Tektronix PG 508 User Manual

Instru m en t Description
Th eP G 508 is α 50 MH z
ge
n
eral
p
u r pose full fu n ction
pulse generator usable in all TM
500-series p ower
modules exce p t t h e TM 501 . It is co m p atible wit h M
OS
a nd
ot
h
er ge n eral pu r p ose circ u itry . Im p orta n t featuresof
t he i n strume n t include
indepen d ent perio d and d uratio n
con trols wit h α co n trol error lig h t, inde p endent p
u lse to p
and bottom level co n trols, varia b le leading an d trailing
t r
ansitio n time ad j ustme n ts, an d f u lly a d j usta b le pulse
d
elay ca p abilities . F ront pa n el controls a nd con n ectors
p rovi d e α trigger
or sync h ronous gate in p ut wit h level an d
slope controls, square wave
out
p
ut a
n
d com p leme n tary
p ulse o u t pu t for h ig h
duty factors
.
Delaye d and p aire d
pu lse an d man u al trigger
or gate ca p abilities are also
provi d ed . All i n p uts an d outp uts are i n ter n ally termi nated
in 50
Ω
exce p t t h e TRIG/GAT E i np ut w h ic h is internally
selecta b le
foreither 50
Ω
o r 1
ΜΩ ,
20 pF i np ut impe d ance .
Special positio n
s on
PER
IOD, D UR ATIO N
,
DE L AY, an d
TRA N SITIO N controls p ermit customize
d co n trol ranges .
T he fro n t p a n el is color code d for easy refere nce to
co
n
trols a n d t h eir associated f u nctio ns . Gree n in d icates
triggeri ng
fu n ctio
n
s an d blue in d icates mode fu n ctio ns .
Installation an d R emoval
T he P G 508 is calibrated
a
n
d ready for use w hen
received . It operates in
any
two
com
p
artme n ts of t he
ΤΜ 500-series power mod u les
.
See t h e p ower
module
instruction manual for li ne voltage r e q uireme n ts a nd
p ower module o p eratio n . F ig . 1-1 s h ows t he installation
a n
d
r
e
m
oval proce d ure . M ake certai n t he power mo d ule is
off
w
h e
n
inserti
ng
or removing t he P G 508 . C heck t h att h e
P
G 508 is fully inserte d in t h e power module . Pull the
p ower switch
on
t h
e p
ower
mo du le .
T h
e
P
O
WER lig
h
t
on
t he P G 508 sh o u ld
now
be
on .
R efe r
to
t he
Co
n trols
and
Connectors fol d o u t page i n Sectio n 4 of t h is manual for α
com p lete description of t he front panel controls a nd
co nnectors .
F ig . 1-1 . P
G
508 i n stallatio n a nd R e m oval .
Section 1---PG 508

Tektronix PG 508 Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	PG 508
Category	Pulse Generator
Language	English