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The 3A74 uses Tek-made 185-ohm [[potentiometers]] in for the VAR GAIN controls.
The 3A74 uses Tek-made 185-ohm [[potentiometers]] in for the VAR GAIN controls.
These can be a [[Main_Page#Maintenance_Issues|maintenance issue]].
These can be a [[:Category:Repair_issues|maintenance issue]].
==Links==
==Links==
* [http://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Tektronix/Tektronix_other/3A74.htm Tek 3A74 page @ amplifier.cd]
* [http://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Tektronix/Tektronix_other/3A74.htm Tek 3A74 page @ amplifier.cd]

Revision as of 15:05, 15 June 2015

Template:Plugin Sidebar 2 The Tektronix Type 3A74 is a four-channel vertical plug-in introduced in 1963 for 560-series scopes. The bandwidth is DC to 2 MHz.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth 2 MHz
Input impedance 1 MΩ // 47 pF
Deflection 20 mV/Div to 10 V/Div in 1–2–5 sequence
Features
  • Invert switch per channel

Internals

Each input signal passes through switchable input attenuators and then into a cathode-follower made from a 7586 Nuvistor triode. That drives a PNP differential amplifier. The output of this differential amplifier, for each of the four channels, passes through a diode-based analog signal switching network (multiplexer). The output of that multiplexer drives the output amplifier, which is part transistor, part tube. The one-hot select line signals for the multiplexer are generated by a transistor-based ring oscillator, a four-state cyclic state machine. This allows each of the input signals to be traced on the screen, one after another.

The 3A74 uses Tek-made 185-ohm potentiometers in for the VAR GAIN controls. These can be a maintenance issue.

Links

Pictures