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DCG575

Indirectly heated mercury-vapor half-wave industrial rectifier for high-power transmitter installations, providing approximately 10 A average output and 50 A peak-current capability.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater: 50 V / 40 A

Description

Indirectly heated mercury-vapour industrial rectifier for high-power transmitter installations. The supplied Philips sheet was read for heater/filament data, ratings, characteristics, capacitances, and operating conditions where published.

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: 50 V
Nominal heater current: 40 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: 12000 V
Rectifier nominal output current: 10 A
Rectifier peak forward current: 50 A
Rectifier forward voltage drop: 16 V

Mercury-vapour rectifier; published average and peak anode-current limits promoted.

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

Construction

Filling
Mercury vapour

Other

Maximum RMS anode voltage
8400 V
CircuitDependent
Maximum peak inverse voltage
12000 V
Maximum average anode current
10 A
Maximum peak anode current
50 A
Auxiliary-anode voltage
75-200 V
DC output voltage
3800 V
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4200V
DC output current
20 A
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4200V
Output power
76 kW
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4200V
DC output voltage
5800 V
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4900V
DC output current
30 A
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4900V
Output power
174 kW
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4900V
DC output voltage
5400 V
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4200V
DC output current
40 A
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4200V
Output power
216 kW
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=4200V
DC output voltage
7600 V
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
DC output current
20 A
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
Output power
152 kW
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
DC output voltage
11600 V
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
DC output current
30 A
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
Output power
348 kW
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
DC output voltage
10800 V
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
DC output current
40 A
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V
Output power
432 kW
PublishedCircuit;RMSAnodeVoltage=8400V

Characteristics

Forward voltage drop
16 V