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Voltage Radio Detector Converter ·Pentode

EF1

Versatile Philips pentode explicitly usable for RF/IF amplification, biased radio detection, and AF amplification. Its documented detector role keeps it within the radio detector family despite its broader amplifier capability.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 400 mA

Description

RF/IF pentode also usable as biased detector and AF amplifier. The supplied Philips source was read for heater data, ratings, characteristics, operating conditions, and capacitances; special secondary-emission quantities are retained as parameters where standard section fields do not apply.

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
400 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

Pentode

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Plate resistance
1700000 Ω
Transconductance
0.0032 S
Amplification factor
25
Max plate voltage
250 V
Max screen voltage
250 V
Max plate dissipation
1 W
Max screen dissipation
0.3 W
Max cathode current
6 mA

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 E-Z

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Pentode

Characteristics

  • Heater voltage

    6.3 V

  • Heater current

    400 mA

  • Typical plate voltage

    250 V

  • Typical grid 2 voltage

    100 V

  • Typical plate current

    3 mA

  • Transconductance

    3200 uS

Other

  • Maximum no-current plate voltage

    400 V

  • Maximum plate voltage

    250 V

  • Maximum plate dissipation

    1 W