3B3

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The Tektronix 3B3 is a time base introduced in 1963 for 560-series scopes. It works fine in all 560-series scopes other than the 560 itself, as well as in the 129.

It provides a calibrated delay from 500 ns to 10 s after the trigger event, before sweeping. Delayed sweep allows the operator to "zoom in" on regions of interest in a waveform.

The 3B3 provides an intensified mode that indicates the selected region of interest in the delayed sweep by showing the entire waveform with the trace brighter in the selected region.

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Internals

Triggering is done using a 1N3714 2 mA germanium tunnel diode. The trigger source is buffered by a 7895 Nuvistor triode cathode-follower driving a differential amplifier formed by two 2N2207 germanium PNP transistors. The collector current switches the tunnel diode when a triggering event occurs.

Up to serial number 1029, the 3B3 uses Transitron T12G germanium diodes (equivalent to the 1N270) to protect the transistors of the front-end differential amplifier. Starting at serial number 1030, silicon diodes were used for that function.

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Components

Some Parts Used in the 3B3

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
1N270 152-008 152-0008-00 Discrete component 100 V, 40 mA, 0.8 pF Germanium diode 3B3
1N3714 152-0081-00 Discrete component 2.2 mA, 25 pF germanium tunnel diode 546 547 556 21A 22A 3B1 3B2 3B3 422 491 283
1N3716 152-093 152-0093-00 Discrete component 4.7 mA / 50 pF tunnel diode 3B3 R116
2N2207 151-063 151-0063-00 Discrete component germanium PNP transistor 3B1 3B3 3S76 321A 547
6AL5 154-016 154-0016-00 154-0038-00 Vacuum Tube (Dual Diode) high-perveance dual diode 163 181 190 1M1 310 310A 315 316 317 3B1 3B1S 3B2 3B3 3B5 502 502A 503 511 511A 512 516 517 517A 524 526 535 535A 545 545A 549 551 565 570 581 581A 585 585A C T Telequipment D52 Telequipment D56 Telequipment S52
6BL8 154-0278-00 Vacuum Tube (Triode/Pentode) triode-pentode combo 67 2B67 3B1 3B1S 3B2 3B3 3B4 503 504 506 516 549 561 561A 561S 564 565 567 Telequipment D52 Telequipment D56 Telequipment S31 Telequipment S32 Telequipment S32A Telequipment S51 Telequipment S52
6DJ8 154-0187-00 154-0305-00 Vacuum Tube (Dual Triode) dual triode 111 132 161 310A 316 317 502 502A 503 504 506 515 516 519 526 529 RM529 533 535 536 543 544 545 545A 545B 546 547 549 555 556 561A 561S 564 565 567 581 581A 585 585A 661 1A4 1S1 60 2A60 63 2A63 67 2B67 3A1 3A1S 3A2 3A3 3A6 3A7 72 3A72 75 3A75 4S2 51 3B1 3B1S 3B2 3B3 3B4 3M1 3S76 3T77 3T77A 9A1 9A2 1121 80 81 82 86 B O W Z Telequipment D56 Telequipment S32A Telequipment D52 S-311 Telequipment TD51 Telequipment S52 Telequipment S51 Telequipment Type A TU-4
7895 154-0378-00 Vacuum Tube (Triode) Nuvistor Triode 3B1 3B1S 3B3
RT5204 151-0058-00 Discrete component Silicon NPN transistor 565 RM565 Z 2A61 3B1 3B3 3S76 3T77
TD714 152-0402-00 Discrete component 2.2 mA, 25 pF tunnel diode 1401 1401A 283 R283 3B2 3B3 422 491 546 RM546 547 RM547 556 RM556 SPG11 SPG12
ZZ1000 154-370 154-0370-00 Gas Discharge Tube (Voltage regulator) 81 V voltage reference 129 3B1 3B1S 3B2 3B3 3S76 422 S-311