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OSCILLOSCOPE TYPE S51B A N D S51E
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CIRCUIT
DESCRIPTION
VERTICAL AMPLIFIER Vla and b form a The vertical amplifier consists of three double triodes. cathode coupled amplifier stage with RV6 acting as the gain control. The signal is taken from Vlb anode and drives the output stage V3 via cathode follower V2a. V3 consists of a long-tailed pair with the signal taken to V3a and the vertical shift applied to V3b. V2b acts as a low impedance HT supply for V1, also providing approximately 15OV for Y shift and timebase circuits. The signal at the anode of V3b is taken to the INT-EXT trigger switch. The HT supply for the trigger circuit, V4 and V5b is taken from a common resistor R15 in the cathode circuit of V3.
TRIGGER
CIRCUIT the S51B and one in the it to the grid of phase the phase splitter and via an integrating circuit pulses of a television
The trigger selection is performed by three switches in S51E; S2 selects the INT-EXT triggering signal and connects S3 selects the positive or negative output of splitter V4b. connects it to S4 which either passes the signal directly or to V4a. The latter position, TV FIELD, integrates the field
waveform and attenuates the line pulses allowing the time base to be triggered by the field sync pulses. From S4 the signal is fed to V4a and V5b which form a cathode coupled bistable switch, the switching level being adjusted by the grid potential of V4a. On the AUTO position the switch S5 is opened and the grid of V4a is returned to In the absence of a signal V4a and V5b oscillate at a frequency the grid of V5b. determined by the time constant R42 and C19, but as soon as any input signal between about 50Hz and 1MHz is applied to the grid of V4a, the self-oscillation The square wave ceases and the multivibrator synchronises to the signal frequency. appearing at the anode of V5b is differentiated, the positive pulse removed by MR7 and the negative pulse used to trigger the time base.
TIMEBASE & H O R I Z O N T A L
AMPLIFIER
V6a is the Mi l ler sweep generator, the speed of run down being controlled by S8 and the VARIABLE speed control. The Miller valve is keyed by V5a and V6b which together form a d .c. c o u p l e d multivibrator. In the rest position of the timebase, V5a is off and its anode potential is clamped by MR8 and 9. V6b is conducting. A negative trigger pu Ise from V5b This is The resulting rise in lowers the grid potential of V6b and hence that of the anode of V6a. coupled to the grid of V6a, so reducing the valve current. V5a.
screen potential developed across R65 is coupled via R54 and S6a to the grid of This causes V5a anode |