3M WX-10 Stormscope Display Unit Technical Info

written by Yukiko on 2022-03-27

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Pinout

WX-10 Pinout

Operating Conditions

Supply Voltage ±15V
Power Consumption ≈9W
Deflection Input Swing 15Vpp (Differential)
Internal Deflection Amp Bandwidth >200kHz
Unblank Logic Input >5V

Switches Connection

 \   FWD   PWR   \   RG1   RG2 
OFF NC NC 25 GND GND
ON NC BATT 50 NC GND
FWD GND BATT 100 GND NC
200 NC NC

High Voltage Amplifier

The high voltage deflection amplifier turns out to be a classic Class-AB design. Some techniques (e.g. the degenerated differential connection) are used to enhance linearity. I don't think in its design there are any advanced techniques like bootstraping.

This system is open-loop in nature. I saw markings on the sensitive transistors (especially the differential pair), indicating that those transistors are hand-picked to improve matching and accuracy. The overall gain should be 13~17x

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