NE-2

NE-2 neon lamp

The NE-2  (P/N 150-002,150-0002-00) is a Neon lamp tube. In tube-era Tek instruments, it is sometimes used as an indicator, but also for DC bias shifting, like a zener diode in later generations.

Some instruments using part NE-2

Instrument	Manufacturer	Class	Model	Description	Introduced
511	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	511	10 MHz Tube scope First Tektronix oscilloscope	1947
511A	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	511A	10 MHz Tube scope	1948
545A	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	545A	30 (33) MHz oscilloscope	1959
581	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	581	100 (95) MHz oscilloscope	1959
581A	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	581A	85 MHz oscilloscope	1963
585	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	585	100 (95) MHz oscilloscope	1959
585A	Tektronix	Oscilloscope	585	85 MHz oscilloscope	1963
TU-4	Tektronix	Plug-in	TU-4	560 Series test load plug-in	1961

See Neon Lamps.