Skip to main content

Power - Beam (NOT sweep) (over 1000V 100W) ·BeamPower

4626

RCA high-power beam-power transmitting tube for RF, pulse, modulation, and related transmitter service, with 1500-watt maximum plate dissipation and application-specific operating limits.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
5.5 V / 17.3 A

Description

High-power beam power tube for RF, pulse, modulation, or transmitting service. The RCA source was reviewed for heater/filament data, maximum ratings, RF and pulse operating conditions, capacitances, cooling requirements, and application-specific limits.

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
5.5 V
Nominal heater current
17.3 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

Beam Power

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Amplification factor
16
Max plate voltage
13000 V
Max screen voltage
1000 V
Max plate dissipation
1500 W
Max cathode current
1.5 A

Published maximum ratings/general electrical characteristics promoted directly; pulse, RF, capacitance, cooling, and service-specific values retained in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

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

1971 RCA HB3 Binder 6 of 7

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Beam Power

Other

  • Maximum plate voltage

    13000 V

    PromotedValue

  • Maximum screen-grid voltage

    1000 V

    PromotedValue

  • Maximum plate dissipation

    1500 W

    PromotedValue

  • Maximum cathode/plate current

    1.5 A

    PromotedValue

  • Terminal Temperature (All Terminals)

    250 mA

    Published datasheet value

Characteristics

  • Mu / amplification factor

    16

    PromotedValue

  • Heater/filament voltage

    5.5 V

    Nominal operating value

  • Heater/filament current

    17.3 A

    Nominal operating value

  • Voltage (ac or dc)

    55 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Current at 5.5 volts — published value 1

    5.5 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Current at 5.5 volts — published value 2

    17 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Current at 5.5 volts — published value 3

    3 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Minimum heating time

    180

    Published datasheet value

  • Mu-Factor, grid No. 1 to grid No. 2 — published value 1

    1

    Published datasheet value

  • Mu-Factor, grid No. 1 to grid No. 2 — published value 2

    2

    Published datasheet value

  • Mu-Factor, grid No. 1 to grid No. 2 — published value 3

    16

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Voltage

    13000 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Instantaneous Peak Plate Voltage

    17000 V

    Published datasheet value

  • (Pulse duration < 0.1 s)

    0.1

    Pulse

  • Pulsed-Grid-No. 2

    2

    Pulse

  • Voltage

    1000 V

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No. 1 Voltage — published value 1

    1 V

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No. 1 Voltage — published value 2

    300 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Grid-No. 1 Voltage — published value 1

    1 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Grid-No. 1 Voltage — published value 2

    100 V

    Published datasheet value

  • Peak Plate Current

    30

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Current

    1.5

    Published datasheet value

  • Plate Dissipation (Average)

    1500 W

    Published datasheet value

  • See dimenaion¢1 outline for temperature measurement points

    1

    Published datasheet value