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Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

1765

High-power directly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier, formerly designated 1765, for industrial high-voltage supplies requiring approximately 1.5 A DC output.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
50 V / 20 A

Description

Former designation of DCG 5/7500, explicitly stated on the shared datasheet. The supplied Philips sheet was read for heater/filament data, ratings, characteristics, capacitances, and operating conditions where published.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
50 V
Nominal heater current
20 A
Parallel heater voltage
-
Parallel heater current
-
Series capable
No

Terminal pinout

Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.

No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.

Section ratings

1 physical section, each with unique specifications.

Section 1

Rectifier

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Rectifier peak inverse voltage
10000 V
Rectifier nominal output current
1.5 A
Rectifier peak forward current
7.5 A
Rectifier forward voltage drop
18 V

Mercury-vapour rectifier; former designation 1765 shares the same source.

Source-dependent data

Operating conditions by source

Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.

Data set 01

1999 Philips 0-D

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Construction

  • Filling

    Mercury vapour

Other

  • Maximum peak inverse voltage

    10000 V

  • Maximum average rectified current

    1.5 A

  • Maximum peak rectified current

    7.5 A

  • Output power range

    4.8-7.0 kW

Characteristics

  • Forward voltage drop

    18 V