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Tektronix S-3
Sampling Head S-3A head Compatible with 7000 and 3S series sampling heads Produced from 1969 to 1989 Manuals Tektronix S-3 Manual (OCR) Tektronix S-3 Manual Foldouts (whole, color) Tektronix S-3 Modification at Serial Number B020120 Tektronix S-3A Manual (070-1148-01 also exists) (All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix S-3 sampling head is a plug-in head for use with the 7000 series sampling plug-ins or the Type 3S2, 3S5, and 3S6 samplers.

The plug-in includes a permanently attached 1× probe with the sampling bridge enclosed in the probe. Optional 10× or 100× attenuator tips (010-0364-00, 010-0365-00) provide extended input voltage range; the optional VP-2 voltage pickoff converts it to a 50 Ω feed-through sampling head.

Key Specifications

Rise time	≤350 ps (×10, ≤400 ps; ×100, ≤500 ps)
Input impedance	100 kΩ // 2.3 pF (×10, 1 MΩ // 2 pF; ×100, 1 MΩ // 1.7 pF)
Maximum signal	2 V_p-p (×10, 20 V_p-p; ×100, 200 V_p-p)
Maximum safe input	max. ±100 V, max. sine input 20 V_p-p (×10 or ×100, max. ±350 V, max. sine input 200 V_p-p)
Features	no trigger pickoff for internal triggering offset voltage of either ±1 V or ±2 V (at ×1) can be selected via a toggle switch on the front panel

Links

Documents Referencing S-3

Document	Class	Title	Authors	Year	Links
Service Scope 53 Dec 1968.pdf	Article	Digital Systems Come Of Age	John Bowne	1968	3T5 • 3T6 • 3S5 • 3S6 • S-1 • S-2 • S-3 • S-4 • 568 • 230
Service scope dec 1968 ocr.pdf	Article	Digital Systems Come of Age	John Bowne	1968	3T5 • 3T6 • 3S5 • 3S6 • S-1 • S-2 • S-3 • S-4 • 568 • 230 • 240 • 241 • 250
Service Scope 52 Oct 1968.pdf	Article	The State of the Art in Sampling	Al Zimmerman	1968	S-1 • S-2 • S-3 • S-4 • S-50 • S-51 • 285 • 3S1 • 3S2 • 3S5 • 3S6 • 3T2 • 3T5 • 3T6 • 3T77A • 568 • 230

Differences between S-3 and S-3A

The S-3A sampling head has a 10× improvement in baseline shift due to cable flexing. All other specifications are identical to the ordinary S-3.

The major differences in design involves the strobe board in the box part of the probe eliminating the snap-off diode and adding a common mode choke in the S-3A , but some changes are also made to the circuits in the body of the probe.

Difference between the S-3 and the P6038

The S-3 probe contains a compensated attenuator before the sampling bridge. The P6038 does not. The S-3 probe has a JFET buffer between the holding cap and the probe cable. The P6038 does not. Both use the 152-0368-00 sampling bridge. The sampling pulse is generated by a snap-off diode (152-0368-00).

Repair of Sampling Diodes

Individuals have reported success in replacing the S-3 sampling diodes with Agilent matched pair Schottky diodes.

Pictures

S-3

S-3 probe sampling bridge
S-3 probe sampling bridge
S-3 schematic
010-0367-00 10X attenuator

S-3A

Front
S-3A probe
010-0364-00 ×10 attenuator for S-3A
S-3A probe internal
S-3A probe internal
S-3A strobe board
S-3A probe both sides
S-3A schematic
S-3A showing 280 ps risetime when probing a 50 Ω impedance with no probe attenuators.

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-The S3 sampling head is a plug-in head for use with the 7000 series sampling plug-ins or with the Type 3S2/3S5/3S6 samplers. The plug-in includes a permanently attached 1x probe with the sampling bridge enclosed in the probe.
+{{Plugin Sidebar
+|manufacturer=Tektronix
+|series=7000 and 3S series sampling heads
+|type=S-3
+|summary=Sampling Head
+|image=S3a box front.jpg
+|caption=S-3A head
+|introduced=1969
+|discontinued=1989
+|manuals=
+* [[Media:070-0765-00.pdf|Tektronix S-3 Manual]] (OCR)
+* [[Media:Tek s-3 whole foldouts.pdf|Tektronix S-3 Manual Foldouts]] (whole, color)
+* [[Media:Tek s-3 mod at sn b020120.pdf|Tektronix S-3 Modification at Serial Number B020120]]
+* [[Media:070-1148-00.pdf|Tektronix S-3A Manual]] (070-1148-01 also exists)
+}}
+The '''Tektronix S-3 sampling head''' is a plug-in head for use with the 7000 series sampling plug-ins or the Type [[3S2]], [[3S5]], and [[3S6]] samplers.
-The input rise time is specified as less than 350ps for the 1x probe, less than 400ps with the optional 10x attenuator tip, and less than 500ps with the 100x attenuator tip.
+The plug-in includes a permanently attached 1× probe with the sampling bridge enclosed in the probe.
-The maximum operating signal voltage is 2Vp-p.
+Optional 10× or 100× attenuator tips (010-0364-00, 010-0365-00) provide extended input voltage range; the optional [[VP-2]] voltage pickoff converts it to a 50 Ω feed-through sampling head.
-The S3 does not provide a trigger pickoff for internal triggering.
-An offset voltage of either +/- 1V or +/- 2V can be selected via a toggle switch on the front panel.
+{{BeginSpecs}}
+{{Spec | Rise time | ≤350 ps (×10, ≤400 ps; ×100, ≤500 ps) }}
+{{Spec | Input impedance | 100 kΩ // 2.3 pF (×10, 1 MΩ // 2 pF; ×100, 1 MΩ // 1.7 pF) }}
+{{Spec | Maximum signal | 2 V<sub>p-p</sub> (×10, 20 V<sub>p-p</sub>; ×100, 200 V<sub>p-p</sub>) }}
+{{Spec | Maximum safe input | max. ±100 V, max. sine input 20 V<sub>p-p</sub> (×10 or ×100, max. ±350 V, max. sine input 200 V<sub>p-p</sub>) }}
+{{Spec | Features |
+* no trigger pickoff for internal triggering
+* offset voltage of either ±1 V or ±2 V (at ×1) can be selected via a toggle switch on the front panel
+}}
+{{EndSpecs}}
-== Input Characteristics ==
+==Links==
-The probe tip input is equivalent to 100k resistor in parallel with about 2.3pF capacitance at low frequency.
+{{Documents|Link=S-3}}
-With the 10x or 100x attenuator tips, the probe input is equivalent to 1M paralleled with 2pF or 1.7pF, respectively.
+{{PatentLinks|S-3}}
-== Differences between S3 and S3A ==
+==Differences between S-3 and S-3A ==
-The S3A sampling head has a 10x improvement in baseline shift due to cable flexing. All other specifications are identical to the ordinary S3. The major differences in design involves the gate board in the box part of the probe, but some changes are also made to the circuits in the body of the probe.
+The S-3A sampling head has a 10× improvement in baseline shift due to cable flexing.
+All other specifications are identical to the ordinary S-3.
+The major differences in design involves the strobe board in the box part of the probe eliminating the snap-off diode and adding a common mode choke in the S-3A ,
+but some changes are also made to the circuits in the body of the probe.
+==Difference between the S-3 and the P6038 ==
+The S-3 probe contains a compensated attenuator before the sampling bridge.
+The [[P6038]] does not.
+The S-3 probe has a JFET buffer between the holding cap and the probe cable.
+The P6038 does not.
+Both use the [[152-0368-00]] sampling bridge.  The sampling pulse is generated by a [[snap-off diode]] ([[152-0368-00]]).
+== Repair of Sampling Diodes ==
+Individuals have reported success in replacing the S-3 [[Sampling_diodes|sampling diodes]] with Agilent matched pair Schottky diodes.
+==Pictures==
+'''S-3'''
+<gallery>
+Tek s3 probe sample bridge.jpg        | S-3 probe sampling bridge
+Tek s3 sample bridge2.jpg             | S-3 probe sampling bridge
+S3_frontend.png                       | S-3 schematic
+-0367-00 for P6038 S-3 chopper.jpg | [[010-0367-00]] 10X attenuator
+</gallery>
+'''S-3A'''
+<gallery>
+S3a box front.jpg                | Front
+S3a probe external1.jpg          | S-3A probe
+S3a attenuator.jpg               | 010-0364-00 ×10 attenuator for S-3A
+S3a probe internal1.jpg          | S-3A probe internal
+S3a probe internal2.jpg          | S-3A probe internal
+S3a strobe board.jpg             | S-3A strobe board
+S3a probe_internal_bothsides.jpg | S-3A probe both sides
+S3A_schematic.jpg                | S-3A schematic
+Tek s-3a risetime.jpg            | S-3A showing 280 ps risetime when probing a 50 Ω impedance with no probe attenuators.
+</gallery>
+[[Category:7000 and 3S series sampling heads]]