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Specialized - Photo Tube ·ImageStorage

7383

One-inch Permachon pickup-storage tube designed for high-resolution, long-storage, continuous-readout imaging and reduced-bandwidth transmission. Its storage function distinguishes it from ordinary live camera pickup tubes.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
SMALLBUTTON8
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 600 mA

Description

One-inch Permachon pickup-storage tube for high-resolution long-storage continuous-readout imaging and reduced-bandwidth transmission.

Socket description

Small-button 8-contact base

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
SMALLBUTTON8
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
600 mA
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

ImageStorage

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Published ratings and characteristics promoted where clearly applicable; additional source values retained as section 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.

Data set 01

1947 Westinghouse

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

ImageStorage

Characteristics

  • Heater or filament voltage

    6.3 V

    Published nominal/representative value

  • Heater or filament current

    600 mA

    Published nominal/representative value

  • Spectral response

    3000 to 7000 angstrom

    Published

  • Focusing method

    Magnetic

    Published

  • Deflection method

    Magnetic

    Published

Other

  • Signal-electrode maximum voltage

    15 V

    Published