Data set 01
1968 General Electric Co
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Triode
Other
Total Plate Dissipation All Plates
6 W
AllSections
Voltage - Triple Triode ·Triode-Triode-Triode
6AV11
Compactron triple triode for multi-stage amplifier and signal-processing service.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 3
- Base
- 12BY
- Socket code
- B12C
- Base pins
- 12
- Nominal heater
- 6.3 V / 600 mA
Description
Compactron containing three medium-mu triodes suitable for general-purpose amplifier, phase-inverter, or oscillator applications.
Socket description
Duodecar 12-contact
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- 12BY
- Socket code
- B12C
- Base pins
- 12
- Nominal heater voltage
- 6.3 V
- Nominal heater current
- 600 mA
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
12BY - Terminal pinout
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
Section ratings
3 physical sections, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Triode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Plate resistance
- 7700 Ω
- Transconductance
- 0.0022 S
- Amplification factor
- 17
- Max plate voltage
- 330 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 2.75 W
- Max cathode current
- 20 mA
- Rectifier max heater-cathode voltage
- 200 V
Promoted from published ratings/characteristics; identical repeated sections compressed where applicable.
Section 2
Triode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Plate resistance
- 7700 Ω
- Transconductance
- 0.0022 S
- Amplification factor
- 17
- Max plate voltage
- 330 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 2.75 W
- Max cathode current
- 20 mA
Physical triode restored under current one-row-per-physical-section policy.
Section 3
Triode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Plate resistance
- 7700 Ω
- Transconductance
- 0.0022 S
- Amplification factor
- 17
- Max plate voltage
- 330 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 2.75 W
- Max cathode current
- 20 mA
Physical triode restored under current one-row-per-physical-section policy.
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.