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Tektronix 514
10 MHz scope
Tektronix 514 front

Produced from 1949 to 1956

Manuals
(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)
Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix 514 is a monolithic general-purpose oscilloscope introduced in 1949 or 1950.

It was designed by Tektronix engineers Bob Davis and Dick Rhiger.

Using a three-section distributed amplifier, it provides frequency response from DC to 10 MHz. Prior to the 514, customers had to choose between an instrument with 10 MHz bandwidth (the 511) or an instrument with DC response (the 512). The 514 provides DC response and 10 MHz bandwidth.

Throughout its production run, a 'D' variant was available (514D, with the 'D' being stamped in by hand on some models), which has a 24-section 250 ns lumped L-C delay line. There was also an 'A' version (514-A & 514-AD respectively), which appears to have been available in 1954. (There were also some models marked 'Series A', which may have been a predecessor to the 514A? How does the 514AD differ from the 514D?)

It has no thermal cutoff.

Key Specifications

Frequency response DC to 10 MHz
Input impedance 1 MΩ // 30 pF
Vertical deflection 100 V/cm down to 300 mV/cm (DC) / 30 mV/cm (AC), 1–3–10 sequence
Weight 28.1 kg (62 pounds)
Power consumption 375 W

Internals

The 514 uses a 5CPA CRT with a total accelerating voltage of 3 kV (−1.5 kV on the CRT cathode and +1.5 kV on the CRT anode). The standard phosphor for a 514 was P1. The deflection sensitivity of the CRT is approximately 27 V/cm vertical and 32 V/cm horizontal.

The power supply is regulated based on a −140 V reference produced by an OD3 gas regulator tube. The +225 V supply uses three 5V4G rectifier tubes in parallel.

Links

Pictures

514

514AD


Some Parts Used in the 514

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
0D3 154-003 154-0003-00 Gas Discharge Tube (Voltage regulator) 153 V voltage reference 511 511A 513 514
12AT7 154-0039-00 Vacuum Tube (Dual Triode) dual high-gain triode 161 180 310 310A 315 316 360 502 502A 511A 512 513 513D 514 514AD 514D 516 524 529 RM529 544 546 547 556 565 570 3A2 75 3A75 1M1 A B C G H K L ML M N K R S Z
5CPA 154-0063-00 CRT 5" CRT with electrostatic deflection 512 514
5V4G 154-008 154-0008-00 Vacuum Tube (Dual Rectifier) dual rectifier 104 104A 160 511A 514
6AG7 154-012 154-0012-00 Vacuum Tube (Pentode) 9 Watt power pentode 104 104A 105 112 511 511A 512 513 514 517 517A 524
6DK6 154-0149-00 154-0367-00 Vacuum Tube (Pentode) high-frequency miniature pentode 180 503 513 514 541 543 535 545 545A 551 555