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Template:Plugin Sidebar 2 The Textronix 7A22 is a single channel differential vertical amplifier for the 7000 series mainframes, produced from about 1969 to 2000. Specifications and controls are similar to the 26A2 and the 3A9 from the 560 series but without current probe input or front panel signal output.

Remarkably, the 7A22's input sensitivity reaches down to 10 μV/Div. Bandwidth is 1 MHz, the upper 3 dB limit can be reduced in ×3 steps down to 100 Hz (to eliminate noise, inter alia), and the lower bandwidth can be raised in ×10 steps from 0.1 Hz to 10 kHz. A separate control optionally supplies an internal DC voltage to offset the DC signal component. Even in the most sensitive ranges (10 μV/Div to 10 mV/Div), common-mode voltage can be ±10 V. Input resistance is 1 MΩ, but for high source resistance DC coupled measurements, one can disconnect the internal gate return resistors of the input FETs, at the disadvantage of disabling the 20 mV/div and higher ranges.

Applications include audio, biological signals, etc.

An example application is found in Jim Williams' Application Note 124 – see Appendix D for a comparison of differential amplifiers.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth	1 MHz, LF limit switchable DC, 0.1 Hz to 10 kHz in ×10 steps, HF limit switchable 100 Hz to 1 MHz in ×3/×10 steps
Deflection	10 μV/Div to 10 V/Div in 1–2–5 sequence
Input impedance	1 MΩ // 47 pF (either input)
Signal ranges

Range	Differential signal	DC Offset	Common mode
10 μV/Div to 10 mV/Div	±1 V	±1 V	±10 V
20 mV/Div to 0.1 V/Div	±10 V	±10 V	±100 V
0.2 V/Div to 1 V/Div	±100 V	±100 V	±500 V
2 V/Div to 10 V/Div	±1000 V	±1000 V	±500 V

Prices

Year	1971	1980	1984	1990
Catalog price	$500	$1,060	$1,590	$2,260
2014 value	$2,940	$3,060	$3,640	$4,100

Pictures

Plug-in

7A22 front view
left side
left side (with cover)
right side

Measurements

7A22: 1 kHz, 130 μV_p-p triangle, BW=1 MHz
7A22: 1 kHz, 130 μV_p-p triangle, BW=100 kHz
7A22: 1 kHz, 130 μV_p-p triangle, BW=10 kHz
7A22: 1 kHz, 130 μV_p-p triangle, BW=1 kHz
15 μV p-p triangle wave displayed in variable-persistence storage mode on a 7613 for noise filtering

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 The '''Textronix 7A22''' is a single channel differential vertical amplifier for the [[7000-series scopes|7000 series mainframes]], produced from about 1969 to 2000.  Specifications and controls are similar to the [[26A2]] and the [[3A9]] from the 560 series but without current probe input or front panel signal output.