PG503

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Tektronix PG503
high speed pulse generator
Tektronix PG503

Produced from 1990 to (?)

Manuals

(Manuals are OCRed PDF files unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix PG503 is a high speed pulse generator plug-in for the TM500 system.

It produces complementary pulse outputs on SMA connectors in the front panel.

PG503 engineer Fred Kawabata states

The product was based on the PG502 but with much faster risetime using a Gallium Arsenide IC developed at Tek Labs.

Key Specifications

Frequency range 10 Hz to 250 MHz
Pulse width 2 ns to 5 ms,  ×10 variable (i.e. up to 50 ms)
Rise/fall time ≤200 ps (fixed)
Output High and low levels adjustable independently in ±2.5 V range
Features
  • External trigger / pulse duration control input

Links

Patents that may apply to PG503

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

Pictures

Components