The document describes different types of oscilloscopes:
1. Dual trace oscilloscopes have two separate input channels that are electronically switched and passed through amplifiers and delay lines to the display.
2. Dual beam oscilloscopes have two separate electron beams and completely separate vertical channels with a common time base.
3. Special purpose oscilloscopes include sampling oscilloscopes for very fast signals, analog storage oscilloscopes for retaining images, and digital storage oscilloscopes that use ADCs and store samples in memory.
The document describes different types of oscilloscopes:
1. Dual trace oscilloscopes have two separate input channels that are electronically switched and passed through amplifiers and delay lines to the display.
2. Dual beam oscilloscopes have two separate electron beams and completely separate vertical channels with a common time base.
3. Special purpose oscilloscopes include sampling oscilloscopes for very fast signals, analog storage oscilloscopes for retaining images, and digital storage oscilloscopes that use ADCs and store samples in memory.
The document describes different types of oscilloscopes:
1. Dual trace oscilloscopes have two separate input channels that are electronically switched and passed through amplifiers and delay lines to the display.
2. Dual beam oscilloscopes have two separate electron beams and completely separate vertical channels with a common time base.
3. Special purpose oscilloscopes include sampling oscilloscopes for very fast signals, analog storage oscilloscopes for retaining images, and digital storage oscilloscopes that use ADCs and store samples in memory.
The document describes different types of oscilloscopes:
1. Dual trace oscilloscopes have two separate input channels that are electronically switched and passed through amplifiers and delay lines to the display.
2. Dual beam oscilloscopes have two separate electron beams and completely separate vertical channels with a common time base.
3. Special purpose oscilloscopes include sampling oscilloscopes for very fast signals, analog storage oscilloscopes for retaining images, and digital storage oscilloscopes that use ADCs and store samples in memory.
There are two separate vertical input channels A and B, and these use separate attenuator and preamplifier stage. Then the two channels meet at an electronic switch which has the ability to pass one channel only at a time into vertical deflection plates via main vertical amplifier and delay line. Coupling Selector
Ch A a.c GND Input Vertical Attenuator Amplifier 1 d.c Electronic switch Vertical Coupling to Trigger Delay Line Selector Amplifier Circuit a.c 2 Ch B GND Input Vertical Attenuator Amplifier d.c
to Trigger Circuit
Trigger Time Base Horizontal
Circuit Generator Amplifier
Time/Div
Dual Beam OSC.
The dual beam oscilloscope has two separate electron beams and therefore two completely separate vertical channels and may have a common time base system. Coupling Selector
Ch A a.c GND Input Vertical Vertical Delay Line Attenuator Amplifier Amplifier d.c Coupling to Trigger Selector Circuit a.c GND Input Vertical Vertical Delay Line Attenuator Amplifier Amplifier d.c
to Trigger Circuit
Trigger Time Base Horizontal
Circuit Generator Amplifier
Time/Div
1 4th Lecture Semester 2 Oscilloscope (4) Special Purpose Oscilloscope
1- Sampling Oscilloscope It is used to examine very fast signals. Samples are taken at different portions of the waveform over successive cycles and then total picture is stretched, amplified and displayed as continuous wave at the screen. The disadvantage, it can only make measurement on repetitive waveform of up (300MHz).
Input signal
Sampling pluses
Stair case time base
Display trace
Input signal Diode Capacitive Vertical Delay line sampling store amp. gate
Osc. Trigger Stair case Horizontal plates cct. gen. amp.
Sampling Osc. Block diagram
2- Analog Storage Oscilloscope
Storage oscilloscope capable of retaining the image on the screen for longer time than that possible with conventional high persistence phosphors oscilloscope. It is used to storage of transients and the steady display of a very low frequency signal. When electrons beam strikes the target it emits secondary electrons which are gathered by the collector. V2
collector
Electron gun target
V1
2 4th Lecture Semester 2 Oscilloscope (4)
The collector is at a positive potential of V2 and the target is at a varied potential of V1, while electron gun is grounded. 1- If V1>V2 the secondary electrons emitted from the target are attached back (written). 2- If V2>V1 all electrons from the gun are deflected on the collector before they reach the target (erased). 3- Digital Storage Oscilloscope(DSO) It uses an analog-to digital converter (ADC) to convert the voltage being measured into digital information. The digitizing scope acquires the waveform as a series of samples. It stores these samples until it accumulates enough samples to describe a waveform, and then re-assemble the waveform for viewing on the screen.
Ch.A Vertical A/D A/D
A/D attenuator amplifier convertor memory driver
μp system CRT
Ch.B Vertical A/D A/D
A/D attenuator amplifier convertor memory driver
External trigger i/p Trigger Delay Stop Crystal attenuator comparator counter aquiring control time base
Digital storage oscilloscope
4- Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope(DPO)
It is a digitizing scope that faithfully emulates the best display attributes of analog scope and provides the benefits of digital acquisition and processing as well.
Ch.A Vertical A/D A/D
A/D attenuator amplifier convector memory driver
Acquisition display rasterized
Digital μp system phosphor
Digital phosphor oscilloscope
3 4th Lecture Semester 2 Oscilloscope (4) Different Between Analog and Digital Oscilloscope 1- Analog scope is preferred when it is important to display rapidly varying signals in real time (as they occur). 2- Digitizing storage scope allows capturing and viewing events that may happen only once (transients). 3- Digital phosphor scope is equally suitable for viewing high frequencies or low repetitive waveforms, transients, and signal variations in real time.
