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SECTION3

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CIRCUIT

DESCRIPTION

SECTION

4



M

AINTENANCE

SECTION

5



CALIBRATION

SECTION

6



ELECTRICAL

PARTS

L

IST

Abbreviations

an

d

Symbols

P

arts

Ordering Information

SECTION

7



DIAGRAMS

AND

CIRCUIT

B

OARD

ILLUSTRATIONS

Symbols

and

R

eference

Designators

SECTION

8



MECHANICAL

PARTS

LIST

M

echanical

Parts

L

ist

Information

Index

of

M

echanical

Parts

Illustrations

M

echanical

Parts

L

ist

Page

Intro

d

u

ction



1-1

Electrical

C

h

aracteristics



1-1

En

vi

r

onmental

C

h

ar

acteristics



1-2

Ph

ysical

C

h

aracteristics



1-2

Installation



2-1

Function

of

Controls

and Connectors



2-1

B

asic

O

p

eration



2-2

General

Operating

Information



2-2

Ap

p

lications



2-3

B

lock

Diagram

Description



3-1

Detaile

d

Circuit

Description



3-1

Preventive

M

aintenance



41

Troubleshooting



4-1

Corrective

M

aintenance



4-3

Performance

Check



ς

-1

Test

Eq

ui

p

ment

R

e

q

uired



ς

-1

Short

Form

Proce

d

ure



ς

-2

Calibration

Procedure



5-3

B

alance



5-4

Gain



5-4

Com

p

ensation



5-5

B

andwi

d

th

and

Risetime



5-6

Fig

.

1-1

.

7

Α

16

Α

Amplifier

Plug-in

.

Introduction

T

h

e

7

Α

16

Α

Am

p

lifier

Plug-in

U

nit

is

α

wi

d

e-ban

d

wi

d

t

h

am

p

lifier

d

esigne

d

for use with

T

EK

TR

O

N

IX

7000-Series

C

h

aracte

r

ist

i

cs

Deflectio

n F

acto

r

Cali

brate

d

Range

Acc

ur

acy

Un

cali

br

ate

d (V

AR

IA

BLE)

Gain

R

ange

F

re

quency

R

es

p

o

n

se

Ba

ndwi

d

t

h

AC

Co

up

le

d

(

L

owe

r

B

andwi

d

t

h

L

imit)

1

10

Hz

or

less

.

20

MHz

Bandwi

d

t

h

Ste

pR

es

po

n se

20

MH

z

B

a

n

d

wi

d

t

h

R

iseti

m

e

M

aximu

m

In

p

ut

Voltage

DC

Co

u

pled

AC

Co

up

le

d

S

PE

CI

F

ICATIO

N

TA

BLE

1-1

ELE

CTR

ICA

L

Pe

r

fo

r

ma

nce

R

equ

i

re

m

e n ts

5

m

V

/

d

iv



to



5

V

/

d

iv,



10

ste

p

s



i

n



α



1-2-5

se

qu

ence

.

W

it

h

i

n 2

ο

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ο

of in

d

icate

d

d

eflectio

n

facto

r

wit

h

GAI

N

a

dju ste

d

at

10

m

V

/

d

iv

.

Co

n

tin

u

ously

varia

b

le

betwee

n

calibrate

d ste

p

s

;

exten

d

s

d

eflectio

n

facto

r

to

at least

12

.5

V/

d

iv

.

Wit

h

7400-Se

r

ies



Ι



Wit

h

7500-Series

60

MHz



Ι



90

MHz

W

it

h

7700-Series



W

it

h

7900-Se

r

ies

150

ΜΗτ



225

MH

z

R

iseti

m

e



Ι



W

it

h

7400-Series



W

it

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7500-Series

5

.9

n

s

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.9

n

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it

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ies

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it

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7900-Series

2

.4

n

s



1

.6

ns

Section

1-7

Α

16

Α

Oscillosco

p

es

.

T

h

e

7

Α

16

Α

can

be

o

perated

in

any

p

l

u

g-in

com

p

artme

n

t

of

7000-Series

Oscillosco

p

es

.

Rea

d

out

enco

d

ing

an

d

trace

i

d

entify

f u

nctions

are

p

rovide

d

to

r

eadout

e

q

ui

pp

ed

oscillosco

p

es

.

S

up

p

lemen

tal

Information

P

e

rm

its

a

dju

st

m

e

n

t of

d

eflectio

n

facto

r

for

cali

br

ate

d

o

p

er

ation

wit

h

all

7000-Se

r

ies

main-

fra

m

es

.

20

MH

z,

±3

MHz

.

21

n

s

maxi

mum

.

250

V

(DC

+

pea

k

AC)

;

Α

com

pon

ent

500

V

Ρ

-

Ρ

maxim

um,

1

kH

z

or

less

.

500

V

(DC

+ peak

AC)

;

Αcom

p

one

n t

500

V

Ρ

-

Ρ

maxim

um,

1

kH

z

or

less

.

S

p

ecification-7A16A

TA

BLE

1-1

(

εοπ

t)

C

h

a

r

acte

r

istics



Pe

r

fo

rm

a

nce

R

eq

u

i

r

eme

n

ts



Su

p

p

lemental

Informatio

n

Input

R

and

C

R

esistance



1

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t2%

.

Capacita

nce



20

p

F

±0

.5

pF

.

Ove

rd

rive

R

ecove

r

y

Ti

m

e

DC

Drift

TA

BLE

1-2



TA

BLE

1-3

ENV

I

R

O

NMEN

TA

L

CH

A

R

ACT

ER

ISTICS



PH

YSICA

L

0

.1

m

s

o

r

less

to

recover

to

wit

h

i

n

one

d

ivisio

n

after

re

m

oval

of

ove

rdr

ive

sig

n

al

of

up to

+75

d

iv

or

-75

d

iv

rega

rd

less

of

ove

rd

rive

sig

n

al

du

ration

.

D

r

ift

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hTi

m

e

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Tem

p

0

.02 d

iv

o

r

less in

any one

min

u

te

afte

r

one

an

d

L

ine

V

oltage

Co

n

sta

n

t)



h

our

warm

up

.

D

r

ift

wit

h

Te

mp

e

r

at

ur

e

(

Line



Ι



N

ot

m

ore than

0

.02 d

iv/

°

C

.

V

oltage

Co

n

stant)

Size



F

its all

7000-Se

r

ies

p

l

u

g-i

n

co

m

pa

r

tments

.

R

efer

to

t

h

e

sp

ecificatio

n

s

fo

rt

he

associate

d

oscillosco

pe

.



W

eig

ht



0

.9

kg or 1

.9

l

bs

.

O

PER

ATI

N

G

I

N

ST

RU

CTIO

N

S

General



POSITION

Installation

inscribe

d

wit

h

t

he

unit

i

d

entification

"7

Α

16

Α

")

and

t

h e

plug-in

will

un

latc

h

.

Continue p

ulli

ng on

t

he

latc

h

to

sli

de



GAIN

Ad

j

ustme

n t

t h e

7

Α

16

Α

o

u t

of

t

he

oscilloscope

.

F

unctions

of

Controls

an

d

Co

n

nectors

F

ront

Panel

I

NPU

T

Co

n

nector

P

rovi

d

es

signal

connection

to

t

he

am

p

lifier

.

AC-G

N

D-DC

Switch

Selects

sig

n

al

i

npu

t

coup

ling

mo

de

.

AC

:

T

he

AC

com

po

n

e

n

t

of

t

h

e

signal

is

cou

p

led

to

t

he

in

p

ut

w

h

ile

t

h

e

DC

com

ponent

is

b

loc

ke

d

.

DC

:

B

ot

h

AC

and

DC

com

p

onents

of

t

he

sig

n

al is

coup

le

d

to

t

he

amplifier

i

np

ut

.

P

O

L

A

R

ITY

Switc

h

P

rovi

d

es

α

mea

n

s

of

i

n

verting

t

h

e

d

is

p

lay

.

B

A

N

D

W

IDT

H

Switc

h

Sectio

n

2-7

Α

16

Α

To



effectively



use



t

he



7

Α

16

Α

,



t

he



operation



an

d

Controls

p

osition

of

t

he

trace

.

capabilities

of

t

h

e

instrume

n

t

must

be k

nown

.

T

h

is

section

d

escribes

front-panel

co

n

trol

f

u

nctions,

general

information

on

sig

n

al in

p

ut

co

nn

ections,

an

d

ot

h

er

sub

j

ects

t

h

at

p

ertain



ID

EN

TI

F

Y

P

us

hbu

tton

to

various

measurement

app

licatio

n

s

.



Deflects

trace

about

0

.3

d

ivisio

n

for

trace

i

d

entification

.

In

i

n

str

u

ments

with

rea

d

out,

also

re

p

laces

rea

d

o

u t

wit

h

t

h

e

wor

d

"ID

EN

TI

F

Y"

.

T

h

e

7

Α

16

Α

is

cali

br

ate

d

and

rea

dy

for

use

as

receive

d

.

It



VO

L

TS/D

I

V

Switch

can be

installed

in

any

com

partment

of

T

EK

TR

O

N

IX

7000-Series

Oscillosco

p

es,

but

is

inten

d

e

d

for

u

se

p

rimarily



Selects

cali

b

rate

d

d

eflection

factors

from

5

mV

/

d

iv

to

in

vertical

p

lug-i

n

com

partmen

ts

.

To

install,

alig

n

t

h

e

u

pp

er



5

V

/

d

iv

;

10

ste

p

s

in

α

1-2-5

se

qu

ence

.

and

lower

rails

of

the 7

Α

16

Α

with

t

he

oscillosco

p

e

trac

k

s

and

i

n

sert

t

he

p

l

u

g-in

.

T

h

e

front

panel

will

b

e

fl

u

s

h

wit

h

t

he

fro

n

t

of

t

h

e

oscillosco

pe

w

h

e n

t

he

p

lug-in

is

inserted,

an

d



V

A

R

IA

BLE

(

VO

L

TS/DI

V

)

t

he

latc

h

at

t

he b

ottom-left

corner

will

be

in

place

against

t

he

front

p

anel

.



P

rovi

d

es

continuously

variable

uncali

b

rated

settings

be-

t

w

een

calibrate

d

ste

p

s

.

E

xte

nd

s t

h

e

deflection

factor

to

To

remove

t

he 7

Α

16

Α

,

pull

on

t

he

latc

h(wh

ic

h

is

12

.5

volts/

d

ivisio

n

or

m

ore

.

Screw

d

river

ad

ju

stment

permits

calibratio

n

of

d

eflection

factor

.

+

UP

:

Α

positive-goi

ng

signal at

t

h

e

I

NPU

T

con

n

ecto

r

d

eflects

t

h

e

C

R

T

d

isplay

up

ward

.

I

NVER

T

:

Α

positive-goi

ng

sig

n

al

at

t

he

I

NPU

T

con-

nector

d

eflects

t

he

C

RT

d

is

p

lay

d

ownwar

d

.

Pr

ovides

α

m

ea

n

s

of

limiti

n

g t

he upper ban

d

wi

d

t

h

.

FULL

:

Allows

t

h

e

7

Α

16

Α

to

op

erate

at

f

u

ll

rate

d

GND

:

Gro

u

nds

t

he

am

p

lifier in

p

ut

w

h

ile

main

taining

t

he



b

an

d

widt

h

.

same

loa

d

at

t

h

e

I

NPU

T

connector

.

P

rovi

d

es

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h

ertz,

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DC

position

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the

signal

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.

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t

h

e

VO

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TS/DI

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switchto d

is

p

lay

about

five

vertical

d

ivisions

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t

h

e

waveform

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.

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t

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time-base

Triggering

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stable

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is

p

lay

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t

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ase

to α

swee

p

rate

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h

ic

h

dis

p

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several

cycles

of

t

h

e

waveform

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n

t

he 7

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16

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control so the

lower

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ortio

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d

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h

o

ne of

t

he

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u

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li

n

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t

he center

h

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li

n

e,

and

t

he topof

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h

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h

in

t

he

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it

h

t

h

e

time

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t

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e

dis

p

lay

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one

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pp

er

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ea

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ear

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vertical

line

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ig

.

2-1)

.

6

.

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easure

t

he

d

ivisions

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vertical

d

eflection

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t

h

at

t

h

e

V

A

RIA

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control

is

i

n

t

h

e

CA

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p

osition

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technique

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make

measu

r

e-

ments

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two

p

oints

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the

waveform,

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athe

r

t

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p

ea

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r

oce

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ures

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nd

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k

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nd

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ual

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rements

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h

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instrument

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many

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lications

w

h

ic

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are

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2-1

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vertical

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.

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t

h

e

d

ista

n

ce

in

d

ivisio

n

s

between

t

h

e

refer-

d

eflectio

n

is

4

.5

d

ivisions

using

α

10

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attenuator

p

robe,

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ence

line

and

t

he p

oint

on

t

he

waveform

at

w

h

ic

h

t

he

DC

and

t

he

VO

L

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V

switc

h

is

set

to

1

V

.



level



is

to



be

measured

.

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exam

p

le,

in



Fig

.

2-2

t

he

measurement

is

between

t

h

e

reference

line

an

d

p

oint

Α

.

vertical

VO

L

TS/DI

V

p

ro

b

e

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

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u

ator

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n

s)

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n

g

facto

r

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ub

stituti

n

g

t

he

given

val

u

es

:

Volts

P

ea

k

to

P

ea

k =

4

.5

Χ

1

Χ

10

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he

p

ea

k

-to-

p

ea

k

voltage

is

45

volts

.

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you

are

usi

ng

α

7

Α

16

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y

t

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factor

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is

p

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don

t

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CRT

.

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V

oltage

Measurements

(DC)

To

measure

t

he

DC

level

at

α

give

n

point

on

α

waveform,

p

rocee

d

as

follows

:

1

.

Co

n

nect

t

he

signal

to

t

h

e

In

p

ut

connector

.

2

.

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t

he

VO

L

TS/DI

V

switc

h

to

d

isplay

about

five

d

ivisio

n

s

.

3

.

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t

h

e

Co

up

ling

switc

h

to

G

ND

an

d

p

osition

t

he

trace

to

t

he

bottom

graticule

line

or ot

h

e r r

efe

r

ence

line

.

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t

he

voltage

is

negative

wit

h

res

p

ect

to

grou

nd

,

p

osition

t

he

trace

to

t

he

to

p

gratic

u

le

li

ne

.

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n

ot

move

t

he

POSITIO

N

control

after

t

h

is

reference

line

h

as

b

een

establis

h

e

d

.

NO

ΤΕ

7

.

E

sta

b

lis

h

t

he p

olarity

of

t

he

waveform

.

W

it

h

t

h e

+

UP

/I

NV

switc

h

i

n

t

h

e

+

UP

p

ositio

n

,

a

ny

p

oi

n t

above

t h e

reference

line

is

p

ositive

.

8

.

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t

h

e

d

ista

n

ce

measured

i

n

step

7 by

t

h

e

VO

L

TS/DI

V

switc

h

setti

n

g

.

I

n

clude

t

h

e

atte

n

uation

facto

r

of

t

h

e

p

robe,

if

use

d

.

EXA

MPLE

:

Assu

me

t

h

e

vertical

d

ista

n

ce

measure

d

is

3

.6

d

ivisions (see

Fig

.

2-2)

and

t

h

e

waveform

is

above

t

he

r

eference

line

usi

ng

α

10

Χ

p

r

obe

with

α

VO

L

TS/DI

V

switc

h

setting

of

0

.5

V

.

U

sing

t

h

e

form u

la

:

Instan-

vertical



VO

L

TS/

p

ro

b

e

taneous

=

d

istance



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polarity

Χ



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V



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atte

n

uatio

n

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oltage

(

d

ivisions)



setting

facto

r

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ub

stit

u

ti

n

g t

he

given

values

:

Instantaneo

u

s

Voltage

=3

.6

Χ

1

Χ

0

.5

VΧ

10

T

he

instantaneo

u

s

voltage

is

18

volts

.

To

measure

α

voltage

level

with

r

espect

to

anot

h

e

r

Ve

r

tical

voltage

rat

her

t

h

an groun

d,

ma

k

e

t

h

e

following



distance

c

h

anges

to

Step

4

.

Set

t

h

e

Coupling

switc

h

to

DC

and

apply

t

h

e

refe

r

ence

voltage

to

t

h

e Input

con

n

ecto

r

.

T

h

en

position

t

h

e

trace

to

t

h

e

r

efe

r

ence

line

and

disconnect

t

h

e

r

efere

n

ce

voltage

.

R

efe

r

e n

ce

line

4

.

Set

t

h

e

Cou

p

ling

switc

h

to

DC

.

T

he

gro

und

refe

r

ence



'



'

line

can

b

e ch

ec

ke

d

at

any

time

by

switc

h

ing

to

t

he

GND



F

i

g

,

2

.2,

Meas

u

ri

ng

i

n

sta

n

ta

n

eo

u

s

voltage

wit

h

respect to

same

position

.



reference

.