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{{Plugin Sidebar  
title=Tektronix 1A5 |
|manufacturer=Tektronix
summary=50 MHz Differential Amplifier |
|type=1A5  
image=1a5 front.jpg |
|summary=50 MHz Differential Amplifier  
caption=Tektronix 1A5 Differential Amplifier |
|image=Tek 1a5 front2.jpeg
series=[[500-series scopes]] |
|caption=Tektronix 1A5 Differential Amplifier  
introduced=1967 |
|series=500-series scopes
discontinued=1974 |
|introduced=1967  
manuals=
|discontinued=1975
* [http://w140.com/mmm/tek-1a5.pdf Tektronix 1A5 Manual (PDF)]
|designers=Bill DeVey
|manuals=
* [[Media:070-0638-00.pdf|Tektronix 1A5 Manual]] (OCR)
* [[Media:Tek Type 1A5 FCP 1969.pdf|Tektronix Type 1A5 Factory Calibration Procedure, March 1969]] (OCR)
* [[Media:Tek 1a5 fcp sep 1967.pdf‎|Tektronix 1A5 Factory Calibration Procedure, September 1967]]
* [[Media:Tek 1a5 cal outline.pdf|Tektronix 1A5 Calibration Outline]] (OCR)
}}
}}
The '''Tektronix Type 1A5''' is a differential amplifier plug-in for [[500-series scopes]].   
The '''Tektronix Type 1A5''' is a differential amplifier plug-in for [[500-series scopes]].   
It was designed by [[Bill DeVey]] after consultation with [[John Kobbe]].


Bandwidth is 50 MHz down to 5 mV/div.  The maximum differential sensitivity is 1 mV/div, with a bandwidth of 40 MHz.  Common-mode rejection is 20,000 to 1 at low frequencies, deteriorating to 200:1 at 20 MHz.   
It has an [[Amphenol 165 series connector]] on the front panel for direct connection of the Type [[P6046|P6046 Active Differential Probe]].   


Like most Tektronix differential plug-ins, it has three modes: V<sub>A</sub>-V<sub>C</sub>, V<sub>A</sub>-V<sub>B</sub>, and V<sub>C</sub>-V<sub>B</sub>.  V<sub>C</sub> is controlled by a ten-turn potentiometer and can vary from -5 V to +5 V (0.5 V on the 5 V/div to 20 V/div ranges).
Type 1A5 was [[introduced in 1967]], replacing Types [[W]] and [[Z]], and lasted until the end of the 500-series scope line.


There is a front-panel jack for direct connection of the Type [[P6046|P6046 Active Differential Probe]]. 
{{BeginSpecs}}
{{Spec | Bandwidth            | 50 MHz down to 5 mV/div, 40 MHz at 1 mV/div }}
{{Spec | Deflection            | 1 mV/div to 20 V/div, 1−2−5 }}
{{Spec | Common-mode rejection | 20,000:1 from DC to 100 kHz, 10,000:1 up to 1 MHz, 200:1 at 20 MHz }}
{{EndSpecs}}


Type 1A5 was [[introduced in 1967]], replacing Types [[W]] and [[Z]], and lasted until the end of the classic plug-in scope line in 1974.
Like most Tektronix differential plug-ins, the 1A5 has three modes:
V<sub>A</sub>−V<sub>C</sub>, V<sub>A</sub>−V<sub>B</sub>, and V<sub>C</sub>−V<sub>B</sub>.


==Specifications==
V<sub>C</sub> is controlled by a ten-turn potentiometer and can vary from −5 V to +5 V (0.5 V on the 5 V/div to 20 V/div ranges). 
[[Category:Specifications needed]]''please add''
 
==Internals==
The 1A5 is solid-state except for a pair of [[7586|7586 nuvistors]] used in the upper half of a cascode in the second amplifier stage.
 
The attenuator switching is mechanically complex.  A gear mechanism drives the input attenuator switch (under the internal cover) selecting attenuators ×1000 (20 V/div to 5 V/div), ×100 (2 V/div to 500 mV/div), ×10 (200 mv/div to 50 mV/Div) or no attenuators (20 mV/Div to 1 mV/div).
 
Additionally, in the 500 mV/div and 50 mV/div positions, the operator can pull the V/Div knob outward when switching to one of the next two more sensitive ranges, in which case the higher attenuator (and higher input and comparison voltage range) remains in place.


==Pictures==
==Pictures==


<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:1a5 front.jpg
Tek 1a5 front2.jpeg ‎
Image:1a5 right2.jpg
</gallery>
Image:1a5 right.jpg
 
Image:1a5 left.jpg
'''Interior'''
<gallery>
Tek 1A5 left wo cover.jpg | Left side (attenuator cover removed)
1A5 output board.jpg     | Output board (left side) with HF Comp. daughterboard removed to show reed relays
Tek 1A5 right.jpg        | Right side
Tek 1a5 left2.jpeg ‎      | Left side (attenuator cover in place)
Tek 1a5 right2.jpeg ‎      | Right side
Tek 1a5 top2.jpeg        | Top
1a5 right.jpg             | Top
Tek 1a5 bottom2.jpeg ‎    | Bottom
Tek 1a5 rear2.jpeg ‎      | Rear
</gallery>
 
'''Switches detail'''
<gallery>
Tek 1A5 switches 1.jpg
Tek 1A5 switches 2.jpg
Tek 1A5 switches 3.jpg
Tek 1A5 switches 4.jpg
Tek 1A5 switches 5.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Components==
{{Parts|1A5}}


[[Category:500 series plugins]]
[[Category:500 series plugins]]
[[Category:Differential amplifiers]]