Service manual

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CONTENTS
WARRANTY ....................................................................... ii
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND SYMBOLS ............................................... iv
SAFETY WARNINGS AND CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS ..................................... v
1. DESCRIPTION................................................................... 1
1.1. GENERAL .................................................................. 1
1.2. POLE-ZERO CANCELLATION .................................................. 1
1.3. ACTIVE FILTER.............................................................. 3
2. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................ 4
2.1. PERFORMANCE ............................................................. 4
2.2. CONTROLS ................................................................. 4
2.3. INPUT ..................................................................... 4
2.4. OUTPUTS .................................................................. 4
2.5. RELATED EQUIPMENT........................................................ 4
2.6. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL................................................ 5
3. INSTALLATION .................................................................. 5
3.1. GENERAL .................................................................. 5
3.2. CONNECTION TO POWER..................................................... 5
3.3. CONNECTION TO PREAMPLIFIER .............................................. 5
3.4. CONNECTION OF TEST PULSE GENERATOR ..................................... 6
3.5. SHAPING CONSIDERATIONS .................................................. 6
3.6. LINEAR OUTPUT CONNECTIONS AND TERMINATING CONSIDERATIONS .............. 6
3.7. SHORTING OR OVERLOADING THE AMPLIFIER OUTPUT ........................... 7
4. OPERATION .................................................................... 7
4.1. INITIAL TESTING AND OBSERVATION OF PULSE WAVEFORMS ...................... 7
4.2. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS .................................................... 7
4.3. PANEL CONNECTORS ........................................................ 7
4.4. STANDARD SETUP PROCEDURE ............................................... 8
4.5. POLE-ZERO ADJUSTMENT .................................................... 8
4.6. OPERATION WITH SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS ................................ 9
4.7. OPERATION IN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS ..................................... 11
4.8. OTHER EXPERIMENTS ...................................................... 13
5. MAINTENANCE ................................................................. 15
5.1. TEST EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ................................................ 15
5.2. PULSER TEST* ............................................................. 15
5.3. SUGGESTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................... 16
5.4. FACTORY REPAIR .......................................................... 16
5.5. TABULATED TEST POINT VOLTAGES .......................................... 16