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Specialized - Photo Tube ·CameraPickup

8483

Vidicon television camera tube designed for black-and-white or color pickup in industrial, medical, and broadcast applications.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 90 mA

Description

Vidicon camera tube for black-and-white or color television cameras in industrial, medical and broadcast applications.

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
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
90 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

CameraPickup

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Special-purpose section represented as Other under canonical SectionType vocabulary.

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

1953 Amperex

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

CameraPickup

Other

  • Grid3AndGrid4Voltage

    800 V

    Published source value

  • Grid2 Voltage

    350 V

    Published source value

  • SignalElectrodeVoltage

    100 V

    Published source value