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3.2.7
Sync
Amplifier
The
inverted
output
signal
from
Hysteresis
Switch
Q16
is
also
applied to
another double
emitter follower
stage
consisting
of
Q19
and Q20.
The
output
at
the
common
emitters of
this
stage
is
applied
directly
to the
SYNC
OUT
connector
at
the front
panel.
3.2.8
Output
Amplifier
The Output
Amplifier
is
comprised
of
a
low frequency dc
amplifier
and
a
high
frequency
ac
amplifier.
The
high
fre-
quency
amplifier consists of
050
thru
Q55.
ICS,
an
inte-
grated
circuit,
is
the
low frequency dc
amplifier.
A
simplified
schematic of the
Output
Amplifier
is
shown
in
Figure
3-5.
Refer
to
figure
3-5
during the following
circuit
description.
Assume
that
both
the input
and
the
output
voltages are
zero.
The
voltage
at
point
A
should
also
be
zero.
Because
of
the
symmetrical
configuration of the
amplifier,
the
current
through
052
and
053
will
be
equal,
and
the
output
will
remain
at zero.
+28V
If
the input voltage goes
positive,
the voltage
at
point
A
will
rise
by
a certain
amount.
This
will
cause the
base
voltage of
Q52
to
rise
closer
to
-t-28
volts
and
at
the
same
time cause the base
voltage of
053
to
rise
further
away
from
—28
volts.
Thus,
the emitter-base junction of
Q52
will
be
less
forward
biased
therefore reducing
its
emitter current, while the emitter current of
053
will
increase
because of the
increased
forward
bias
of
its
emitter-base junction.
The
result
is
that the voltage
at
point
B and
the
output
voltage
will start
to
go
negative.
Finally,
when
the
output
has
moved
far
enough
negative
to
pull
point
A
back
to zero,
the
collector currents of
Q52
and
053
will
again
be
equal
and
the voltage
at
point
B
will stabilize.
The amount
of negative voltage
at
the
output
required
to
pull
point
A
back
to zero
is
controlled
by
the
ratio
of
Rfb
and
Rjn,
and
this ratio
is
the
gain
of the
output
amplifier.
108
is
a high gain
low frequency
amplifier
used
to
bias
the
high
frequency
amplifier
and
to
improve
the
overall
open
loop
gain.
Refering
back
to the
main
board
schematic, the
high
frequency
amplifier
is
dc
isolated
from
the input
by
capacitance coupling to the bases of
Q50
and Q51,
then
employs
the
low
frequency
amplifier
IC8
to
bias
the
emitters
of
Q52
and
Q53
to
obtain
the required
dc
stability
and
high
open
loop
gain.
Emitter
followers
Q50
and
Q51
increase
the
driving
power
to
the bases of
Q52
and Q53.
CR34
and
CR35
compensate
for
the emitter-base junction
voltage
drops
of
Q54
and
Q55
to
reduce
crossover
dis-
tortion.
The
resistor-diode
networks
CR36,
R263
and
CR37,
R264
serve to
reduce
the emitter
resistance of
Q54
and
Q55
at
high
output
current
level,
but maintain
a
full
1012
emitter
resistance at
low output
current
level
to
protect
Q54
and
Q55
from
damage due
to
thermal
runaway.
R234, C88, and
C89
form
a
high
frequency compensation
network which
improves
the corners of the square
wave
output
at
high
frequencies.
The two
resistor-capacitor
networks,
R252, C103, and
R253, C104,
are emitter
bypass
circuits
to
maintain the
high
frequency
amplifier
gain
during the
transition
time
prior to
the
dc
ampli-
fier
taking
effect.
This improves the
rise
time
since the
dc
amplifier requires a
few
microseconds
to
respond
and
stabilize.
Another compensation
is
C97
which
bypasses
R247
to
give
the
signal a
low impedance
path during the
signal
transition
allowing
faster
and
more
symmetrical
rise
and
fall
times.
Potentiometer
R228
is
used
to
calibrate
the
gain
of the
amplifier
and
C95
is
used
to calibrate
the overshoot of
the square
wave
output.
The 30
V
P-P
MAX
control
R172
provides
continuous adjustment
of the
output
level
over
a
range of
0
to
—20
dB. This
is
in
addition to the attenuation
provided
by
the
output
step attenuator. Calibration
poten-
tiometer
R188
is
used
to zero the offset
of the
output
amplifier,
and
R167
is
the
front
panel
DC OFFSET
potentiometer.
3-6
11
.
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