@ ELECTRONICS —7408 BEAM PENTODE FOR AF POWER-AMPLIFIER APPLICATIONS DESCRIPTION AND RATING ‘The 7408 is a beam-power pentode primarily designed for use in audio- frequency power-amplifier applications. The tube is a direct replacement for the 6V6-GT, but features additional controlled zero-bias characteristics. GENERAL ELECTRICAL Cathode—Coated Unipotential Heater Voltage, AC or DC* 63%0.6 Volts Heater Current 0.45 Amperes Direct interelectrode Capacitancest Grid-Number 1 to Plate: (g1 to p) O7 pt Input: g] to th+k-+62+b.p.) 9.0 pF Oviput p to (hk g?-hp) 75° pt MECHANICAL Mounting Position—Any Envelope—T-9, Glass Base—B7-7, Intermediate-Shell Octal 7-Pin or B7-59, Short Intermediate-Shell Octal 7-Pin with carriers MAXIMUM RATINGS DESIGN-MAXIMUM VALUES Plate Voltage. vooeveeee ees -350 Volts Screen Voltage. ===. 2 02 I LUBIS- Vols Plate Dissipation. . an 14 Watts Screen Dissipation. « 22 Wats Heater-Cathode Veitage Heater ostve with Respect to Cathode DC Component...» ces12100. Volts Total DC and Peak SII 200. Vetts Heater Negative with Respect to Cathode Total DC and Peck... 200 Volts Grid-Number 1 Circuit Resistance With Fixed Bias cone co veteeceeeeeeee GH Megohms With Cothode Bios... 0.5 Megohms Design-Maximum ratings ore limiting volves of operating ond environmental conditions appli cable 10.4 bogey election tubs of @ specified type or defined by its published data and should not be exceeded under the worst probable conditions The tube manufacturer chooses these values to provide acceptable serviceability of the tube, making allowance for the effects of changes in operating conditions due to vorlations in the characteristics of the tube under consideration The equipment manufecturer should design s0 that initially ond throughout life no design- maximum value for the intended service is exceeded with © bogey tube under the worst probable Operating conditions with respec! to supply-voltoge variation, equipment component variation, equipment control adjustment, load veriation, signal variation, environmental conditions, and voriations in the choracteristics of all other electron devices in the equipment. GENERAL @® ELECTRIC 7408 Page 1 BASING DIAGRAM TERMINAL CONNECTIONS Pin 1—No Connection Pin 2—Heater Pin 3—Plate Pin 4—Grid Number 2 (Screen) in 5—Grid Number 1 in 7—Heater Pin &—Cathode and Beam Plates PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS Bas BagCHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL OPERATION CLASS Ay AMPLIFIER Plate Voltage ‘Screen Voltage... Grid-Number 1 Voltage... Peak AF Grid-Number | Voliage Plate Resistance, approximate. Transconductance. .. Zero-Signal Plate Current. ‘Maximum-Signal Plate Current Zero-Signal Screen Current. ‘Maximum-Signal Screen Current Load Resistance Total Harmonic Distortion, approximate ‘Maximum-Signal Power Output * The equipment designer should design the equipment so that heater voltage is centered at the specified bogey value, heater supply variations restricted to maintain heater voltage within the specified tolerance. 3 volts. ler current of a bogey tube at Et i Without external shield. Bs IHTISI8I Ilo AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS 140 120 100] PLATE CURRENT (1p) IN MILLIAMPERES. 20 ° o 100 Ke5561 1-10 110-1 Beer ovate 200 300 PLATE VOLTAGE 1N VOLTS Ey = RATED VALUE Ele = 250 vOLTS Torr] 400 apaie 15, 70 50 30 20 io ° 500 1960 SCREEN CURRENT (/¢2) IN MILLIANPERESPLATE CURRENT (Jy) IN MILLIAMPERES PLATE CURRENT IW MILLIAMPERES 240 200 30 sol ° ° Ko5561 1-101 10-2 140 120 20] ° Kos561I-TDL NOMS 100 100 AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTIC: 200 300 PLATC VOLTAGE IN VOLTS AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS Bay = 250 VOLTS) 200 300 PLATE VOLTAGE IN VOLTS Ey = RATED VALUE Egg © 250 VOLTS 400 500 Apart 15, 1960 Ey = RATED VALUE Egy = 0 VOUTS 400 ‘500 Armin 15, 1960 7408 Page 3 a HLLIAMPERES GRIO-NUMBE® 2 CUBRENT LY,7408 Page 4 of AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS raysoe 03 229 g Ey = RATED VALUE Q sence trea 10 PLATE § > All PLATE (Jp) OR GRID A opel = ° 100 eeevetoiise PLATE YOLTAGE IN VOLTS he ty so AVERAGE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS ae SSE [Sas 100 60 PLATE CURRENT 40 20 40 =30 20 =10 ° sessert-rovie-s GRID-WUNBER 1 VOLTAGE IN VOLTS Apaiu 15, 1960POWER OUTPUT IN WATTS TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION IN PERCENT ey 40 kos901 1H 10-6 28 28 20 16 12 keppetieto1io-7 AVERAGE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS, RareD VALUE Eq = 250 vOLTS =30 2000 =20 GRID-NUMBER 1 VOLTAGE I VOLTS. OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS 4000 6000 LORD RESISTANCE IN OHMS 4“ =10 ° APRIL 13, 1960 10 Ey = RATED VALUE Ey = 250 VOLTS ep * 250 ¥OLTS 60 fey #128 HOTS Eftg = 808 YOLTS (AWS) 50 30 20 10 ° 8000 10000 aerie 15, 1969 7408 Page 5 SCREEN CURRENT IN MILLI AMPERES WAXIMUM-SIGNAL PLATE OR SCREEN CURRENT IN WILLIAWPERES