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Theory of Operation
This chapter provides descriptions of the circuitry shown on the
schematics in chapter 9.
• Block Diagram, on page 95
• Main Power Supply, on page 97
• On-Board Power Supplies, on page 98
• Waveform DAC and Filters, on page 100
• Digital Waveform, Pulse, and Sync, on page 101
• Digital Waveform Translator, on page 104
• Amplitude Multiplier, on page 106
• Main Output Circuitry, on page 107
• System ADC, on page 110
• System DAC, on page 112
• Synthesis IC, on page 113
• Timebase, on page 115
• Phase Locked Loops, on page 116
• Clock Divider, on page 118
• Trigger and Delay, on page 120
• Waveform RAM, on page 122
• Synchronous Multiplexer, on page 123
• Main Processor, on page 124
• Main Gate Array, on page 125
• DSP and Gateway, on page 126
• Earth-Referenced Logic, on page 126
• Front Panel, on page 127