S-1

The S-1 sampling plug-in head provides a single GR-874 50 Ω input with a 350 ps rise-time.

Tektronix S-1
Sampling Head S-1 head Compatible with 7000 and 3S series sampling heads Produced from 1967 to 1989 Manuals Tektronix S-1 Manual (OCR) Tektronix S-1 Manual, 1985 revision (OCR) Tektronix S-1 Manual Foldouts (whole, color) Tektronix Type S-1 Factory Calibration Procedure (PDF) (All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The S-1 can be used with the 7000 series of sampling plug-ins, as well as the 3S series of sampling units.

Key Specifications

Rise time	350 ps
Bandwidth	1 GHz
Operating input voltage range	−1 V to +1 V with ≤1 V_p-p signals
Maximum single sample step	500 mV
Maximum input voltage	±5 V_DC or sine of 10 V_p-p up to 10 MHz
Input impedance	50 Ω ±1% (GR-874)
Noise	< 2 mV
Features	trigger pickoff for internal triggering

Links

S-1 page @ amplifier.cd

Documents Referencing S-1

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
42W-5850.pdf	Application Note	Preventing Sampling Head Overdrive and Static Damage	Gary Mott	1985	Sampling • S-1 • S-2 • S-3A • S-4 • S-5 • S-6

Internals

The S-1 uses a two-diode sampling gate which has relatively high "kick-out" (leakage of the strobe signal out of the input).

The manual cautions,

Operating the sampling head without the input connector terminated by a 50 Ω resistor or coaxial cable will cause a vertical shift of the zero signal baseline by a few millivolts. This is caused by the strobe kickout signal being reflected from the open input connector, and arriving back at the sampling bridge while the bridge is conducting.

The sampling bridge strobe signal is generated by an avalanche transistor followed by a step recovery diode, called snap-off diode in Tek lingo.

Pictures

Strobe board
Preamp board
S-1 front
Diode mount in S-1
Diode mount in S-1
Diode mount in S-1
S-1 in a 3S2 sampler / 567 scope
Tektronix S-1 sampler
7S11 with S-1