P6038

The Tektronix P6038 is a sampling probe used by the 3S3 and 4S3 sampling plug-ins.

The P6038 contains a sampling gate made of four GaAs diodes that snap into place. It is similar to the S-3 probe.

Other than the sampling gate, the P6038 contains a toroidal common-mode choke to help balance the sampling pulses that come from the plug-in to the sampling gate.

There is no amplifier in the P6038.

Key Specifications

Rise time	350 ps
Input impedance	100 kΩ
Kickout	< 50 mV (probe alone), < 5 mV (probe with ×10 attenuator tip)

Manuals

• Tektronix P6038 Manual
• 050-0493-00 Modification Kit To Replace GaAs Sampling Diodes with Silicon Diodes

Pictures

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  P6038

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  Diode Closeup

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  Transformer Closeup

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  Probe Tip Closeup

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  Connector Closeup

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  011-071 ×10 Attenuator

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  010-0367-00 10x attenuator

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  011-070 Response Normalizer

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  P6038

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  P6038

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  Physical Drawing

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  Schematic

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  Interfacing P6038 with 4S3

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  P6038 Box Outside

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  P6038 Box Inside