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The '''Tektronix S-4''' is a sampling head for 7000- and 3S-series samplers. It was designed by [[George Frye]] and [[introduced in 1968]]. It is the fastest of the S-series plug-in samplers. | The '''Tektronix S-4''' is a sampling head for 7000- and 3S-series samplers. It was designed by [[George Frye]] and [[introduced in 1968]]. It is the fastest of the S-series plug-in samplers. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Tektronix/Tektronix_7000_series_special/S4.html S-4 page @ amplifier.cd] | * [http://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Tektronix/Tektronix_7000_series_special/S4.html S-4 page @ amplifier.cd] | ||
* [https://kh6htv.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/an-02a-oscopes.pdf James R. Andrews, ''Comparison of Ultra-Fast Rise Sampling Oscilloscopes''. Picosecond Pulse Labs App Note AN-2a, 1989] | |||
==Pictures== | ==Pictures== | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 18 November 2016
Template:Plugin Sidebar 2 The Tektronix S-4 is a sampling head for 7000- and 3S-series samplers. It was designed by George Frye and introduced in 1968. It is the fastest of the S-series plug-in samplers.
Key Specifications
| Rise time | 25 ps (observed with S-50 or S-52, 35 ps) |
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| Bandwidth | 14.5 GHz |
| Input impedance | 50 Ω (terminated SMA port) |
| Input range | operating, 1 Vp-p; max. safe overload, ±5 V |
| Noise | < 5 mV |
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Internals
The S-4 sampling gate is based upon a traveling wave trapped-charge transmission line in which the sampling window is set by the propagation time of a pulse edge through a thick-film transmission line. This technique requires only a sharp pulse edge rather than a precise pulse width, which is harder to generate. The sampling diodes are housed in a special coaxial connector that provides a high bandwidth signal path.
To disassemble the sampler hybrid, first remove it from the sampler board as per the manual. Remove the input connector using a 7/32" wrench and remove the 20 dB attenuator with small plyers. The ceramic board is held to the housing using roll pins that can be pressed out with a 0.030" pin punch. The hybrid has six diodes, each about 0.75mm square. The cathodes are glued to the gold substrate with conductive epoxy and the anodes are wire-bonded (twice) over a gap to the next step in the strobe line. It appears that a standard beam-lead diode may fit across the gap but cleanly removing a failed diode without damaging the substrate would be quite difficult.
Links
- S-4 page @ amplifier.cd
- James R. Andrews, Comparison of Ultra-Fast Rise Sampling Oscilloscopes. Picosecond Pulse Labs App Note AN-2a, 1989
Pictures
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Top view of the S4 plug-in
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Left view
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Right view
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Schematic
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Sampler board, strobe side
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Sampler board, preamp side
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Sampler board, disassembled with parts orientation
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Microphotograph of sampler hybrid
