Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier
High-current directly heated xenon half-wave rectifier with tantalum anode. Its massive filament and gas-assisted conduction provide several amperes for industrial DC supplies.
EL6B is a half-wave xenon rectifier tube using tantalum anode and xenon gas filling. The datasheet publishes filament, anode-current, inverse-voltage, arc-drop and operating ratings.
A-type industrial rectifier base
General specifications
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
1 physical section, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Xenon rectifier section.
Source-dependent data
Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.
Data set 01
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
D-c. Meter Value - Continuous
6.4 A
Oscillograph Peak - Continuously Recurring
40 A
Peak Inverse Voltage
920 V
Filament Voltage
2.5 V
Filament Current
21 A
Heating Time Minimum
60 s
Maximum Short Circuit Current
770 A
Maximum Commutation Factor
0.66 V/us x A/us
Average Arc Drop
9 V
Data set 02
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
Continuous DC anode current
6.4 A
Overload anode current
12.8 A
LessThan10Seconds
Continuously recurring peak anode current
40 A
Peak inverse voltage
920 V
Minimum filament heating time
60 s
Average arc drop, average tube
9 V
Average arc drop, highest/end-of-life tube
12 V
Filament current tolerance
2 A
Gas filling
Xenon
Anode material
Tantalum