6BQ5-8BQ5 PENTODE ll FOR AF POWER AMPLIFIER APPLICATIONS DESCRIPTION AND RATING: ‘The 6BQS is a power-amplifier pentode designed for use in the audio-fre- quency power-output stage of television and radio receivers and in high-fidelity amplifiers. Except for heater ratings, the 8BQ5 is identical to the 6BQ5. GENERAL ELECTRICAL Gsthode Coated Unipotentat 6BQ5-BQS Heater Voltage, AC or DC. 63 80 Volts Heater Current. 1076 0.6 Amperes ve 11 Seconds Heater Warm-up Time*. Direct interelectrode Capac ancest Grid-Number 1 to Plate, maximum. . pak Input Bebe at ipl eae ene Eee nnaia wat MECHANICAL Mounting Position—Any Envelope—T-6¥%2, Glass Base—E9-1, Smail Button 9-Pin MAXIMUM RATINGS DESIGN-CENTER VALUES Plate Voltage Volts Screen Voltage - Volts Negative DC Grid-Number T Voltage. . Volts Plate Dissipation Watts Screen Dissipation (Continuous)... - Watts Screen Dissipation (Peaks of Speech ond M Watts DC Cathode Current Milliamperes Heater-Cathode Voltag Heater Pi with Respect to Cathode - 100 Volts Heater Negative with Respect to Cathode... .......-100 Volts Grid-Number 1 Circuit Resistance With Fixed Bias 0.3. Megohms With Cathode Bias. . 1,0 Megohms Design-Center ratings are limiting values of operating conditions applicable to a bogey tube of a specified type as defined by its published data, and should not be exceeded under normal conditions. The tube manufacturer chooses these values to provide acceptable serviceability of the tube in average applications, taking responsibility for normal changes in operating conditions due to rated supply voltage variation (For an AC power sour 117 volts plus or minus 10% is accepted USA practice.), equipment component vari tion, equipment control adjustment, load variation, signal variation, environmental conditions, and variations in tube characteristics. The equipment manufacturer should design so that initially no design-center value for the intended service is exceeded with a bogey tube in equipment operating at the stated normal supply voltage. fehl feoon insur ag ou FS tae GENERAL @@ ELECTRIC 6BQ5 8BQ5 ET-T1535, Page | S59 BASING DIAGRAM TERMINAL CONNECTIONS Pin 1—Internal Connection Pin 2—Grid Number 1 Pin 3—Cathode and Grid Number 3 (Suppressor) Pin 4d—Heater Pin 5—Heater Pin 6—Internal Connection Pin 7—Plate Pin 8—Internal Connection Pin9—Grid Number 2 (Screen) PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS6BQ5 ET-T1535 Page 2 357 CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL OPERATION AVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS Plate Voltage. Screen Voltage. Grid-Number 1 Voltage. - Plate Resistance, approximat Transconductance.....-.+ Plate Current, Screen Current. Amplification Factor (Grid-Number 1 to Grid-Number 2). - CLASS A, AMPLIFIER Plate Voltage Screen Voltage 250 250-250 Volts 250 250 +210 Volts Grid-Number 1 Voltage. . -73 -84 64 Volts Peck AF Grid-Number 1 Voltage 62 495 48 Volts Zero-Signal Plate Current... 4B 36 36 Milliamperes wum-Signal Plate Current... 506 368 36.6 Milliomperes Signal Screen Current 55 Ad 39° Milliamperes Maximum-Signal Screen Current... 10 85 7.3. Milliamperes Load Resistance 4500 7000 7000 Ohms Total Harm 10 10 10. Percent ‘Maximum-Signal Power Output. . 57 4243 Watts PUSH-PULL CLASS AB, AMPLIFIER, VALUES FOR TWO TUBES Plate Voltage. . Screen Voltage Cathode-Bias Re Peak AF Grid-to-Grid Voltage 250 300 Volts 1.250 300 Volts 222130130 Ohms 226 (282 Zero-Signal Plate Current. 62 72 Maximum-Signal Plate Current 75 2 Zero-Signal Screen Current... 70 80 Maximum-Signal Screen Current. 15 22 Effective Load Resistance, Plate-to-Plate 2000 8000 Total Harmonic Distortion... . 3 4 Percent ‘Maximum-Signal Power Output SS u 17 Watts PUSH-PULL CLASS B AMPLIFIER, VALUES FOR TWO TUBES Plate Voltage. . cee . Sereen Voltage. .- : Grid-Number 1 Voltage. Peak AF Grid-to-Grid Voltage 250 300 Volts pang 250 300 Volts severe 16 =147 22.6 28.2 ignal Plate Current... = 20 15 um-Signal Plate Current 75 92 jignal Screen Current 2.2 16 Maximum-Signal Screen Current 15 22 Effective Load Resistance, Plate-to-Plate. Total Harmonic Distortion 5 Maximum-Signal Power Output. - CLASS A; AMPLIFIER, TRIODE CONNECTIONS Plate Voltage. Volts Cothode-Bias Resist Ohms Peak AF Grid-Number 1 Voltage Volts Zero-Signal Plate Current Milliamperes ‘Maximum-Signal Plate Current. Milliamperes Load Resistance : Ohms Total Harmonic Distortion, approximate 5 Percent Maximum-Signal Power Output. . 5 Watts6BQ5 ET-T1535 Page 3 39 CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL OPERATION (Continued) PUSH-PULL CLASS AB, AMPLIFIER TRIODE CONNECTION, VALUES FOR TWO TUBESt Plate Voltage 7 Cathode-Bias Resistor... . Peak AF Grid-to-Grid Voltage... ...- +++ Zero-Signal Plate Current... . Effect Total Harmonic Distortion... Maximum-Signal Power Output... 250 300 Volts ‘i ‘270 270 Ohms ceseessss23.4 28.2 Volts . 5 40 48 mperes wum-Signal Plate Current we ween eee ABA 52 mperes /e Load Resistance, Plate-t seetesessssssssssss10000 10000 Ohms cevesesseee:25 25° Percent 34 52 Watts * The time required for the voltage across the heater to reach 80 percent of its rated value atter applying 4 times rated heater voltage to a circuit consisting of the tube heater in series with a resistance equal to 3 times the rated heater voltage divided by the rated heater current. t Without external shield, + With screen tied to plate, URRENT IN WILLIAMPERES. PLATE AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS TRIODE CONNECTION 330 €¢ = RATED VALUE 300 SCREEN TIED TO PLATE 250 290 100 50 ° 100 200 300 400 500 Kasse! (-T052+1 ce oeceuoen 25, 19586BQ5 ET-T1535 Poge 4 AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS 200 30 Ey = RATED VALUE fez * 250 VOLTS 40 2150 5 30 Bio0) PLATE ° 400 200 300 400 500 PLATE VOLTAGE IN VOLTS K-55611-7052-2 becemBeR 17, 1958 AVERAGE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS a Ta: Tae — 120 Ef = RATED VALUE 250 voUTS 20 20 15 =10 “3 ° K-55611-T052-3, Re DECEMBER 25, 1988 es SCREEN CURRENT (leg) IN MILLIAUPER 10 PLATE CURRENT IN MILLIANPERESPOWER OUTPUT IN WATTS TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION IN PERCENT AVERAGE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS Ey = RATED VALUE 250 voLTS fp -20 Kobb6 I I-T08z—4 29, =15 Ey = RATED VALUE 24 250 VOLTS 250 VOLTS 27.3 VOLTS =10 GRIG-NUBER 1 VOLTAGE IN VOLTS OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS = 4.3 vouTS (Rus) FH aa] Ko55611-T052-5, 4000 000 LOAD RESISTANCE IN OHWS Et DecemBeR 23, 42 10 ° 1958 200 240 200 160 120 6BQ5 ET-T1535 Pag CURRENT IN MILLIAMPERES SCREEN 140 120 100 80 TW MI LLIAMBERES 60 40 eo 5 359 2) IN MILLIAMPERES CURRENT screen6BQ5 ET-TI535 Page 6 558 7 28 OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS Ds Hf = bso vours a 6 24h 250 VOLTS 60 30 3B 2 so Bass Bogie go 188 “ag of op we 14 tos ° oe : 2 3 : Ko55611-7052-6 WNPUT SIGNAL tm VOLTS (RMS) DECEMBER 17, 1958 ae OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS “od ou nos 10 5 2 sg feceracs or sreten aaglaass £5 B53 feeibaraes a= eos uliiedl oe Pree ae ea meete| e SHE HES To TURES PuSH-PULL 8 Eee tte f CLASS AB) NSU E aia ieaTion arco vawue ter = -13 vours HH? 4 cae = 6500 onus ° °° 10 20 30 0 PEAK INPUT SIGNAL, GRI0=10-CR10 ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DIVISION GENERAL @® ELECTRIC Schenectady 5, N. Y. kepsetietosze7 pecewsen 11, 1958