S-3

Tektronix S-3
Sampling Head S-3A head Compatible with 7000 and 3S series sampling heads Produced from 1969 to 1989 Manuals Tektronix S-3 Manual (OCR) Tektronix S-3 Manual Foldouts (whole, color) Tektronix S-3 Modification at Serial Number B020120 Tektronix S-3A Manual (070-1148-01 also exists) (All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix S-3 sampling head is a plug-in head for use with the 7000 series sampling plug-ins or the Type 3S2, 3S5, and 3S6 samplers.

The plug-in includes a permanently attached 1× probe with the sampling bridge enclosed in the probe. Optional 10× or 100× attenuator tips (010-0364-00, 010-0365-00) provide extended input voltage range; the optional VP-2 voltage pickoff converts it to a 50 Ω feed-through sampling head.

Key Specifications

Rise time	≤350 ps (×10, ≤400 ps; ×100, ≤500 ps)
Input impedance	100 kΩ // 2.3 pF (×10, 1 MΩ // 2 pF; ×100, 1 MΩ // 1.7 pF)
Maximum signal	2 V_p-p (×10, 20 V_p-p; ×100, 200 V_p-p)
Maximum safe input	max. ±100 V, max. sine input 20 V_p-p (×10 or ×100, max. ±350 V, max. sine input 200 V_p-p)
Features	no trigger pickoff for internal triggering offset voltage of either ±1 V or ±2 V (at ×1) can be selected via a toggle switch on the front panel

Links

Documents Referencing S-3

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

Differences between S-3 and S-3A

The S-3A sampling head has a 10× improvement in baseline shift due to cable flexing. All other specifications are identical to the ordinary S-3.

The major differences in design involves the gate board in the box part of the probe, but some changes are also made to the circuits in the body of the probe.

Difference between the S-3 and the P6038

The S-3 probe contains a compensated attenuator before the sampling bridge. The P6038 does not. The S-3 probe has a JFET buffer between the holding cap and the probe cable. The P6038 does not. Both use the 152-0368-00 sampling bridge. The sampling pulse is generated by a snap-off diode (152-0368-00).

Repair of Sampling Diodes

Individuals have reported success in replacing the S-3 sampling diodes with Agilent matched pair Schottky diodes.

Pictures

S-3

S-3 probe sampling bridge
S-3 probe sampling bridge
S-3 frontend circuit
010-0367-00 10X attenuator

S-3A

010-0364-00 ×10 attenuator for S-3A
Front
S-3A probe
S-3A probe internal
S-3A probe internal
S-3A strobe board
S-3A probe both sides
S-3A showing 280 ps risetime when probing a 50 Ω impedance with no probe attenuators.

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