Thursday, March 1, 2018

Low heater voltage and anode current curves


It is interesting to read on electron tube textbooks the curves of anode current vs cathode temperature. This is shown for diode tubes.


Also anode current vs anode voltage with T as a parameter etc.


In the graph of page 61, Connor it can be clearly seen that at low anode potential the current does not depend on cathode temperature as we are in the space charge limited region and not in the temperature limited region.


 On Spangenberg page 171 the anode current is shown to vary with cathode temperature but a little compared to when the anode voltage is high.


Georg Neumann we love you.The VF14 of the U47 sounds so nice underheated!


References:


Electronic Devices - F. R. Connor - reprinted 1984, 1989 - Edward Arnold - page 61


 Fundamentals of Electron Devices - Karl R. Spangenberg - McGraw-Hill - 1957 - page 171


Operating features of the Audion - E. H. Armstrong


Neumann U47 schematic


Pleiades V6 schematic







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