The Tektronix PG503 is a high speed pulse generator plug-in for the TM500 system.

Tektronix PG503
high speed pulse generator
Tektronix PG503

Produced from 1990 to (?)

Manuals
(All manuals in PDF format and OCRed unless noted otherwise)

It produces complementary pulse outputs on SMA connectors in the front panel.

PG503 engineer Fred Kawabata states

The product was based on the PG502 but with much faster risetime using a Gallium Arsenide IC developed at Tek Labs.

Key Specifications

Frequency range 10 Hz to 250 MHz
Pulse width 2 ns to 5 ms,  ×10 variable (i.e. up to 50 ms)
Rise/fall time ≤200 ps (fixed)
Output High and low levels adjustable independently in ±2.5 V range
Features
  • External trigger / pulse duration control input

Pictures