Data set 01
1968 General Electric Co
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Diode
Other
Heater Voltage
53.2 V
Heater Current
315 mA
Rectifier - Damper Diode ·BeamPower-Diode
53HK7
Combined damper and beam-power horizontal-deflection tube intended for television line-output service, integrating sweep amplification and recovery functions.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 2
- Base
- 12FS
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 12
- Nominal heater
- 53.2 V / 315 mA
Description
Duodecar television tube combining a damper diode with a beam-power horizontal-deflection section. Extracted from the supplied RCA Receiving Tube Manual excerpt.
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- 12FS
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 12
- Nominal heater voltage
- 53.2 V
- Nominal heater current
- 315 mA
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
12FS - Terminal pinout
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
Section ratings
2 physical sections, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Diode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Rectifier peak inverse voltage
- 4200 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 200 mA
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 1.2 A
- Rectifier forward voltage drop
- 16 V
Reference/equivalence-only source: ratings/characteristics for this section are not reproduced; missing promoted values intentionally not inferred from the external 38HK7 datasheet.
Section 2
Beam Power
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Plate resistance
- 6200 Ω
- Transconductance
- 0.0088 S
- Amplification factor
- 4.2
- Max plate voltage
- 500 V
- Max screen voltage
- 150 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 10 W
- Max screen dissipation
- 3.5 W
- Max cathode current
- 230 mA
Reference/equivalence-only source: ratings/characteristics for this section are not reproduced; missing promoted values intentionally not inferred from the external 38HK7 datasheet.
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 02
1975 RCA RC30
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Diode
Other
Peak plate current
1200 mA
DamperService
Average plate current
200 mA
DamperService
SECTION 2
Beam Power
Other
Peak positive-pulse plate voltage
5000 V
HorizontalDeflection
Peak cathode current
800 mA
HorizontalDeflection
Average cathode current
230 mA
HorizontalDeflection
Class A plate voltage
130 V
ClassA PentodeConnection
Class A plate current
60 mA
ClassA PentodeConnection