7J20

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The Tektronix 7J20, which only appears in the 1975 catalog, is a "rapid scan" optical spectrometer for the 250 nm to 1100 nm region. Rapid scan means that it can capture the spectrum quickly enough to show spectral changes at temporal resolution of a few milliseconds.

The spectrometer is packaged in two enclosures linked by an umbilical cable. The 7J20 is a 2-wide plug-in for 7000-series scopes containing the sweep timing and mainframe interface circuits. The external enclosure is labeled "J20". It has controls for the optical components (grating, filters etc.) on one side and an input aperture on the other.

The 7J20 is very rare. According to Dennis Tillman, Best estimate is ~40 were actually built.

Key Specifications

Spectral range 250 nm to 1100 nm
Resolution
  • Grating A: ≤4 nm in a 400 nm span (selectable 300-700, 400-800, 500-900, 600-1000, or 700-1100 nm
  • Grating B: ≤0.4 nm in a 40 nm span continuously variable through the spectral range
Slit 10 to 5000 μm wide (1-2-5 sequence), 10 mm high
Filters ND1, ND 2, 500 nm monopass, 800 nm monopass, UV block (≤400 nm), UV pass (250-330 nm), open (no filter)
Scan 10 or 20 ms base sweep, 50 to 1000 ms (1–2–5) settings run successive 20 ms sweeps up to the selected integration time
Display span Grating A, 40, 20, 10 or 4 nm/Div ; Grating B, 4, 2, 1 or 0.4 nm/Div

Price

$12,000 in 1975 (~$68,000 in 2023 dollars)

Links

Documents Referencing 7J20

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Patents that may apply to 7J20

Page Title Inventors Filing date Grant date Links
Patent US 3562464A Cam actuated switch having movable and fixed contacts on circuit board Howard Vollum Willem H Verhoef Tony Sprando 1968-10-07 1971-02-09
Patent US 3886331A Electronic scanning spectrophotometer system Joseph Philip Schierer Jr 1973-09-14 1975-05-27

Internals

The instrument is based on a Czerny-Turner Monochromator, in essence a narrow slit followed by a diffraction grating. A vidicon tube scans the optical spectrum and produces a periodic electric signal which is then displayed by the scope mainframe.

Operating principle (click to enlarge)

The internal vidicon horizontal scan voltage corresponds to wavelength, but not in a linear way. To provide a linear nm/div horizontal display on the 7000-series mainframe, the vidicon horizontal scan signal is passed through a function generator IC, the 155-0106-00 (U1550 and U1590), which implements an interpolated lookup table. Inside the J20, there are 40 trimmer potentiometers that allow the lookup function to be tweaked so that the horizontal scale of the system is accurate.

Normalizer (click to enlarge)

Pictures

Components

Some Parts Used in the 7J20

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
151-0261-00 151-0261-00 Discrete component dual PNP transistor AM501 AM502 CG5001 CG551AP FG501 FG502 FG503 OF150 OF151 OF152 OF235 OS261 RM502A R1140 R5030 R5031 R7912 067-0679-00 067-0807-00 1101 1140A 1141 1142 1350 145 1450 1480 1481 1482 1485 1501 1801 1900 1910 1980 213 26A1 26A2 2620 285 3A9 3A10 3S1 3S2 3S5 3S6 432 434 4501 454 4601 4602 4610 4612 4620 4632 4634 4701 475 492 492A 492AP 494 494P 496 496P 5A13N 5A20N 5A21N 5A22N 5A26 5L4N 502A 5030 5031 576 690SR 7A22 7A29 7B51 7B71 7J20 7L5 7S11 7S12 7912AD
155-0014-01 155-0014-00 155-0014-01 Monolithic integrated circuit analog-to-decimal converter 7000 series readout system 7854 7934 7J20 7L5 P7001
155-0090-00 155-0090-00 155-0090-01 155-0090-02 Monolithic integrated circuit four-decade counter, latch and D/A converter 7B85 7D01 7D12 7D15 7J20
155-0104-00 155-0104-00 Monolithic integrated circuit custom legend generator 7J20
155-0105-00 155-0105-00 Monolithic integrated circuit custom legend generator 7J20
155-0171-00 155-0171-00 Monolithic integrated circuit four-decade counter, latch and D/A converter 7B85 7D01 7D12 7D15 7J20


Some Parts Used in the J20

Part Part Number(s) Class Description Used in
155-0106-00 155-0106-00 Monolithic integrated circuit normalizer J20 492 492A 492AP 492P 494 494P