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Power - Beam (NOT sweep) (over 1000V 100W) ·BeamPower

8184

Very-high-power pulsed beam-power tube with matrix oxide cathode, designed for extreme pulse service with tens of kilovolts and very high peak plate current.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B9A
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
22 V / 12.6 A

Description

Very-high-power pulsed beam-power tube with matrix-type oxide-coated unipotential cathode. The supplied RCA sheet was used for published ratings, characteristics, operating conditions, and capacitances where present.

Socket description

Small-button Noval 9-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B9A
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
22 V
Nominal heater current
12.6 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

Beam Power

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Max plate voltage
25000 V
Max screen voltage
2500 V
Max plate dissipation
10000 W

Electrical section extracted from supplied RCA data sheet.

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

1971 RCA HB3 Binder 6 of 7

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Beam Power

Characteristic

  • Heater/filament voltage nominal

    22 V

    WholeTube

  • Heater/filament current nominal

    12.6 A

    WholeTube

  • Grid No.l to cathode

    6 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No.l to cathode (value 2)

    100 pF

    Published source row

  • Plate to cathode & heaterb~~

    0 pF

    Published source row

  • Plate to cathode & heaterb~~ (value 2)

    3 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No

    2 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 2)

    24 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No

    2 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 2)

    1 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 3)

    5 pF

    Published source row

  • G2 -Grid-No

    2

    Published source row

  • temperature to

    250 A

    Published source row

  • heater, plate, grid-No

    2

    Published source row

  • Plate Dower, grid-No

    2

    Published source row

  • grid No

    1 °C

    Published source row

  • grid No (value 2)

    250 °C

    Published source row

  • Plate Core Temperatured

    250 °C

    Published source row

  • PEAK POSITIVE PULSE PLATE VOLTAGEg

    25000 V

    Published source row

  • DC PLATE VOLTAGEg

    15000 V

    Published source row

  • POSITIVE-PULSE GRID-No

    2

    Published source row

  • DC-PULSE PLATE CURRENT

    80 A

    Published source row

  • DC PLATE CURRENT

    500 mA

    Published source row

  • GRID-No

    2 W

    Published source row

  • GRID-No (value 2)

    150 W

    Published source row

  • PLATE DISSIPATION (Average)

    10000 W

    Published source row

  • Heater Current

    1 A

    Published source row

  • Heater Current (value 2)

    11.7 A

    Published source row

  • Heater Current (value 3)

    13.5 A

    Published source row

  • Grid No.l to cathode & heater

    91 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No.l to cathode & heater (value 2)

    113 pF

    Published source row

  • Plate to cathode & heater

    23 pF

    Published source row

  • Plate to cathode & heater (value 2)

    0.03 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No

    2 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 2)

    21 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 3)

    26 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No

    2 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 2)

    3 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid No (value 3)

    1.5 pF

    Published source row

  • Grid-No

    1 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No (value 2)

    1 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No (value 3)

    4 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No (value 4)

    -27 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No (value 5)

    -61 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No.l Cutoff Voltage

    1 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No.l Cutoff Voltage (value 2)

    5 V

    Published source row

  • Grid-No.l Cutoff Voltage (value 3)

    -95 V

    Published source row

  • Note

    1 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 2)

    22 V

    Published source row

  • Note

    4 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 2)

    5000 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 3)

    2 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 4)

    1500 V

    Published source row

  • Note

    5 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 2)

    5000 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 3)

    2 V

    Published source row

  • Note (value 4)

    1500 V

    Published source row

  • volts, ano do grio-No

    1 A

    Published source row

  • The heater of the

    8184

    Published source row

  • voltage of

    22 min

    Published source row

  • voltage of (value 2)

    5 min

    Published source row

  • recommended that the heater voltage be reduced to

    80 %

    Published source row

  • The maximum-rated date and grid-No

    2

    Published source row

  • Published electrical value

    5.53

    Published source row

  • Published electrical value (value 2)

    4.03

    Published source row

  • GRID-No

    2 A

    Published source row

  • GRID-No (value 2)

    0 mA

    Published source row

  • CATHODE-HEATER

    24

    Published source row

  • TEMPERATURE°

    250 °C

    Published source row

  • TEMPERATURE° (value 2)

    92 °C

    Published source row

  • TEMPERATURE° (value 3)

    0.8 °C

    Published source row

  • EXAMPLE~MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE (

    205

    Published source row

  • ii WHEN INCOMING —AIR TEMPERATURE IS

    45

    Published source row

  • HEATER VOLTS =

    22 V

    Published source row

  • HEATER VOLTS =

    22 V

    Published source row

  • Amplification factor

    1

    Promoted field corroboration

Other

  • Published electrical value

    2 MHz

    Published source row

  • Published electrical value (value 2)

    500 MHz

    Published source row

  • Voltage (AC or DC)

    22 V

    Published source row

  • Voltage (AC or DC) (value 2)

    23 V

    Published source row

  • Current at heater volts =

    22 V

    Published source row

  • Current at heater volts = (value 2)

    12.6 V

    Published source row

  • Minimum heating time

    5 min

    Published source row

  • Mu-Factor, Grid No

    2

    Published source row

  • Mu-Factor, Grid No (value 2)

    1

    Published source row

  • for plate volts =

    5000 V

    Published source row

  • for plate volts = (value 2)

    2 V

    Published source row

  • Maximum plate voltage

    25000 V

    Promoted field corroboration

  • Maximum plate dissipation

    10000 W

    Promoted field corroboration

  • Verified Maximum plate voltage

    25000 V

    Verified from supplied datasheet rating/characteristic table

  • Verified Maximum screen voltage

    2500 V

    Verified from supplied datasheet rating/characteristic table

  • Verified Maximum plate dissipation

    10000 W

    Verified from supplied datasheet rating/characteristic table