Data set 01
1961 Tung Sol
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Thyratron
Other
ForwardAnodeVoltage
25 kV
Clamper
GridPeakInverseVoltage
1500 V
Characteristic
Cathode Heating Time
3 min
Specialized - Thyratron ·Thyratron
8080
Hydrogen thyratron for fast high-voltage, high-current pulse switching in radar modulators, pulse networks, crowbar protection, or related pulsed-power systems.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- SJ4
- Base pins
- 4
- Nominal heater
- 5 V / 8.5 A
Description
Zero-bias short-ionization-time hydrogen thyratron specially designed for clamper service.
Socket description
Super-jumbo 4-contact bayonet
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- SJ4
- Base pins
- 4
- Nominal heater voltage
- 5 V
- Nominal heater current
- 8.5 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
Thyratron
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Max plate voltage
- 25000 V
Published promoted fields populated by semantic section ownership; identical repeated sections compressed.
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.