7503

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Tektronix 7503
90 MHz non-storage mainframe
Tektronix 7503, 2×7A12, 7B53A

Produced from 1970 to 1972

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

The Tektronix 7503 is a 90 MHz 7000-series mainframe with three module bays, introduced in 1970. It was effectively replaced by the larger-screen 7603 in 1972.

The 7503 project was managed by Phil Crosby, and was supposed to be a 7504 but with one fewer plug-in. The 7503 was Tek's first scope to use a harmonica connector for inter-board wiring. Prior to this, inter-board wiring had either mainly been point-to-point soldered. Other approaches were taken on certain instruments, for example the 7704, in which pins sticking out of the chassis mate with holes in the boards that receive the pins and make electrical contact.

Unlike later three-slot (7xx3) mainframes, the 7503 does supply the +5 V lamp rail, which helps with the contemporary 7A12 plug-in. It also features the 7000-series remote control connector at the rear of the unit.

Key Specifications

Bandwidth 90 MHz with 7A11, 7A16 (and faster plug-ins); 75 MHz with 7A12, 7A13, 7A14
Fastest calibrated sweep 5 ns/Div
CRT T7500 (154-0608-xx), 18 kV total acceleration (+15/−2.96)
Calibrator 4 mV to 40 V in five decade steps, 40 mA, 1 kHz ±0.5%
Outputs Side panel: Vert signal, +Gate, +Sawtooth; At CRT: Camera power
Power 90−110 V / 104−126 V / 112−136 V / 180−220 V / 208−252 V / 224−272 V, 50−440 Hz; max. 258 W
Weight 21.3 kg / 47 lb (instrument only)
Rear connectors

Links

Documents Referencing 7503

Document Class Title Authors Year Links
Tekscope 1970 V2 N3 Jun 1970.pdf Article The 7000-Series Oscilloscopes as Signal Sources 1970
Tekscope 1970 V2 N5 Oct 1970.pdf Article Amplitude Measurement to Better Than 1% 1970

Patents that may apply to 7503

Page Title Inventors Filing date Grant date Links
Patent US 3453403A Power selection device Eldon Hoffman 1966-08-18 1969-07-01

Internals

In addition to two custom Tek ICs, the 7503 uses CA3046 transistor arrays (156-0048-00) in eight places (five on the regulator board). The vertical and horizontal amplifiers are built using discrete transistors.

The 7503 has an X-Y delay compensation network that is activated when the H plugin is an amplifier or a timebase in amplifier mode (see 7000 Series plug-in interface). This network is switched in using a pair of 148-0034-00 miniature relays on the horizontal amplifier board.

Like other 75xx and 76xx mainframes and the 7504, the 7503 has a linear power supply, as opposed to the switchmode supplies used in the later 4-slot mainframes. In addition to the +5 V, ±15 V, ±50 V rails common to the 7000 series, internally (not on the plug-in slots) it has a +75 V output not found in later models, and a +150 V instead of the later +130 V.

The 7503 contains a mercury-based elapsed time meter on the rear of the main interface board.

Pictures

Components

Some Parts Used in the 7503

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
148-0034-00 148-0034-00 Discrete component miniature DPDT relay 5A48 7A11 7A13 7A14 7B70 7B71 7503 7904 7904A
155-0011-00 155-0011-00 Monolithic integrated circuit clock and chop blanking 485 7313 7403N R7403N 7503 7504 7514 7603 AN/USM-281C 7613 7623 7623A 7633 7704 R7704 7704A 7834 7844 7854 7904 7904A R7903 R7912 7912AD 7912HB 7934 7104 R7103 AN/USM-281C
155-0022-00 155-0022-00 155-0022-01 Monolithic integrated circuit analog multiplexer 147 148 149 335 468 1430 1441 1461 1900 1910 2220 2221 2230 5223 5403 5440 5441 5443 5444 5A38 7313 7403N 7503 7504 7514 7603 AN/USM-281C 7613 7623 7623A 7633 7704 R7704 7704A 7834 7844 7854 R7912 7912AD 7912HB 7904 R7903 7904A 7934 7A12 7A18 7A18A 7A18N 7B52 7B53N 7D10 7D11 7D12 NT-7000 P7001
2N3739 151-0201-00 Discrete component Silicon NPN power transistor 013-002 106 4501 561B R561B 564B R564B 568 7503 7504
CA3046 156-0048-00 Monolithic integrated circuit transistor array 4601 7104 7403N 7503 7B53A 7D12 DM502 FG504 S-52 Telequipment D34 7603 7613 7623 7633 FG507 Keithley 227
T7500 154-0608-00 CRT CRT 7503 7504

Custom ICs used in the 7000 series readout system

Page Model Part nos Description Designers Used in
155-0014-01 M019D 155-0014-00 155-0014-01 analog-to-decimal converter Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system 7854 7934 7J20 7L5 P7001
155-0015-01 M020F 155-0015-00 155-0015-01 analog data switch Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system 7854 7934
155-0017-00 M025 155-0017-00 5 MHz decade counter Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system 7854 7934
155-0018-00 M026 155-0018-00 zeros logic control Les Larson 7000 series readout system 7934
155-0019-00 M027 155-0019-00 decimal point and spacing control Les Larson 7000 series readout system
155-0020-00 M028 155-0020-00 output assembler Les Larson 7000 series readout system
155-0021-00 M029C 155-0021-00 155-0021-01 timing generator Les Larson 7000 series readout system 7854 7934
155-0023-00 M160 155-0023-00 character generator (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system
155-0024-00 M161 155-0024-00 character generator (↓ < I / + - + C Δ >) Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system
155-0025-00 M162 155-0025-00 character generator (m μ n p X K M G T R) Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system
155-0026-00 M163 155-0026-00 character generator (S V A W H d B c Ω E) Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system
155-0027-00 M164 155-0027-00 character generator (U N L Z Y P F J Q D) Barrie Gilbert 7000 series readout system