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The '''Tektronix Type D''' is a differential amplifier plug-in for [[500-series scopes]]. | The '''Tektronix Type D''' is a differential amplifier plug-in for [[500-series scopes]]. | ||
It has high gain, and the bandwidth depends on the gain, | It has high gain, and the bandwidth depends on the gain, ranging from 2 MHz at 50 mV/div and up, to 300 kHz at 1 mV/div. | ||
ranging from 2 MHz at 50 mV/div and up, to 300 kHz at 1 mV/div. | |||
It displays the difference between two input signals, | It displays the difference between two input signals, with a common-mode rejection ratio of 10,000. It has | ||
with a common-mode rejection ratio of 10,000. It has | six tubes, on a shock-mounted subchassis to avoid microphonics. | ||
six tubes, on a shock-mounted subchassis to avoid | |||
microphonics. | |||
Type D was [[introduced in 1954|introduced]] with the [[531]] and [[535]] in | Type D was [[introduced in 1954|introduced]] with the [[531]] and [[535]] in [[introduced in 1954|1954]] as Type 53D, | ||
[[introduced in 1954|1954]] as Type 53D, | was briefly renamed Type 53D/54D in 1955 with the introduction of the [[541]] and [[545]], then quickly renamed Type 53/54D, | ||
was briefly renamed Type 53D/54D in 1955 with the introduction | then shortened to Type D in 1959 with the introduction of the 5xxA scopes. Its last year was 1968, having been superseded | ||
of the [[541]] and [[545]], then quickly renamed Type 53/54D, | by the constant-bandwidth model [[1A6]]. | ||
then shortened to Type D in 1959 with the introduction of | |||
the 5xxA scopes. Its last year was 1968. | |||
[[Lavoie Laboratories]] produced an unauthorized clone, the [[Lavoie LA-265-D]]. | [[Lavoie Laboratories]] produced an unauthorized clone, the [[Lavoie LA-265-D]]. |