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I misunderstood the manual regarding slew rate.
Vintage dave (talk | contribs) (Attenuators have no DC trim, so their CMRR is poor) |
Vintage dave (talk | contribs) (I misunderstood the manual regarding slew rate.) |
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Unlike later comparators, Type Z has separate step attenuators for each input, | Unlike later comparators, Type Z has separate step attenuators for each input, | ||
permitting the user to view the difference between signals of widely differing amplitudes. | permitting the user to view the difference between signals of widely differing amplitudes. | ||
Unfortunately the divider resistors | Unfortunately the divider resistors have no trim, so CMRR is poor except at 50mV/div. | ||
It is also the only comparator that can handle ±100 V common mode at full sensitivity. | It is also the only comparator that can handle ±100 V common mode at full sensitivity. | ||
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==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
Maximum sensitivity is 50 mV/div, and common-mode rejection | Maximum sensitivity is 50 mV/div, and common-mode rejection is 40,000 to 1 "from DC through audio frequencies". | ||
Risetime as a general-purpose amplifier is 27 ns (13 MHz bandwidth) | Risetime as a general-purpose amplifier is 27 ns (13 MHz bandwidth). A side effect of Type Z's unprecedented dynamic range is that transient response is a function of signal amplitude: slew rates faster than 1V in 6ns will cause distortion due to grid current. | ||
[[Category:Specifications needed]] | [[Category:Specifications needed]] | ||