PRICE SEVENTY FIVE CENTS ~ Pa ; a) eee =) a {Gs RADIO oleh Lacerda rae Vt der) HARRISON, Ni J. TECHNICAL SERIES RC-19 Q p VaCONTENTS PAGE ELECTRONS, ELECTRODES, AND ELECTRON TUBES .. 3 Electrons, Cathodes, Generic Tube Types, Diodes, Triodes, Pentodes, Beam Power Tubes, Multi-Electrode and Multi-Unit Types, Television Picture Tubes ELECTRON TUBE CHARACTERISTICS ll ELECTRON TUBE APPLICATIONS 13 Amplification, Rectification, Detection, Automatic Volume or Gain Control, Tuning Indication with Electron-Ray Tubes, Oscillation, De- flection Circuits, Frequency Conversion, Automatic Frequency Control ELECTRON TUBE INSTALLATION. 53 Filament and Heater Power Supply, Heater-to-Cathode Connection, Plate Voltage Supply, Grid Voltage Supply, Sereen-Grid Voltage Supply, Shielding, Dress of Circuit Leads, Filters, Output-Coupling Devices, High-Voltage Considerations for Television Picture Tubes, Picture- Tube Safety Considerations INTERPRETATION OF TUBE DATA 63 RECEIVING TUBE CLASSIFICATION CHART 69 Tupe Types—Technical Data i 3 PicTURE-TUBE CHARACTERISTICS CHART =. 2... 296 ELECTRON TUBE TESTING 1 Le IL -* / [802 RESISTANCE-COUPLED AMPLIFIERS . . . . . . . . 806 CIRCUITS J e319. OUTLINES 7 el el? el tle et et lem INDEX ttt ReaDiInGLisT . 7 |. we ee ee BD Key to Socket Connection Diagrams Bottom Views as-Type Tube Fy'=Filament Mid- IS =Internal Shield ase Sleeve Pap K =Cathode BS = Base Shell G=Grid NC =No Connection C= ae ene H =Heater P-=Plate or Anode ive Coating Hy =Heater Tap for ~Ray- CL Collector Panel Lamp RC = Ray Control Dy=Dellecting Blee- Haw =Heater Mid-Tap —g shell rode Ic ternal Ce = ES =External Shield “ion TA = Target F=Filament Do Not Use Alphabetical Subscripts B,D,HP,HX,P, and T indicate, respectively, beam unit, diode unit, heptode unit, hexode unit, pentode unit, and triode unit in multi-unit types. ‘Trade Mark Registered /@ Marca Registrada Devices and arrangements shown or described herein may use patents of RCA or others. Information contained herein is furnished without respon- sibility by RCA for its use and without prejudice to RCA’s patent rights, 11-56 Printed in U. 8. A.RCA Receiving Tube MANUAL THIS MANUAL like its preceding editions has been prepared to assist those who work or experiment with electron tubes and cir- cuits. It will be found valuable by engineers, service technicians, experimenters, students, radio amateurs, and all others technically interested in electron tubes. The material in this edition has been augmented and revised to keep abreast of the technological advances in electronic fields. Many tube types widely used in the design of new electronic equipment prior to 1950 are now chiefly of renewal interest; in their place, new advanced types are being used. Consequently, in the Tube Types Section, the presentation on the older types has been limited to essential basic data while detailed information has been given on the newer more important types. In addition to the tube types for home-entertainment use cov- ered in this Manual, the TUBE DIVISION of RADIO CORPORATION.OF AMERICA offers other small receiving-type tubes for industrial and specialized applications, such as the ‘Special Red” tubes, premium tubes, computer tubes, voltage regulators, acorn tubes, and pencil tubes. Other lines of RCA electron devices include: POWER TUBES CATHODE-RAY TUBES Transmitting and Special-Purpose Industrial Types Kinescopes, Storage Tubes, TELEVISION CAMERA TUBES and Oscillograph Types Iconoscopes, Monoscopes, SPECIAL TYPES Vidicons, and Image Orthicons Vacuum-Gauge Tubes, PHOTOTUBES Magnetrons, Traveling-Wave Single-Unit, Twin-Unit, Tubes, and Klystrons and Multiplier Types SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES THYRATRONS & IGNITRONS Transistors and Diodes For Sales Information, For Technical Information, write to Sales write to Commercial Engineering TuBE DIvIsION RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA Harrison, N. J. ‘Copyright, 1956, by Radio Corporation of America (All Rights Reserved)