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Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

UY11

Indirectly heated half-wave rectifier for AC/DC receivers using 100 mA series-heater chains. Its 50 V heater provides moderate current for transformerless supplies.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
P8A
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
50 V / 100 mA

Description

The UY11 is an indirectly heated half-wave rectifier. The sheet tabulates permissible reservoir-capacitor and series-resistor combinations over several AC input-voltage ranges and allows as much as 140 mA DC in favorable conditions.

Socket description

European 8-pin side-contact base

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
P8A
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
50 V
Nominal heater current
100 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 nominal output current
140 mA
Rectifier max heater-cathode voltage
550 V

Half-wave rectifier; transformer-dependent current limits preserved as parameters.

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

1953 RFT Rundfunk Technik

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • TransformerVoltageRMS

    250 V

Data set 02

1957 Philips Receiving and Amplifying Tubes

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristic

  • Heater Voltage

    50 V

  • Heater Current

    100 mA

Other

  • RMSInputVoltage

    250 V

  • Reservoir Capacitance

    60 uF

Data set 03

1959 Telefunken

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • Maximum AC input voltage

    250 V rms

  • DC output current

    80 mA

    AC=170-250Vrms;C=32-60uF;R=50Ohm

  • DC output current

    140 mA

    AC=170-250Vrms;C<16uF;R=0Ohm

Data set 04

1999 Philips E-Z

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristics

  • 2) with this tube a protective resistance must be

    2 w

    2) with this tube a protective resistance must be

  • 2) Tith this tube a protective resistance must be

    2 s

    2) Tith this tube a protective resistance must be