Troubleshooting Your Oscilloscope

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES
• TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR OSCILLOSCOPE
  • Front Panel Diagnosis
  • Isolating the Faulty Section
    • The Basic Oscilloscope
    • The Power Supply
    • The Vertical Section
    • The Horizontal Section
  • Portable Oscilloscope Tips and Techniques
  • Microprocessor Based Oscilloscope Tips and Techniques
  • Lab Instrument Oscilloscope Tips and Techniques
• TROUBLESHOOTING THE POWER SUPPLY
  • Checking Power Supply Regulation
  • Resistance Measurements
  • Transistor Supplies
  • Common Power Supply Problems
• TROUBLESHOOTING THE HIGH-EFFICIENCY POWER SUPPLY
  • The High-Efficiency Power Supply
  • Guidelines for Troubleshooting the High-Efficiency Supply
  • Typical High-Efficiency Supply Problems
• TROUBLESHOOTING THE CRT AND Z-AXIS SECTION
  • The High Voltage Supply
  • Typical High Voltage Problems
  • CRT Conditions
• TROUBLESHOOTING THE VERTICAL SECTION
  • Isolating Faulty Preamplifiers
  • Isolating Faults in the Vertical of Laboratory Oscilloscopes
  • Troubleshooting Tips for the Vertical Section
    • Common Mode Operation
    • Tracking Down a Noisy Circuit
• TROUBLESHOOTING THE HORIZONTAL SECTION
  • Isolating the Horizontal Amplifier
  • Lab Instruments Oscilloscope Tips and Techniques
  • Typical Horizontal Problems
  • Isolating Faults in the Timebase
    • Timebase Sequence
  • Tips for Troubleshooting Trigger Circuits
    • Tunnel Diode Triggering
    • Trigger Operation
  • Tips for Troubleshooting the Sweep Circuits
    • Typical Sweep Problems