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Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO) A Cathode Ray Oscilloscope can measure: ¢ Amplitude of both ac and dc voltages. * Time period (T) of any type of time varying “tae and one can find out frequency f = 1/T. * Phase of any waveform. * Current indirectly. Types of Cathode Ray Oscilloscope: * Single Trace CRO * Dual Trace CRO — (i) dual beam type (ii) dual channel type Digital CRO Digital Storage type CRO Sampling Oscilloscope. Schematic block diagram of single trace CRO Tr rf — Basic operation of CRO The input signal to be displayed is applied at the vertical input terminal through an amplifier/ attenuator. If the input signal is weak it will be amplified by the amplifier and when it is large in amplitude the attenuator will reduce the amplitude, so that the waveform can be displayed within the screen of the CRO. Then the signal is applied to vertical deflection plate of CRT through delay line. On the other hand an inbuilt sawtooth generator is there to generate a sweep signal which is amplified by a horizontal amplifier before it reaches to horizontal deflection plates of the cathode ray tube. To display a steady waveform on the screen synchronization of both vertical and horizontal signal on the screen is essential. So when the vertical signal is applied at the vertical input (Y-input), a part of it is used to trigger the sawtooth so that it can restart. As in the vertical path lesser number of circuit blocks are there thus a calculated amount of delay is introduced by the delay line so that both vertical and horizontal signal should reach at time t = 0 in the deflection plates. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Tech lectrow gun

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