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Specialized - Photo Tube ·ImageConverterIntensifier

6839

Pulsed image-converter tube functioning as an electronic shutter for extremely high-speed photographic imaging.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
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Socket code
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Base pins
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Nominal heater
-

Description

The ITT 6839 is a pulsed image-converter tube used as an electronic shutter for high-speed photography.

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
-
Nominal heater current
-
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

ImageConverterIntensifier

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Image-converter/electronic-shutter structure; source is descriptive and does not publish a dense numeric rating table.

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

1962 ITT

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

ImageConverterIntensifier

Characteristic

  • Function

    Electronic shutter

  • Electron optics

    Electrostatic focus

  • Input element

    Photocathode

  • Output element

    Phosphor screen

  • Application

    High-speed photography

  • Operation

    Pulsed

  • Tube electrical form

    Diode-like image converter

Other

  • Recorded-event duration capability

    Very short events