Re: 1A5 differential comparator 'sponginess'
Dave Wise
5V/0.5V is what you see at the MONITOR jack. Under the hood, it's applied after signal attenuation, and it covers the entire common-mode range regardless of V/Div setting.
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(It drops to 0.5V on the 5-10-20V/Div ranges because common mode range is limited by safety, to 500V not 5000V.) 7A13 is about the same except the jack is 0-10V. Type Z was Tek's first differential comparator plugin and is half-tube half-transistor, mostly germanium. Its native sensitivity is 50mV with a 100V common-mode range. That's with no attenuation! There's a lot of bootstrapping and so on to achieve that range. Vc is a 0G3 gas tube plus a string of temperature-compensated zeners. Dave Wise
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From: TekScopes@groups.io [mailto:TekScopes@groups.io] On Behalf Of Chuck Harris Sent: Friday, September 27, 2019 10:37 AM To: TekScopes@groups.io Subject: Re: [TekScopes] 1A5 differential comparator 'sponginess' Dave, You are right, its level is much lower than I remembered. I was thinking it was comparable to the 7A13, but I guess not... I know little to nothing about the Z. -Chuck Harris Dave Wise wrote: Chuck, 1A5 Vc is only 5V. You might be thinking of Type Z, 100V.
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