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Specialized - Photo Tube ·CameraPickup

S4075

Two-thirds-inch Newvicon camera tube with magnetic focusing and deflection, extremely high sensitivity, low lag, very low dark current, and low heater power for surveillance and other low-light television cameras.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
SPECIALMINI7
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 95 mA

Description

2/3-inch Newvicon camera tube with magnetic focusing and magnetic deflection, extremely high sensitivity, low lag, very low dark current, and low heater-power consumption for surveillance and low-light cameras.

Socket description

Special miniature 7-contact camera-tube base family

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
SPECIALMINI7
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
95 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

CameraPickup

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Camera imaging section; SectionType=Other because the canonical section vocabulary has no Camera value.

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

1961 Matsushita

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

CameraPickup

Capacitance

  • Target to all other electrodes capacitance

    2 pF

Other

  • Grid No. 4 voltage maximum

    - to 750 V

  • Grid No. 3 voltage maximum

    - to 750 V

  • Grid No. 2 voltage maximum

    - to 350 V

  • Grid No. 1 negative bias maximum

    -300 to - V

  • Peak heater-cathode voltage, heater negative

    - to 125 V

  • Peak heater-cathode voltage, heater positive

    - to 10 V

  • Target voltage maximum

    - to 50 V

  • Peak output current maximum

    - to 0.8 uA

  • Signal current typical

    -

  • Target voltage

    10 to 25 V

  • Heater current minimum

    85 to - mA

  • Heater current maximum

    - to 105 mA

Characteristics

  • Typical heater current

    95 mA