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Rectifier - Damper Diode ·Rectifier

PY83

Series-heater television booster diode for horizontal line-output circuits, designed to recover sweep energy while withstanding several kilovolts of repetitive inverse voltage.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B9A
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
20 V / 300 mA

Description

Indirectly heated television booster diode with 5 kV peak inverse and heater-to-cathode flyback ratings.

Socket description

Small-button Noval 9-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B9A
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
20 V
Nominal heater current
300 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

Rectifier

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Rectifier peak inverse voltage
5600 V
Rectifier nominal output current
175 mA
Rectifier peak forward current
500 mA
Rectifier max heater-cathode voltage
5600 V

Published values promoted where clearly readable; identical repeated sections compressed when applicable.

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

1958 Brimar Radio Valve No 7

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • Peak Anode Current

    500 mA

  • Mean Anode Current

    175 mA

  • Peak Inverse Voltage

    5000 V

  • Heater-Cathode Voltage During Flyback

    5000 V

    HeaterNegative

Data set 02

195X Tesla

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristics

  • Heater voltage

    20 V

    Published nominal value or midpoint of published range

  • Heater current

    300 mA

    Published nominal value or midpoint of published range

Capacitance

  • Anode-cathode capacitance

    6.2 pF

    Published first-page value

Data set 03

1961 Ferranti Technical Handbook

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Application

  • Application

    Television booster / damper diode