COURSE

: ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

CODE
: BEF 24002
TUTORIAL NO. 10 : OSCILLOSCOPE
Q1

Answer briefly the following questions.

(a) What are the basic components of a CRO?
Ans:
CRO circuit consists of following components:
1. Vertical deflection system
2. Horizontal deflection system
3. Synchronization circuit
4. Blanking circuit
5. Intensity modulation
6. Position control
7. Focus control
8. Cathode ray tube
9. Calibration circuit
(b)

What is the function of probe in CRO?

Ans:
The probe performs the very important function of connecting the test circuit
to oscilloscope without altering, loading or otherwise disturbing the test
circuit.

(c)

What is the function of an Attenuator in CRO?

Ans:
The input voltage required by the vertical amplifier to cause the beam to
deflect off the CRT screen, is quite low in amplitude. So that high amplitude
signals may be displayed, an attenuator network is placed between the
vertical input terminals of the vertical amplifier. The main function of the
attenuator is to reduce the amplitude of the vertical input signal before
applying it to vertical amplifier.

Q2. (a)

What is a probe? What are its key attributes? List the various types of probes
with their applications.

(b)

Explain the design of passive and active probes with their features.

(c)

Explain the construction and features of ac and ac/dc current probes. Give at
least four specifications especially applicable for current probes.

(d)

Explain resistive, capacitive, and inductive loading effects of probes.

(e)

How do you test whether the probe is properly compensated?

Q3. An oscilloscope is used to measure the time constant for an RC circuit consisting of
a 5600 W resistor and an unknown capacitor.
(a)
Sketch the trace displayed on the screen when DC coupling is used.
(b)
(c)

Sketch the trace displayed on the screen when AC coupling is used.

Show how you can calculate the circuit rise time signal trace displaced on
the screen.

Q4. Compare 1X and 10X oscilloscope probes from the point of view of source loading
and compensation to reduce signal distortion. Which probe would be the probe of
choice in most applications.
Q5. A frustrated college student comes to you with the following problem. He expects
the output of his detector circuit to be 2.0 Volts open circuit, based on his (correct)
design. However, when he connects his home-built measurement apparatus to it, he
only gets 1.5 Volts. You measure his detectors output with your (properly
compensated) 10X probe on your oscilloscope and measure 1.80 Volts at f = 100
Hz. What is the approximate input impedance of his home-built measuring
apparatus? Explain your reasoning fully and show all your work, and include
circuit diagrams with your explanations.
Q6.

Your partner has hooked up a high pass filter backwards, as shown below:

You connect a signal generator (ZOUT = 50 ) which produces a voltage of 1 Volt

peak-to-peak to the input and you monitor the output with an oscilloscope (input
impedance Rin = 1 M, ignore the input capacitance). To within 2%, what is the
peak-to-peak Vout that you measure on the scope as a function of frequency?