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Sorial number 2000 and up. Serial number 1999 and below. Fig. 1-1. Type 556 Oscilloscopes. Type 556...
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Type 556 SECTI N 1 CHARACTERISTICS ntroduction VERT CAL AMPL F ERS A & B SWEEP GENERATORS VAR ABLE T ME DELAY...
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Characteristics — Type 556 EXTERNAL HOR ZONTAL AMPL F ERS A & B TR GGER NG FEATURES A & B TR GGER NG SENS T V TY...
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Characteristics — Type 556 AMPL TUDE CAL BRATOR µS. Z AX S NPUTS FRONT-PANEL OUTPUT S GNALS POWER SOURCE REQU REMENTS Peak V 1 Crest Factor ~ — between 1.30 and 1.414.
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Characteristics — Type 556 CRT AND D SPLAY ELECTROMAGNET C NTERFERENCE MECHAN CAL CHARACTER ST CS 2 Crest Factor = ------------- — between 1.30 and 1.414. ENV RONMENTAL CHARACTER ST CS ACCESSOR ES...
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Type 556 SECTI N 2 PERATING INSTRUCTI NS General SN 2000-up Nomenclature and Terminology Alternate Mode — TABLE 2-1 Chopped Mode — Chopping Rate — Chopping Transient Blanking — Dual-Beam Oscilloscope — Dual-Trace — Multi-Trace — Signal Channel — Power Requirements...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 SN 100-1999 NOTE Temperature considerations CAUT ON CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS A AND B TR GGER NG CONTROLS Fig. 2-1. Line Voltage Selector assembly; provided in instruments with serial number 2000 and up.
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-2. Positions of the movable jumper wires (black on yellow! for the four nominal lino voltage selections. This illustration is applicable to 556 SN's 100 to 1999.
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Upper Beam D SPLAY Upper Beam. COUPL NG SLOPE POS T ON MODE D SPLAY A Sweep LEVEL A T ME/CM DELAY T ME VAR ABLE TR GGER NPUT...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 RESET POS T ON and D S PLAY MAG A MODE Upper Beam and Lower Beam (for both beams where applicable) NTENS TY B Sweep B T ME/CM FOCUS VAR ABLE RESET CONTRAST B MODE...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 SCALE LLUM LOWER BEAM EXT HOR Z A SAWTOOTH DELAY-T ME MULT PL ER B SAWTOOTH BEAM F NDER LOWER BEAM EXT HOR Z Rear Panel (Upper and Lower Beam) AMPL TUDE EXT CRT CAL BRATOR...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 µS µS TABLE 2-2 VERT CAL PLUG- N UN TS F RST T ME OPERAT ON µS 6 µS...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 A and B Triggering GENERAL OPERAT NG NFORMAT ON Light Filters A and B Sweep Upper and Lower Beam Rear Panel Vertical Plug- n Units Front Panel Adjustments Calibrated Graticule Beam Finder overscans...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 B. Center portion of rear panel. Fig. 2-3. Control setup chart for Type 556 5N 2000 and up.
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 A. Front Panel B. Center portion of rear panel. Fig. 2-4. Type 556 control setup chart for instruments with serial number 1999 and below. 2-10...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Output Signals Control Setup Chart CONNECT NG TO THE S GNAL SOURCE Vertical Controls 2-11...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 Output of device is applied to vertical plug-in unit Fig. 2-6. Using the A GATE or A SAWTOOTH waveform to trigger or drive an external device. Sweep is usually free running. Use of Coaxial Cables...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 — ncorrect Correct rrect Fig. 2-7. Probe compensation waveforms. LEFT NT NORM; Trigger Coupling R GHT NT NORM; LEFT NT PLUG N; R GHT NT PLUG N, L NE. AC LF REJ. EXT. AC HF REJ.
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-8. Effects of Triggering LEVEL control and SLOPE switch. 2-14...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Free Run Trigger Slope Trigger Mode AUTO STAB L TY. TR G. Trigger Level Selecting Sweep Rate 2-15...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-9. Area of graticule used for obtaining accurate time measure ments. Fig. 2-10. Operation of display magnifier. Using the Position Controls Display Magnification 2-76...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 Single Sweep Delayed B Sweep Lower Beam B sweep display Fig. 2-11. DLY'D BY A mode of operation. The intensified portion of the Upper Beam is expanded and displayed by the Lower Beam. A T ME/CM, .5 mSEC; B T ME/CM, 50 µSEC.
Operating nstructions — Type 556 Modo 2: Fig. 2-12. (Al DELAY-T ME MULT PL ER dial. Reading thown 3.55. B! Delay time it calculated by multiplying the A T ME/CM tweep rate by the DELAY-T ME MULT PL ER dial reading.
Operating nstructions — Type 556 External Horizontal Deflection A Triggering B Triggering µs ntensity Modulation 2-19...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-13. Comparison of the two delayed-sweep modes. n each case the Upper Beam presentation represents the input to both vertical systems. The intensified portion of the Upper Beam display shows the part of the input wavefrom that is displayed by the Lower Beam.
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 BAS C APPL CAT ONS Operation Multi-Trace Using nterconnected Vertical Deflection Systems Peak-to Peak Measurements — AC Operating Hints (When Upper Beam D SPLAY switch is set to R GHT PLUG- N A) 2-21...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-14. Measuring peak-to-peak voltage of a waveform. nstantaneous Voltage Measurements — DC Fig. 2-15. Measuring nstantaneous DC voltage with respect to a reference. 2-22...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Voltage Comparison Measurements Time Measurements 2-23...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-16. Measuring time duration between two points on a wave form. Distance Fig. 2-17. Measuring the time difference between two pulses using a dual-trace unit and a single beam. 2-24...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-18. Measuring the time difference between two pulses using single-channel units, both beams and the same time base. Delayed Sweep Time Measurements 2-25...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 x ±0.0 7 for 3 fastest A T ME/CM readings Delayed Sweep Magnification Fig. 2-19. Measuring time difference using delayed sweep. 2-26...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 Displaying Complex Signals Using Delayed Sweep Fig. 2-20. Using delayed sweep for sweep magnification. Fig. 2-21. Displaying a complex signal using delayed sweep. Frequency Measurements Risetime Measurements 2-27...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 Fig. 2-22. Determining the frequency of a periodically recurrent waveform when the T ME/CM switch is set to .2 mSEC. TABLE 2-3 Fig. 2-23. Measuring risetime. Delayed Trigger Generator 2-28...
Operating nstructions — Type 556 A Sweep Triggered nternally. A Sweep Triggered Externally. NOTE Normal Trigger Generator Multi-Trace Phase Difference Measurements More Precise Phase Measurements. 2-29...
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Operating nstructions — Type 556 •-< -------------------------- 9 cm (360° ------------------------------- «4 Fig. 2*25. Using a sweep magnification to measure the phase Fig. 2-24. Measuring phase difference. difference. 2-30...
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Type 556 SECTI N 3 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTI N ntroduction FUNCT ONAL BLOCK D AGRAMS D SPLAY LOG C First Basic Mode (Fig. 3-1) normal internal TABLE 3-1...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Third Basic Mode (Fig. 3-3) Fourth Basic Mode (Fig. 3-4) Second Basic Mode (Fig. 3-2) Fifth Basic Mode (Fig. 3-5)
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-3. The Type 556 operating as two interconnected vertical deflection systems and two completely independent horizontal deflec tion systems. Upper Beam Horizontal Amplifier is driven externally to obtain an X-Y display and the Lower Beam is driven by the B Sweep.
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Circuit Description — Type 556 from the right LEFT VERT CAL AMPL F ER <Ÿ> nput Cathode Follower, V3 Sixth Basic Mode (Fig. 3-6) C RCU T ANALYS S...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-7. Partial block diagram of Left Vertical Amplifier. Trigger Pickoff Emitter Follower, Q73 and Q 1 73 Signal nput Emitter Follower, Q3 and Q 03 Left Trigger Current Regulator, Q83 and Q84 Trigger Pickoff Amplifier, Q74 and Q 74...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Right Plug- n Crossover E. F., Q23 and Q 23 Delay Line Driver Amplifier, Q 1 4 and Q1 14 Right Plug- n Crossover Amplifier, Q34 and Q 1 34 Diode Switching Circuit Left Vertical Delay Line...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-8. Partial block-and-circuit diagram of Left and Right Vertical Amplifiers. The diodes are located in the Diode Switching circuit of the Left Vertical Amplifier. 3-12...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-9. Partial block diagram of Left and Right Vertical Output Amplifiers. Left Amplifier Current Regulator, Q93 and Q94 +67.5 Output E. F., Q43 and Q 1 43 3-13...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-10. Block diagram of the A Sweep Trigger. Output Amplifier Q54, Q 54, V64 and V 64 < 2 > R GHT VERT CAL AMPL F ER 3-14...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 B SWEEP TR GGER <6> A SWEEP GENERATOR <£> A SWEEP T M NG SW TCH <V> General A Gate Tunnel Diode D565 3-16...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 serial number 2000 and up. Fig. 3-12. Block diagram of the A Sweep Generator circuit. 3-17...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-13. llustration showing time relationship of waveforms in the A Sweep Generator circuit starting at the quiescent voltage levels. A Gate Emitter Follower and Amplifier Q563 A Gate Amplifier Q564 3-18...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 A-Sweep Gate Waveform at Q563 and Q573 Emitters Normal A-Sweep Unblanking Pulse at V574A Plate A-lntensified- By-B A-Sweep Unblanking Pulse at V574A Plate Fig. 3-14. Time-related waveforms showing how the CONTRAST control varies the non-intensified DC level of the A Sweep unblanking pulse.
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Circuit Description — Type 556 First A Sawtooth Cathode Follower V673A \673f\ V673K \673K, Clamp Emitter Follower Q643 and Clamp Diode D677 Second A Sawtooth Cathode Follower V673B \673/\ Holdoff Multivibrator V625 1. Quiescent State — 3-20...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 2. D565 Triggered — 5. B Sweep Delayed-By-A Mode of Operation — 3. Single-Sweep Operation — 4. Right Plug- n Multi-Trace Unit Set For Alternate- Mode of Operation — 3-21...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 6. B Single-Sweep Mode of Operation — Mode 2 (Triggered). Reset Lamp Driver Q619 and Reset Lamp B619 A Auto Multivibrator, Q605 and Q615 Mode 1 (Non-triggered). 3-22...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Upper Beam Unblanking Amplifier V574A Q794. A Sweep Unblanking Cathode Follower V583B 3-23...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 A 4-Gate Cathode Follower V583A DELAY P CKOFF <9> B SWEEP GENERATOR <7> B SWEEP T M NG SW TCH < 8> 3-24...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Sawtooth From A Sawtooth C. F. V673A < 4 > Fig. 3-15. Block diagram of Delay Pickoff circuit. Constant Current Transistor Q908, Delay Pick off Comparator V904 and Delayed Trigger Pulse Generator D905 Delay Trigger Multivibrator Q924 and Q933...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-16. Block diagram of Alternate Trace Logic and Blanking circuits for Type 556 instruments with serial number 2000 and up. 3-26...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-17. Block diagram of Alternate Trace Logic and Blanking circuit for Type 556 instruments with serial numbers 100 to 1999. 3-27...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 ALTERNATE TRACE LOG C & BLANK NG ntroduction 1. B Gate nverter Q 1 004. Alternate Trace Multivibrator, Q 1 015 and Q 1 025. Alternate Trace Logic Multivibrator, Q1015 and Q 1 025 3. Alternate Trace Sync Pulse Emitter Follower Q 033.
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-18. Time-related waveforms showing how the A Sweep is locked out until the B Sweep ends. Note that only one alternate-trace sync pulse per slower sweep is generated for switching the channels in the right plug-in unit.
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Circuit Description — Type 556 UPPER BEAM HOR ZONTAL AMPL F ER <fl> Fig. 3-19. Block diagram of the Upper Beam Horizontal Amplifier circuit. 3-31...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 nput Amplifier Q1135 Output Amplifier V1174A and V1184A nput Emitter Follower Q1 145 Output Cathode Followers, V1174B and V1184B Paraphase Amplifier, Q1 154 and Q1 164 Capacitance Driver, V1 194 3-32...
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High-Voltage Oscillator V 1 300, Error Amplifier (V774B and V774C), and CRT Control-Grid Rectifier D 1 332 LOWER BEAM HOR ZONTAL AMPL F ER <12> CRT C RCU T <13> High Voltage Delay Q 1 334 1 Added in Type 556 $N 2000 and up. 3-33...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-20. Partial block diagram of CRT circuit showing the LowerBeam section and those adjustments that are common to both beams. 3-34...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Post-Acceleration Supply Lower Beam CRT Controls CRT Control-Grid and Unblanking Circuit Upper Beam CRT Circuit CRT Circuit Controls and Connectors 3-35...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 POWER SUPPLY <14; HEATER W R NG General DC VOLTAGE SUPPL ES SN 2000-up — 150 Volts Supply Power Transformer 3-36...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-21. Block diagram of Power Supply circuit and partial circuit of Heater Wiring for the Type 556 SN 2000 and up. 3-37...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Fig. 3-22. Block diagram of Power Supply circuit and partial circuit of Heater Wiring for the Type 556 SN 100 to 1999. 3-38...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 + 225 Volt Supply 4-350 Volt Supply Volt Supply 3-39...
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Circuit Description — Type 556 Calibrator Multivibrator, V 1 605 A and V1605B CAL BRATOR <17> Calibrator Output Cathode Follower V1605C -<■ Fig. 3-23. Block diogram of the Calibrator circuit. 3-40...
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Type 556 SECTI N 4 MAINTENANCE ntroduction nterior Cleaning PREVENT VE MA NTENANCE General Air Filter Exterior Cleaning Visual nspection Removal of Panels Transistor and Tube Checks...
Maintenance — Type 556 Soldering Techniques Lubrication CORRECT VE MA NTENANCE General Obtaining Replacement Parts Standard Parts. Fig. 4-1. Soldering aid for use with bare wires. Special Parts. Ordering Parts. Circuit Boards.
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Maintenance — Type 556 Ceramic Strip Replacement Ceramic Terminal Strips. Metal Terminals. Fig. 4-2. The assembled ceramic strip.
Removal (See Fig. 4-5) Component Replacement Transistor and Tube Replacement. Fuse Replacement. TABLE 4-1 Rotary Switch Replacement. Circuit Board Assembly Replacement Replacement Cathode-Ray Tube Replacement *Added in Type 556 S/N 218 and up. Some instruments were mod ified out of sequence.
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Maintenance — Type 556 Fig. 4-3. Powor Supply fui® locations, bottom view. Fig. 4-4. Location of lino fuses.
Maintenance — Type 556 TABLE 4-3 TABLE 4-4 ‘ Exception: Color code partially conforms to E A standard. Resistor Color Code. 'Measured between +100 and +225 V. 3. Check nstrument Calibration. Troubleshooting Techniques solate trouble to a particular circuit. 1. Check Associated Equipment.
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Maintenance — Type 556 avefor m in this area 5. Check Circuit Board connections. Upper Beam 6. Visual Check. 7. Check Voltages and Waveforms. Wc vefor m in this c irea Lower Beam gle ce nter 1 Test Oscilloscope Fig. 4-10. Waveform source identification.
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Performance Check — Type 556 TABLE 5-1 of the Fig. 5-1. Amplitude Calibrator accuracy check.
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Performance Check — Type 556 5. Check Geometry Fig. 5-2. Typical display, amplitude calibrator risetime. ndicated risetime is 0.8 microseconds. 2. Check 5 mA Current Loop 3. Check Trace Rotation 6. Check Focus and Astigmatism Control Operation 4. Check Beam Finder Operation...
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Performance Check — Type 556 8. Check CRT Orthogonality (A) Poor Geometry 9. Check Vertical Amplifier DC Balance — Right and Left (B) Good Geometry Fig. 5-3. Typical CRT displays showing (A) poor geometry adjust ment; (Bl good geometry adjustment.
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Performance Check — Type 556 11. Check Vertical Amplifier Gain 12. Check Vertical Amplifier Compression/Ex- pansion — Left, Right, and Crossover...
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Performance Check — Type 556 13. Check Common Mode Rejection NOTE 14. Check Trace Drift with Line Voltage Change...
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Performance Check — Type 556 Peak voltage Ref erence / waveforms ' * 1 — Fig. 5-5. llustrating method of peak line voltage measurement; Type W plug-in vertical deflection factor 1 V/cm; sweep rate 5 milliseconds/cm. Fig. 5-4. llustrating measurement of voltage drop in neutral wire.
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Performance Check — Type 556 23. Check Line Trigger and LF Reject Operation 21. Check Crossover Triggering 22. Check Auto Stability Operation 24. Check A and B Single Sweep Operation 5-12...
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Performance Check — Type 556 25. Check Basic Timing-A Sweep 26. Check Upper Beam Sweep Magnifier Registration 27. Check A Sweep Length 28. Check B Sweep Sawtooth Slope 29. Check B Sweep Length 5-13...
Performance Check — Type 556 34. Check Delay-Time Multiplier ncremental Linearity 35. Check Delay-Time Jitter 0-cm 4-cm 36. Check Horizontal Amplifier 50 MHz Com pensation — Upper Beam Fig. 5-6. Typical display, high-speed sweep timing, showing peak of a sine wave at the 4-cm graticule line, see step 36 (k).
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Performance Check — Type 556 37. Check Timing and Delaying Sweep Accu O-cm 1 -cm racy — A Sweep Fig. 5-7. Typical display showing 4th cm sine wave of Fig. 5-6 repositioned to the 1-cm graticule line, as in step 36 ( ).
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Performance Check — Type 556 39. Check Horizontal Amplifier 50 MHz Com pensation — Lower Beam 38. Check B Sweep Crossover Compensation 5-17...
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Performance Check — Type 556 41. Check Variable Time/cm Range 40. Check Timing Accuracy — B Sweep 42. Check Trigger Delay TABLE 5-3 5-18...
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Performance Check — Type 556 43. Check External Horizontal Amplifier DC 44. Check External Horizontal Amplifier Vari Balance — Upper Beam able Control Range — Upper Beam 45. Check External Horizontal Amplifier XlO Compensation — Upper Beam nt cor ner .
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Performance Check — Type 556 47. Check Magnifier X 1 - X 10 Ratio Accu 50. Check External Horizontal Amplifier X 1 racy — Upper Beam and X10 Compensation — Lower Beam 51. Check Magnifier X1-X10 Ratio Accuracy 48. Check External Horizontal Amplifier DC Balance —...
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Performance Check — Type 556 t r T r — — — — — ■ — 54. Check B Sweep Sawtooth Amplitude Fig. 5-11. Typical display, intensity modulation (Z Axis Operation). 53. Check A Sweep Sawtooth Amplitude 55. Check A Sweep Gate Amplitude 56.
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Type 556 SECTI N 6 CALIBRATI N ntroduction RECOMMENDED EQU PMENT (see Figs. 6-1 through 6-3) General General nformation Special Test Equipment certain...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-1. Recommonded calibration equipment. tem» 1 through 12.
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-2. Recommended calibration equipment. tems 13 through 23.
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-3. Adjustment tools. ’ tems 18 and 19 are needed if a generator does not have an out put amplitude control.
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Calibration — Type 556 CAL BRAT ON RECORD AND NDEX...
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Calibration — Type 556 CAL BRAT ON PROCEDURE General >7V. Preliminary Procedure...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-4. nitial te*t tolup for power »upply voltage adjuitment. Typo 556...
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Calibration — Type 556 1. Adjust Power Supply Voltages 6-4. 6-4), NOTES...
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Calibration — Type 556 Tett Oscilloscope Fig. 6-5. nitial tost sotup for chocking powor supply rlpplo and regulation. 2. Check Power Supply Ripple and Regulation — Low Load at High Line Voltage 6-10...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-6. llustrating measurement of voltage drop in neutral wire. Fig. 6-7. llustrating method of peak line voltage measurement; Probe connected between grounding pin and neutral wire; Type W Type W plug-in vertical deflection factor 1 V/cm; sweep rate 5 Time/cm, 5 milliseconds;...
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Calibration — Type 556 Adjust High Voltage — Lower Beam Fig. 6-8. Typical test oscilloscope display of power supply ripple, — 150 volt supply (60 cycle line). Vertical deflection, 0.005 volts/cm; sweep rate, 5 milliseconds/cm; low load condition. Fig. 6-9. Typical...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-11. Tost setup for adjusting high voltage — Upper Boom. Fig. 6-10. T«»» »«tup for adjusting high voltago — Lowor Beam. NOTES 6-13...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-12. To*» totup for Amplitude Calibrator adjustment. Adjust Amplitude Calibrator Fig. 6-13. Method of adjusting Amplitude Calibrator. 6-14...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-16. Location of fraco rotation coll test points. 12. Check Horizontal Deflection/Graticule Alignment NOTE 11. Check 5 mA Current Loop 6-16...
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Calibration — Type 556 13. Check Beam Finder Switch Operation NOTES 6-17...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fl(j. 6-17. Tott *o»up for Goomotry ad|u»lmont. 14. Adjust Geometry 6-18...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-18. Typical CRT displays showing <A> poor geometry adjust ment; B) good geometry adjustment. Fig. 6-19. Location of Edge and Center geometry adjustments. 16. Check Upper and Lower Beam Scan Areas 15. Adjust FOCUS and AST GMAT SM...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig, 6-20, Vortical amplifier DC balance and gain adjustmonts ( left side view). 17. Check CRT Orthogonality 18. Adjust Vertical Amplifier DC Balance — Left Fig. 6-21. Vertical amplifier DC balance and gain adjustments (right side view) .
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Calibration — Type 556 19. Adjust Vertical Amplifier DC Balance — Right 20. Check Trace Separation Range NOTES...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-22. Equipment lotup for vortical amplifier gain adjustments. 21. Adjust Vertical Amplifier Gain 6-22...
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Calibration — Type 556 for a 22. Check Vertical Amplifier Compression/Ex- pansion — Left, Right and Crossover 23. Check Common Mode Rejection 6-23...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-23. nltal tost sotup for chocking traco drift with lino voltago change. 24. Check Trace Drift with Line Voltage Change 6-24...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-25. llustrating method of peak line voltage measurement; Type W plug-in vertical deflection factor 1 V/cm; sweep rate 5 milliseconds /cm. Fig. 6-24. llustrating measurement of voltage drop in neutral wire. Probe connected between grounding pin and neutral wire; Type W Time/cm, 5 milliseconds;...
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Calibration — Type 556 25. Check Alternate Trace Operation 26. Check Multi-Trace Chopping Transient Blanking SN 2000-up only SN 2000-up only 6-26...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-26. Equipment setup for external triggering ad|ustmonls. 27. Adjust External Triggering — A and B Sweeps 6-27...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-27. llustrating method of connecting jumper wire o adjust triggoring. Fig, 6-28. External triggering adjustment locations, B sweep. 28. Check B Triggering LEVEL Control Ranges 6-28...
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Calibration — Type 556 A TR GGER SENS T V TY A TR GGER LEVEL R556 CENTER NG R545 Fig. 6-30. Extornal triggoring adjustment locations, A sweep. ncorrect Adjustment 29. Check A Triggering LEVEL Control Ranges (Cl Correct Adjustment Fig. 6-29. Trigger adjustment waveforms.
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Calibration — Type 556 33. Check Auto Stability Operation 35. Check A and B Single Sweep Operation 34. Check Line Trigger and LF Reject Operation NOTES 6-32...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-32. Equipmont totup for basic timing procodurot — A and B twoop*. 36. Adjust Basic Timing — A Sweep 6-33...
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Calibration — Type 556 38. Adjust A Sweep Sawtooth Amplitude Fig, 6-33. Adjustmont location for A sweep basic timing and saw tooth amplitude. NOTE Fig. 6-34. Ad|ustmont location for Uppor Boom swoop magnlflor registration. 39. Adjust B Sweep Sawtooth Slope <>...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-36. Adjustment location for basic timing and B sweep ampli Fig. 6-35. Adjustment location for B swoop sawtooth slope. tude. 40. Adjust B Sweep Sawtooth Amplitude 41. Adjust Basic Timing — B Sweep 42. Adjust Lower Beam Sweep Magnifier Registration Fig.
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-38, Equipment setup for A and B sawtooth current adjust. 43. Adjust Lower Beam A Sweep Gain (SN2000-up only) 44. Adjust A and B Sawtooth Currents 6-36...
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Calibration — Type 556 B) B sawtooth current adjustment and test ooinl location (right A) A sawtooth curront adjustment and tost point location tieft side) side) Fig, 6-39. A and B sawtooth curront adjustment and test point locations. 45. Check Delay-Time Multiplier Dial Setting...
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Calibration — Type 556/R556 Fig. 6-40. Totf tolup for ad|uiting Dolay Start and Stop. 46. Adjust Delay Start and Stop 6-38...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-43, T®*t »otup for Swoop Timing — A and B. 49. Adjust Timing — A Sweep 6-40...
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Calibration — Type 556/R556 Fig. 6-45. Ad|u*tment location* for A sweep timing, top view of Type 556. Fig. 6-44. Method of ad|u»Hng timing a* doicrlbod in step 49 (o). 6-41...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-46. Typical display obtalnod to illustrato intercept point with dial at 1.00. NOTE Fig. 6-47. High-tpood swoep componiation adjustment, A sweep. 50. Adjust Horizontal Amplifier 50 MHz Compensation — Upper Beam 6-42...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-49. Adjustment locations for B swoop timing, top view of Typo 556. 51. Check Timing and Delaying Sweep Accuracy — A Sweep Fig. 6-48. Typical displays, high-speed sweep timing. Waveform shows top peak of a sine wave at the 4 -cm graticule line,...
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Calibration — Type 556 TABLE 6-3 J Use CONTRAST control to check display. Previously adjusted. 4 Lower Beam D SPLAY MAG switch is set to X O. (For the remaining B T ME/CM switch positions, the switch is set to Xl<>...
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Calibration — Type 556 54. Adjust Horizontal Amplifier 50 MHz Compensation-Lower Beam Fig. 6-51. Location of sweep crossover adjustment for serial num bered instruments 2000 and up. Fig. 6-50. High-speed sweep compensation adjustments — B sweep. 6-45...
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Calibration — Type 556 55. Adjust — A Sweep Crossover Compensa- tion (SN 2000-up only) 57. Check Variable Time/cm Range 56. Check Timing Accuracy — B Sweep TABLE 6-4 58. Check Trigger Delay SN 2000-up only "Previously adjusted. 6-46...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-52. Horizontal Amplifier Adjustment and Compensation. 59. Adjust External Horizontal Amplifer DC Balance — Upper Beam 6-47...
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Calibration — Type 556 A) Upper Beam (left »ide) C12OOB ’ lower Boom rlght » do) Fig. 6-53. Adjuitmonl location», Extornal Horlxontal Amplifior DC Fig. 6-54, Location» of External Horixontal Amplifier compensation Balance. ad|u»tmenli. 60. Check External Horizontal Amplifier Vari ...
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Calibration — Type 556 61. Adjust External Horizontal Amplifier X 10 Compensation — Upper Beam 62. Adjust External Horizontal Amplifier X 1 Compensation — Upper Beam 63. Check Magnifier X 1 - X 10 Ratio Accuracy — Upper Beam 64. Adjust External Horizontal Amplifier DC Balance —...
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Calibration — Type 556 Check Magnifier X 1 - X 10 Ratio Accuracy Lower Beam Fig. 6-56. Typical display, intensity modulation (Z Axis Operation). 68. Check Z Axis Operation — Upper and Lower Beams 65. Check External Horizontal Amplifier Vari ...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-57. Test equipment setup for chocking oxtornal wavoforms. 6-51...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-59. Vertical Amplifier hlgh-froquoncy componiation ad|uil- mont location*, right sldo. 75. Adjust Vertical Amplifier High Frequency Compensations — Left 6-53...
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Calibration — Type 556 TABLE 6-5 Fig. 6-60. L«ft and Right Vertical Amplifier high-frequency compen sation adjustment locations (top view of the instrument). 'For positive-going pulse waveform; near bottom corner when view ing a negative-going pulse waveform. 6-54...
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Calibration — Type 556 Fig. 6-62. Example of misadjustment of C244, right vertical ampli fier; sweep speed 100 nano$econd$/cm. Fig. 6-61. Typical displays, high-frequency compensations correctly adjusted. 77. Adjust Vertical Amplifier High Frequency Compensations — Right 76. Adjust Vertical Amplifier High Frequency Compensations —...
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Calibration — Type 556 79. Check Vertical Amplifier Risetime — Cross over 80. Check Vertical Amplifier Risetime — Left Fig. 6-63. llustrating method of risetime measurement. 78. Check Vertical Amplifier Risetime — Right NOTES 6-56...
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PARTS ORDER NG NFORMAT ON SPEC AL NOTES AND SYMBOLS...
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ABBREV AT ONS AND SYMBOLS A or amp amperes inductance alternating current lambda — wavelength AC or ac » audio frequency large compared with alpha — com mon-base current amplification factor less than < amplitude modulation low frequency length or long approximately equal to beta —...
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Type 556 SECTI N 7 ELECTRICAL PARTS LIST Bulbs Capacitors...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (conf) µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF µF...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (cont) µF...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (conf) C604...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (conf)
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (cont)
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (cont)
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (cont)
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (contj µF 750 pF 0.01 µF...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Capacitors (cont) µF Diodes 7-10...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Diodes (conf) GaAs D640 D690 D760 7-11...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Diodes (cont) 7-12...
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Electrica! Parts List — Type 556 Diodes (cont) Filter Fuses 7-13...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-20...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (conf) 7-21...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-22...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-23...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-24...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors 7-25...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-26...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors 7-27...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-28...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (conf) 7-29...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-30...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-31...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-32...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 [conf] 7-33...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-34...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors 7-35...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (conf) 7-36...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) 7-37...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors 7-38...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (conf) 7-39...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Resistors (cont) ½% ½7o ½7o ½% ½% ½7o ½7o ½% ½7o ½% ¼% ¼% Switches 7-40...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Switches 7-41...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Thermal Cut-Out T ransformers Electron Tubes 7-42...
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Electrical Parts List — Type 556 Electron Tubes 7-43...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 NDEX OF MECHAN CAL PARTS L ST LLUSTRAT ONS (Located behind diagrams)
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F GURE AND NDEX NUMBERS NDENTAT ON SYSTEM Assembly and/or Component Detail Part of Assembly and/or Component mounting hardware for Detail Part Parts of Detail Part mounting hardware for Parts of Detail Part mounting hardware for Assembly and/or Component PARTS ORDER NG NFORMAT ON ABBREV AT ONS AND SYMBOLS...
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Type 556 SECTI N 8 MECHANICAL PARTS UST F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES ®3...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (cont)
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (cont) ®i...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (cont)
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (cont) 6-32 x s/u...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (conf)
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (conf)
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 1 FRONT & SW TCHES (cont)
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 2 A SWEEP, VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE 8-10...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (conf) F G. 2 A SWEEP, VERT CAL 8-11...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 2 A SWEEP, VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) 8-12...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 2 A SWEEP, VER 1 riCAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE 8-13...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) A SWEEP, VERT CAL F G. 2 8-14...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 2 A SWEEP, VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE 8-15...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 2 A SWEEP, VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) 8-16...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE F G. 3 8-17...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 3 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE 8-18...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 3 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) 5 /u 2 9 / ri 8-19...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 3 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) ®1 8-20...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (conf) F G. 3 8-21...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) F G. 3 8-22...
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Mechanical Parts List — Type 556 F G. 3 B SWEEP VERT CAL AMPL F ER & H GH VOLTAGE (cont) 0.406 8-23...
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FROM Val 2 AT 7 + OOV BALANCt ACTUATED BY NSERT ON OF SOME PLUG- N UN TS Qt/4 72 1 2 AT 7 + OOV SEE PARTS L ST FOR SEM CONDUCTOR TYPES R CHT VERT CAL AMPL F ER * TWO W RE SH ELD A SWEEP TR GGER ** THREE W RE SU E...
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+225V (CXPL) ** THREE W RE. SU ELDED CABLE...
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LOWER BEAM \ RJ2O1 EXT HOR Z ¥ lOO J 200...
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