TUBE: 6GE5
FICHIER SOURCE: sheets/123/6/6GE5.pdf
FABRICANT: General Electric (GE Electronics), Receiving Tube Department, Owensboro Kentucky
ANNEE: 2-62 (fevrier 1962) — doc ET-T3039
TYPE: Compactron Beam Pentode

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GE 6GE5 — COMPACTRON BEAM PENTODE — FOR TV HORIZONTAL-DEFLECTION AMPLIFIER APPLICATIONS
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DESCRIPTION: The 6GE5 is a compactron beam-power pentode primarily designed for use as the horizontal-deflection amplifier in television receivers.

GENERAL — ELECTRICAL:
  Cathode - Coated Unipotential
  Heater Voltage, AC or DC ... 6.3 ± 0.6 Volts
  Heater Current ... 1.2 Amperes
  Direct Interelectrode Capacitances (approx.):
    Grid-Number 1 to Plate (g1 to p) ... 0.34 pf
    Input: g1 to (h+k+g2+b.p.) ... 16 pf
    Output: p to (h+k+g2+b.p.) ... 7.0 pf
MECHANICAL:
  Mounting Position - Any
  Envelope - T-12, Glass
  Base - E12-74, Button 12-Pin
  Outline Drawing - EIA 12-56
  Maximum Diameter ... 1.563 in
  Maximum Over-all Length ... 2.875 in
  Maximum Seated Height ... 2.500 in

MAXIMUM RATINGS — HORIZONTAL-DEFLECTION AMPLIFIER SERVICE — DESIGN-MAXIMUM VALUES:
  DC Plate-Supply Voltage (Boost+DC Power Supply) ... 770 Volts
  Peak Positive Pulse Plate Voltage ... 6500 Volts
  Peak Negative Pulse Plate Voltage ... 1500 Volts
  Screen Voltage ... 220 Volts
  Negative DC Grid-Number 1 Voltage ... 55 Volts
  Peak Negative Grid-Number 1 Voltage ... 330 Volts
  Plate Dissipation ... 17.5 Watts
  Screen Dissipation ... 3.5 Watts
  DC Cathode Current ... 175 Milliamperes
  Peak Cathode Current ... 550 Milliamperes
  Heater-Cathode Voltage:
    Heater Positive: DC Component ... 100 Volts ; Total DC and Peak ... 200 Volts
    Heater Negative: Total DC and Peak ... 200 Volts
  Grid-Number 1 Circuit Resistance ... 1.0 Megohms
  Bulb Temperature at Hottest Point ... 220 °C

TERMINAL CONNECTIONS (BASING DIAGRAM EIA 12BJ):
  Pin 1 - Heater
  Pin 2 - Grid Number 2 (Screen)
  Pin 3 - Grid Number 1
  Pin 4 - Cathode and Beam Plates
  Pin 5 - Internal Connection - Do Not Use
  Pin 6 - Internal Connection - Do Not Use
  Pin 7 - Plate
  Pin 8 - Internal Connection - Do Not Use
  Pin 9 - Internal Connection - Do Not Use
  Pin 10 - Cathode and Beam Plates
  Pin 11 - Grid Number 1
  Pin 12 - Heater

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MAXIMUM RATINGS (Cont'd) — design-maximum ratings boilerplate text.
CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL OPERATION — AVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS:
  Plate Voltage ......... 5000 / 60 / 250 Volts
  Screen Voltage ......... 150 / 150 / 150 Volts
  Grid-Number 1 Voltage ... - / 0(triangle) / -22.5 Volts
  Plate Resistance, approximate ... - / - / 18000 Ohms
  Transconductance ......... - / - / 7300 Micromhos
  Plate Current ......... - / 345 / 65 Milliamperes
  Screen Current ......... - / 27 / 1.8 Milliamperes
  Grid-Number 1 Voltage, approx. Ib=1.0 mA ... -100 / - / -42 Volts
  Triode Amplification Factor** ... - / - / 4.4
  **Triode connection (screen tied to plate) Eb=Ec2=150 V and Ec1=-22.5 V.

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[courbes seules — pas de donnees tabulaires] AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS (Ef=rated, Ec2=150V ; and Ec1=0V family).

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[courbes seules — pas de donnees tabulaires] AVERAGE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS (Ef=rated, Eb=250V).