7L18

The Tektronix 7L18 is a spectrum analyzer plug-in introduced in 1978 for 7000-series scopes. It occupies three plug-in bays in the oscilloscope. It covers the range from 1.5 GHz to 18 GHz with the internal mixer and 12.5 GHz to 60 GHz using external mixers. Note that it will NOT do 1.5 to 18 in one span, it will only max span the range selected by the BAND/HARMONIC control. This range is determined by the hetrodyne harmonic number and sign (sideband) and the range of the first LO, which is 2 GHz to 4 GHz.

The input attenuator range is 0 dB to 60 dB in 10 dB steps and is a standard Wenschel Engineering product driven by a belt. The range is encoded for the digital dBm reference level display. The signal then passes through a YIG preselector filter with a 50 MHz bandwidth. After the YIG filter, the signal enters the RF input of the mixer assembly.

The LO is a YIG tuned oscillator covering the 2 GHz to 4 GHz range. It's output passes through a sampler assembly used to PLL the YIG on small resolution bandwidths. The output of the sampler goes to the LO input on the mixer. The mixer IF output is 510 MHz.

Manual needed (with schematics).

Service views:

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  Top view

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  Bottom view

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  Service setup for the right front panel

Boards within the digital card cage (from back to front):

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  CRT Readout board

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  Center Freq Readout board

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  Sweep Horiz board

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  Span Atten board

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  Phase Lock module, rear

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  Phase Lock module, front

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  Phase Lock Logic CTL

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  VR Noise Filter

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  Log & Video Amp

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  Center Freq DVM

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  Digital Storage, front

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  Digital Storage, back

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  Micro Computer

Internal views of the analog parts:

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  Internal of the LO sampler