3B4

Tektronix 3B4
Timebase plug-in 3B4 Front View Compatible with 560-series scopes Produced from 1964 to (?) Manuals Tektronix 3B4 Manual (OCR) Tektronix 3B4 Factory Calibration Procedure, January 1969 Tektronix 3B4 Factory Calibration Procedure, June 1967 (All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix Type 3B4 is a timebase plug-in for 560-series scopes, introduced in 1964.

It was intended primarily for use with the 561A, but works fine in other 560-series scopes. The 3B4 is unusual in having an explicit "FREE RUN" mode.

In the triggered modes, the tunnel diode-based triggering is rated to work to 20 MHz. The vertical bandwidth of typical 560-series (non-sampling) scopes is about 10 MHz, so 20 MHz is adequate.

Key Specifications

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Links

Tek 3B4 @ barrytech.com

Documents Referencing 3B4

Internals

Triggering is done with a TD3A/1N3717 4.7 mA tunnel diode. The trigger input is amplified and buffered by a 6DJ8-based differential amplifier driving a common-emitter 2N964 germanium PNP transistor whose collector current switches the tunnel diode.

Pictures

Front View
Left Side View
Right Side View
Top View

Components

Some Parts Used in the 3B4

Part	Part Number(s)	Class	Description	Used in
1N3717	152-0381-00 • 152-0125-00	Discrete component	4.7 mA, 25 pF tunnel diode	1L40 • 1S1 • 1S2 • 11B1 • 11B2 • 11B2A • 147A • 1470 • 148 • 21A • 22A • 3B4 • 3B5 • 408 • 432 • 434 • 453 • 453A • 454 • 466 • 491 • 5T3 • 544 • RM544 • 546 • RM546 • 547 • RM547 • 556 • RM556 • 7B70 • 7B71 • 7D11
6BL8	154-0278-00	Vacuum Tube (Triode/Pentode)	triode-pentode combo	67 • 2B67 • 3B1 • 3B1S • 3B2 • 3B3 • 3B4 • 503 • 504 • 506 • 516 • 549 • 561 • 561A • 561S • 564 • 565 • 567 • Telequipment D52 • Telequipment D56 • Telequipment S31 • Telequipment S32 • Telequipment S32A • Telequipment S51 • Telequipment S52
6DJ8	154-0187-00 • 154-0305-00	Vacuum Tube (Dual Triode)	dual triode	132 • 161 • 310A • 316 • 317 • 502 • 502A • 503 • 504 • 506 • 515 • 516 • 519 • 526 • 529 • RM529 • 533 • 535 • 536 • 543 • 544 • 545 • 545A • 545B • 546 • 547 • 549 • 555 • 556 • 561A • 561S • 564 • 565 • 567 • 581 • 581A • 585 • 585A • 661 • 1A4 • 1S1 • 60 • 2A60 • 63 • 2A63 • 67 • 2B67 • 3A1 • 3A1S • 3A2 • 3A3 • 3A6 • 3A7 • 72 • 3A72 • 75 • 3A75 • 4S2 • 51 • 3B1 • 3B1S • 3B2 • 3B3 • 3B4 • 3M1 • 3S76 • 3T77 • 3T77A • 9A1 • 9A2 • 1121 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 86 • B • O • W • Z • Telequipment D56 • Telequipment S32A • Telequipment D52 • S-311 • Telequipment TD51 • Telequipment S52 • Telequipment S51 • Telequipment Type A • TU-4
7119	154-0340-00	Vacuum Tube (Dual Triode)	dual triode	067-0532-00 • 191 • 3A3 • 3B4 • 3B5 • 516 • 545B • 549 • 661 • Chemtrix 205
STD704	152-0125-00	Discrete component	4.7 mA tunnel diode	1L40 • 1S1 • 11B1 • 11B2 • 11B2A • 147 • R147 • 147A • R147A • 1470 • 148 • R148 • 148-M • 149 • R149 • 149A • R149A • 21A • 22A • 3B4 • 3B5 • 408 • 432 • 434 • 453 • 453A • 454 • 464 • 465 • 466 • 491 • 5T3 • 544 • RM544 • 546 • RM546 • 547 • RM547 • 556 • RM556 • 7B70 • 7B71 • 7D11

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