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DCG2500

Directly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier with oxide cathode for industrial high-voltage conversion. Rated for approximately 6.3 kV peak inverse voltage, 250 mA average current, and 1 A peak current.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater: 20 V / 4.5 A

Description

Half-wave mercury-vapour rectifier with directly heated oxide cathode.

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: 20 V
Nominal heater current: 4.5 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

Rectifier

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

Rectifier peak inverse voltage: 6300 V
Rectifier nominal output current: 250 mA
Rectifier peak forward current: 1 A
Rectifier forward voltage drop: 13 V

Published ratings/characteristics promoted from supplied datasheet.

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

1999 Philips 0-D

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

Heater voltage
20 V
Heater current
4.5 A
Maximum peak inverse voltage
6300 V
Maximum rectified current
250 mA
Maximum peak forward current
1 A

Characteristic

Forward voltage drop
13 V