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Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

UA5A

Directly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier for high-voltage transmitter supplies, providing approximately 5 A average rectified current.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
DUOPIN2
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
5 V / 12.5 A

Description

Mercury-vapor directly heated rectifier diode for high-voltage transmitter power supplies, delivering up to 5 A rectified current.

Socket description

Duopin 2-contact base

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
DUOPIN2
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
5 V
Nominal heater current
12.5 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
Max plate voltage
1000 V
Max cathode current
1 A
Rectifier peak inverse voltage
12000 V
Rectifier nominal output current
5 A
Rectifier peak forward current
25 A

Semantically matched promoted fields only.

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

195X Tesla

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Application

  • Application

    HighVoltageRectifier text

Data set 02

1966 Tesla Tubes

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • If

    12.5 A to 14.5 A

  • Ua max. I

    1 kV

  • Uinv max.

    12 kV

  • Published value

    1 a

  • 'asp max.

    25 A