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The document discusses the Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) and its components, including the A/D converter, memory storage, and deflection amplifiers, highlighting its advantages over conventional oscilloscopes. It also covers the Function Generator, which produces various waveforms and operates within an adjustable frequency range, detailing its working mechanism and applications. Both instruments are essential for measuring and analyzing electronic signals in various fields such as telecommunications and environmental studies.

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The document discusses the Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) and its components, including the A/D converter, memory storage, and deflection amplifiers, highlighting its advantages over conventional oscilloscopes. It also covers the Function Generator, which produces various waveforms and operates within an adjustable frequency range, detailing its working mechanism and applications. Both instruments are essential for measuring and analyzing electronic signals in various fields such as telecommunications and environmental studies.

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Measuring Instruments

Ch-6
Digital Storage Oscilloscope:
• The input signal is applied to the amplifier and
attenuator section.
• The oscilloscope uses same type of amplifier
and attenuator circuitry as used in the
conventional oscilloscopes.
• The attenuated signal is then applied to the
vertical amplifier.
• To digitize the analog signal, analog to digital
(A/D) converter is used.
• The output of the vertical amplifier is applied
to the A/D converter section.
• The successive approximation type of A/D
converter is most oftenly used in the digital
storage oscilloscopes.
• The sampling rate and memory size are
selected depending upon the duration & the
waveform to be recorded.
• Once the input signal is sampled, the A/D
converter digitizes it.
• The signal is then captured in the memory.
• Once it is stored in the memory, many
manipulations are possible as memory can be
readout without being erased.
• And coming to control logic it controls the
ADC(Analog to Digital converter) conversion
and deflection amplifiers.

• Both vertical and horizontal deflection


amplifiers are connected to a DAC(Digital to
Analog converter) which deflects the beam of
electrons and so the trace on the CRT screen.
Advantages
• DSO is very easy to use and also allows for
automation.
• we can store more than one input signal at a
time which we can’t do in ASO.
• DSO can display much better-quality images.
• DSO is comparably cheaper than ASO.
Applications of DSO
• DSO can be used in the visual representation
of radar targets.
• DSO can be used to measure AC and DC
voltages and currents.
• DSO can be used in telecommunications.
• DSO is used as a monitoring device
• In the nuclear field, scientists use DSO to
study environmental changes in absence of
terrestrial/cellular signals.
Functions of DSO
• DSO is an instrument used to display and
analyze electronic signals.It draws waveforms
or a graph of an instantaneous signal voltage
against time.
Measurement of Voltage, phase and
frequency
Voltage measurement
Frequency measurement
Function Generator
• Function Generator is basically a signal
generator that produces different types
of waveforms at the output.
• It has the ability to produce waveforms
such as sine wave, square wave, a
triangular wave, sawtooth wave etc.
• An adjustable frequency range is provided
by the function generator which is in the
range of 0.01 Hz to several 100KHz.
• A constant current is supplied to the
integrator by current supply source 1.
• Due to this, the voltage of the integrator
rises linearly with respect to time.
• This linear rise is according to the output
signal voltage equation:
• Any increase or decrease in the current
will resultantly increase or decrease the
slope of the voltage at the output and thus
controls the frequency.
• The Voltage Comparator Multi-vibrator
present here cause variation in the
state of the integrator output voltage at a
previously determined maximum level.
• Due to this change of state, the current
supply from source 1 cuts off and switches
to supply source 2.
• A reverse current is supplied to the
integrator by current source 2.
• This reverse current cause drops in the
output of integrator linearly with time. As
before this time also, when the output
attains a predetermined level, the
comparator again changes its state and
switches to current supply source 1.
• Thus we will have a triangular wave at the
output of the integrator whose frequency
depends on current by the supply sources
as we can see in the block diagram shown
above.
• A square wave signal is obtained at the
output of the comparator.
• The resistance diode network employed
in the circuit changes the slope of that
triangular wave with distortion less than
1%.
• The output amplifier thus helps to provide
two waves at the output simultaneously.
This captured signal can be displayed by
using an oscilloscope.
Applications Of Function
Generator
• Function generator provides a wide variety
of applications such as in RF-related
operations, automotive applications, in
educational, medical and industrial
fields etc

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