Specialized tube type
Specialized - Photo Tube vacuum tubes
Specialized - Photo Tube records in Tube Tinker cover 689 tube designations, including 1,055 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 689
- Original datasheets
- 1,055
- Variation families
- 8
- Tubes with alternatives
- 0
About Specialized - Photo Tube tubes
If the tube type for all tubes that deal with light, vidicons, photodetectors, light source, etc...
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 0–63 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0–1.5 A
Common specialized - photo tube characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- E8-1118
- STRUCTION7
- Miniature6
- InternationalOctal5
- 2K3
- B14-383
- DIHEPTAL 14-p3
- OUTLINE3
Sockets
- DITETRAR843
- B12A25
- JUMBOANNULAR711
- B7G10
- IO8
- B14A7
- B144
- B9A4
Constructions
- CameraPickup297
- PhotoemissiveDetector156
- Photomultiplier109
- ImageConverterIntensifier46
- PhotoconductiveDetector42
- LightSource30
- ImageStorage3
- PhotoemissiveDetector-PhotoemissiveDetector2
Specialized - Photo Tube tube list
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8475 PhotoconductiveDetector
Cadmium-sulfide photoconductive cell designed for visible-light sensing and industrial relay or control applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8476 PhotoconductiveDetector
Cadmium-sulfide photoconductive cell designed for visible-light sensing and industrial relay or control applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8477 PhotoconductiveDetector
Cadmium-sulfide photoconductive cell designed for visible-light sensing and industrial relay or control applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8478 PhotoconductiveDetector
Cadmium-sulfide photoconductive cell designed for visible-light sensing and industrial relay or control applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8483 CameraPickup
Vidicon television camera tube designed for black-and-white or color pickup in industrial, medical, and broadcast applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8507 CameraPickup
High-resolution magnetic-focus vidicon for film and live scene pickup.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8507A CameraPickup
High-resolution low-lag vidicon, variant of 8507.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8521 CameraPickup
High-resolution 1.5-inch vidicon camera tube for industrial black-and-white television pickup with magnetic focus and deflection.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SUPERDITETRAR8
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8541 CameraPickup
High-resolution low-power-heater vidicon.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8566 CameraPickup
High-resolution vidicon camera tube designed for studio and industrial television pickup.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- DITETRAR8
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8567 CameraPickup
RCA low-power ruggedized one-inch vidicon, electrostatic focus and magnetic deflection; 6.3 V 0.095 A heater; 5 pF target capacitance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8571 Photomultiplier
RCA ruggedized side-on nine-stage S-4 photomultiplier, peak spectral response 400 nm.
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- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
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- 1
8572 CameraPickup
High-resolution vidicon camera tube optimized for motion-picture film pickup.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- DITETRAR8
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8572A CameraPickup
RCA high-resolution vidicon for television film pickup, 6.3 V 0.6 A heater and 4.6 pF target capacitance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8573 CameraPickup
High-sensitivity vidicon camera tube optimized for live-scene television pickup.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- DITETRAR8
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8573A CameraPickup
RCA short high-resolution vidicon for live-scene pickup, 6.3 V 0.1 A heater and 4.6 pF target capacitance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8575 Photomultiplier
RCA twelve-stage head-on bialkali photomultiplier, up to 3500 V supply depending on voltage distribution.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8582 PhotoconductiveDetector
Cadmium-sulfide photoconductive cell designed for visible-light sensing and industrial relay or control applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8604 CameraPickup
Low-heater-power vidicon camera tube optimized for motion-picture film pickup.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- DITETRAR8
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8605V1 PhotoTube
RCA S-20 fiber-optic image-intensifier tube with P20 phosphor output.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8644 Photomultiplier
RCA ten-stage S-20 multialkali photomultiplier for low-light and laser detection.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8664 Photomultiplier
RCA ruggedized ten-stage bialkali photomultiplier with UV-grade sapphire window; 2000 V maximum supply.
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- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8664V1 Photomultiplier
RCA 8664 photomultiplier variant with crystal holder and voltage divider.
- Base
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8673 CameraPickup
RCA three-inch long-life bialkali Image Orthicon television camera pickup tube, 6.3 V 0.6 A heater.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8674 CameraPickup
RCA three-inch high-sensitivity long-life Image Orthicon, 6.3 V 0.6 A heater.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
868 PhotoemissiveDetector
RCA S-1 gas-filled photoemissive phototube; maximum anode supply 90 V, maximum anode current 20 microamperes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8685 CameraPickup
RCA two-inch Image Orthicon television pickup tube; 6.3 V 0.09 A heater.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
8748 CameraPickup
RCA Microdamp long-life Image Orthicon with electronically conductive glass target for studio cameras.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8749 CameraPickup
RCA long-life Microdamp Image Orthicon with conductive glass target.
- Base
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8775 CameraPickup
RCA three-inch bialkali Image Orthicon for studio and remote television pickup.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8850 Photomultiplier
RCA twelve-stage Quantacon photomultiplier with gallium-phosphide first dynode and high-efficiency bialkali photocathode.
- Base
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
8851 Photomultiplier
The RCA 8851 is a two-inch, twelve-stage head-on Quantacon photomultiplier tube employing a bialkali photocathode. Its secondary-emission stages amplify weak optical signals for sensitive detection and measurement. It differs from the related 8850 primarily in its spherical-segment entrance window.
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- Not recorded
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- 1
8857V1 ImageConverterIntensifier
The RCA 8857/V1 is a compact image-intensifier tube featuring eighteen-millimeter fiber-optic input and output faceplates. Its extended-red-response multialkali photocathode converts faint light into electrons, which are electrostatically focused and accelerated onto a yellow-green P20 phosphor screen.
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- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
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- 1
90AG PhotoemissiveDetector
Cesium-antimony photoemissive phototube sensitive primarily to daylight and blue radiation.
- Base
- Miniature
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
90AV PhotoemissiveDetector
Cesium-antimony photoemissive phototube sensitive primarily to daylight and blue radiation.
- Base
- Miniature
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
90CG PhotoemissiveDetector
Gas-filled cesium-on-oxidized-silver phototube with strong red and infrared sensitivity for photoelectric detection.
- Base
- Miniature
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
90CV PhotoemissiveDetector
Vacuum cesium-on-oxidized-silver phototube sensitive to red and infrared radiation for photoelectric measurement.
- Base
- Miniature
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
917 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 917 is a high-vacuum photoemissive tube with an S-2 spectral-response photocathode and an external anode terminal cap. It converts incident light into a small electrical current without a heater. Its semicylindrical photosensitive surface supports optical detection and measurement.
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918 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 918 is a gas-filled photoemissive detector featuring an S-2 photocathode and a semicylindrical light-sensitive surface. Internal gas amplification increases its current response to illumination compared with similar high-vacuum phototubes. It is intended for photoelectric control and light-measurement applications.
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919 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 919 is a high-vacuum phototube with an S-2 spectral-response photocathode and a cathode terminal brought to an external top cap. Its semicylindrical photosensitive surface generates an electrical current when illuminated. The tube provides photoelectric detection without filament heating.
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920 PhotoemissiveDetector-PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 920 is a gas-filled twin phototube containing two separate photoemissive detector sections. Each unit has a cesium-coated, quarter-cylindrical cathode and its own anode. The two optical sensing sections permit paired photoelectric detection and signal conversion within a single envelope.
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921 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 921 is a compact gas-filled cartridge phototube with an S-1 spectral response concentrated in the red and near-infrared region. Its semicylindrical photocathode converts incoming illumination into electrical current. The small cartridge construction is suitable for specialized photoelectric detection assemblies.
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922 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 922 is a compact, high-vacuum cartridge phototube employing an S-2 semicylindrical photocathode. Its photosensitive element produces a small current proportional to incident illumination, making it suitable for optical sensing. Special end connections permit mounting in dedicated photoelectric detector assemblies.
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923 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 923 is a gas-filled phototube with an S-2 photoemissive cathode and a semicylindrical light-sensitive surface. Gas amplification enhances sensitivity to incident illumination, allowing the tube to operate in photoelectric control and measurement circuits. It requires no filament heater.
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924 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 924 is a gas-filled end-viewing phototube intended for red and infrared photoelectric detection. Electrically related to the 1P41, it differs in its mechanical construction, terminal arrangement, and interelectrode capacitance. Its photosensitive cathode converts optical radiation into a measurable electrical response.
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925 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 925 is a short high-vacuum phototube employing an S-1 spectral-response photocathode sensitive toward red and near-infrared wavelengths. Its semicylindrical photosensitive surface generates current when illuminated. The compact envelope and octal-style base suit specialized photoelectric detection and control equipment.
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926 PhotoemissiveDetector
The RCA 926 is a compact cartridge-style high-vacuum phototube with an S-3 spectral-response photocathode. Its semicylindrical photosensitive surface converts incident light into electrical current without a heater. The device is intended for photoelectric sensing and optical measurement in compact equipment.
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927 PhotoemissiveDetector
Gas-filled cesium photoelectric cell for general light detection and measurement.
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- Not recorded
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