Keithley 610

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The Keithley 610 Electrometer can measure voltages (with a very high input resistance), very low currents, high resistances and charge. There is a 610BR rack model as well.

Keithley 610
Electrometer
Keithley 610, frontal view

Produced from 1960 to (?)

Manuals
(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

The 610 is fully tube-based, with electrometer tubes at the input. The successor model, the Keithley 610B, switched to transistors for the gain stages, and the later Keithley 610C was fully solid-state.

Key Specifications

Voltage 10 mV to 100 V full scale in 9 ranges (×1/×3), ±2% FS
Input resistance (volts mode) >1014 Ω // 30 pF, or selectable 1 Ω to 1011 Ω in decade steps
Current 10–13 A to 3 A full scale in 28 ranges (×1/×3), ±3% FS (≤3×10−10 A: ±4% FS)
Resistance 10 Ω to 1014 Ω full scale in 27 linear ranges (×1/×3), ±3% FS (≥3×1010 Ω: ±5% FS)
Outputs Recorder output, 1 mA or 10 V full scale
Power 100−130 V or 200−260 V, 50−60 Hz, 50 W

Internals

At the core of the 610 is a bootstrapped operational amplifier with a pair of 5886 electrometer tubes at the input and a 12AT7 in the output stage on a +250/–265 V supply.

Links

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Pictures

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Components

Some Parts Used in the Keithley 610

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
0A2 154-0001-00 Gas Discharge Tube (Voltage regulator) 150 V voltage reference 110 130 Keithley 610
0B2 154-0075-00 Gas Discharge Tube (Voltage regulator) 105-108 V voltage reference 110 190 E Hickok 1825 Keithley 610
0G3 154-0291-00 Gas Discharge Tube (Voltage regulator) 85 V voltage reference 132 506 547 560 561 561A 561S 564 565 567 661 TU-4 Z Keithley 610
12AX7 154-043 154-0043-00 Vacuum Tube (Dual Triode) dual triode 3C66 513 524 531 531A 535 536 545 545A 545B 546 547 549 555 570 581 581A 585 585A E Q Hickok 1825 Keithley 610
12B4 154-044 154-0044-00 Vacuum Tube (Triode) power triode 126 310 310A 316 317 502 502A 524 526 541 541A 535 535A 545 545A 546 547 570 549 551 555 513 581 581A 585 585A Keithley 610
5886 Vacuum Tube (Pentode) electrometer pentode Keithley 610 Keithley 610B
6BH8 Vacuum Tube (Triode/Pentode) triode-pentode combo Keithley 610
6CF8 Vacuum Tube (Pentode) low noise audio pentode Keithley 610