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Specialized - Cathode Ray ·CathodeRay

922PM

Nine-inch high-resolution cathode-ray tube with magnetic focusing and deflection, designed for flying-spot scanning or photographic recording. Its high-voltage fine-detail display supports optical image conversion.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
B12A
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 300 mA

Description

Nine-inch high-resolution cathode-ray tube for flying-spot scanning or photographic recording with magnetic focus and deflection.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
B12A
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
300 mA
Parallel heater voltage
-
Parallel heater current
-
Series capable
No

B12A - 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

Cathode Ray

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Max plate voltage
30000 V

Promoted fields were populated only where the Ferranti sheet maps cleanly to the locked schema; additional ratings and operating values are retained in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

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

1963 Ferranti

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Anode voltage

    25000 V

  • Visual cutoff grid voltage

    -210 V

  • Grid drive at 100uA beam current

    35 V

  • Screen resolution

    1000 lines

    50fps

  • Focus-coil excitation

    570 ampere-turns

    Approximate

  • X-ray shielding threshold

    16000 V

    ShieldingMayBeRequiredAbove

Capacitance

  • Cathode-to-all capacitance maximum

    8 pF

  • Grid-to-all capacitance maximum

    8 pF