Data set 01
1962 Eimac
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Triode
Other
Maximum plate voltage
6500 V
Maximum plate/cathode current
2.5 A
Maximum plate dissipation
5000 W
Maximum grid dissipation
50 W
Power - Triode (over 1000V 100W) ·Triode
3CX5000A7
High-mu forced-air-cooled ceramic power triode intended for cathode-driven grounded-grid RF amplification. Its 5 kW plate-dissipation rating and multi-ampere capability suit high-power professional transmitter service.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- 10 V / 17.5 A
Description
High-mu forced-air-cooled power triode for cathode-driven RF amplifier service.
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
- 10 V
- Nominal heater current
- 17.5 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
Triode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Amplification factor
- 200
- Max plate voltage
- 6500 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 5000 W
- Max grid dissipation
- 50 W
- Max cathode current
- 2.5 A
Maximum ratings promoted from the printed service-rating tables; typical operating values are preserved as parameters.
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.