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transistor. The Sziklai pair is non-inverting and has a voltage gain | transistor. The Sziklai pair is non-inverting and has a voltage gain | ||
greater than unity, which allows the overall gain of the 282 to be trimmed for exactly unity | greater than unity, which allows the overall gain of the 282 to be trimmed for exactly unity | ||
gain. | gain. The risetime is 3ns when driven from a 25-ohm source. | ||
The risetime is 3ns when driven from a 25-ohm source. | |||
* [http://w140.com/tek_282.pdf Tektronix 282 Manual (PDF)] | * [http://w140.com/tek_282.pdf Tektronix 282 Manual (PDF)] | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 12 December 2010
The Tektronix Type 282 is an active adapter introduced in 1966 that allows high-impedance probes to be used with instruments that have 50-ohm inputs. It is a unity-gain buffer with an input impedance of 1 megohm in parallel with 16.5 picofarads and a low output impedance. The high-impedance input stage is a dual-JFET where transistor A operates as a source-follower and transistor B operates as a current source biased with Vgs=0, maintaining a constant current through transistor A, independent of input signal voltage. After the FET input stage, the signal is fed to a Sziklai pair formed of a PNP transistor first, driving an NPN output transistor. The Sziklai pair is non-inverting and has a voltage gain greater than unity, which allows the overall gain of the 282 to be trimmed for exactly unity gain. The risetime is 3ns when driven from a 25-ohm source.
