Hi Oliver,
It appears that the 371A will accept one adapter. The 371A is designed with Kelvin connectors for the three transistor leads so it has 6 banana sockets in all.
The adapters for the 575 are not Kelvin so they only have three banana plugs. These three plugs would plug into the left three banana sockets in the 371A and let you measure the device parameter but without the accuracy of Kelvin connectors.
The adapters for the 576 and 577 curve tracers have 5 banana plugs. This is because they use Kelvin connectors for the high current leads of a transistor (emitter and collector, or source and drain) but the Tek engineers decided the base (gate) didn't require the Kelvin connector. These adapters can be used in the 371A and take advantage of the Emitter and Collector Kelvin contacts. The Base contact will not be Kelvin. These 576 and 577 adapters would plug into the first and second vertical row of banana sockets.
The 371A adapters have all six banana plugs and the E, B, and C (S, G, D) connections are Kelvin.
Dennis Tillman W7PF
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From: oliver> johnson via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 2:31 PM
Subject: [TekScopes] Tek 371a test bed needed??? Or not
I am not sure why i am asking , the tek 371a curve tracer , dose it need
the test unit or can you use the same adapter that the 576 uses . Is there
something special about test rig or just a clean way to test items with
shield ????
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Dennis Tillman W7PF
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