven-stabilized 1 MHz crystal oscillator (OCXO), the CO181 (Tek part number 158-007), thereby achieving 2 parts per million frequency stability in a 24 hour period, the same stability as the 180A. A 181 with the OCXO mod is a "181 S1".

Internally, the 181 is similar to the 180. The oscillator drives a chain of synchronized monostable multivibrators. Each multivibrator is triggered by the output of the previous stage, and cannot be triggered again for the duration of its pulse width. In the 181, the pulse width ratio of one stage to the next is 1:10, i.e. when a stage triggers on a pulse at its input, it propagates that event to its output, but inhibits the next nine pulses (by time, not by counting).

The 181 also provides a 10 MHz output. This is generated by a 10 MHz resonator that is driven by an amplified and waveshaped copy of the 1 MHz crystal oscillator output. Since it is a harmonic, the 10 MHz output has same relative frequency accuracy as the reference oscillator.

The power supply of the 181 produces +300 V and -150 V regulated voltages and +400 V, -8 V, and -25 V unregulated. The voltage reference is a 5651 tube. The output tubes for both regulators are 12B4 and the feedback amplifier tubes are 6AU6. The 181 does not contain a fan or a thermal cutoff.