6AV6 3AV6 6AV6—3AV6—12AV6 AVG DUPLEX-DIODE TRIODE ove = DESCRIPTION AND RATING ‘The 6AV6 is a miniature duplex-diode, high-mu triode intended primarily BASING DIAGRAM for use as a combined detector, amplifier, and automatic-volume-control tube in radio receivers. The triode section incorporates a high amplification factor and is capable of providing a relatively large undistorted output voltage from avery small input signal. ‘The 3AV6, 6AV6, and 12AV6 are alike except for heater ratings and heater- cathode voltage ratings. The 12AV6 is particularly suited for use in a-c/d-c radio receivers. The 3AV6, as a result of its controlled heater warm-up char- acteristic, is especially well suited for use in television receivers which employ series-connected heaters, When the 3AV6 is used in conjunction with other 600-milliampere types which exhibit essentially the same heater warm-up characteristic, heater voltage surges across the individual tubes are minimized during the warm-up period. RETHA 70 GENERAL ELECTRICAL Cathode—Coated Unipotential 3AV6 GAVE 12AV6 Heater Voltage, AC or DC. 3.15 63 126 Volts Heater Current... 0.6 03 0.15 Amperes Heater Warm-up Time* u +. Seconds See CC ECTON Direct Interelectrode Capacitances With Shield{ Pin 1—Triode Grid Triode Grid to Plate 20 in 2—Cathode aces fs Pi 2—Cotod Triode Output 12 in Heater Grid to Diode-Number 2 Plate, maximum... .0.04 4-Heater Pee 5—Diode Number 2 Plate Osi 6—Diode Number I Plate pounce on Pin 7—Triode Plate Envelope—T-5%4, Glass Bose—E7-1, Miniature Button 7-Pin MAXIMUM RATINGS DESIGN-CENTER VALUES Plate Voltage....... PeeeEeeeenets 300 Volts PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS Positive DC Grid Voltage ++ 0 Volts Plate Dissipation 0.5 Watts Heater-Cathode Voltage SAV6 GAVE 12AV6 Heater Positive with Respect to Cathode DC Component. . peeeee +100 ss. Volts Total DC and Peak +200 90 Volts Heater Negative with Respect to Cathode Total DC and Peak 5 eevee ee 200 90 Volts Diode Current for Continuous Operation, Each Diode. . oeee 10 1.0 Milliamperes GENERAL @@ ELECTRIC Siparsoes ET-TO4, deed 6:536AV6 3AV6 T2AV6 ET-1924 Page 2 358 CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL OPERATION CLASS A; AMPLIFIER Plate Voltage 100 250 Volts Grid Voltage. -1 =2 Volts ‘Amplification Factor 100 100 Plate Resistance, approximate..........00ceecceeeee ; 80000 62500 Ohms Transconductance fevctsetetecssseeesss 1250 1600 Micromhos Plate Current 05 1.2 Milliamperes Average Diode Current, Each Diode With 10 Volts DC Applied... R * Heater warm-up time is defined as the time required in Heer the circuit shown at the right for the voltage across the OP tube heater terminals {V) to increase from zero to the heater Sider test voltage (Vi). For this type, E=12.5 volts (RMS or DC), E Test Vi=2.5 volts (RMS or DC), and R=15.8 ohms. + With external shield (RETMA 316) connected to pin 2. CLASS A RESISTANCE-COUPLED AMPLIFIER Ebb = 90 volts [ebb = 100 voltsfesb = 300 Volts Re [cain] fo | ek [eainl eo | Rk [Gain] o || OI — Ir 1400] 31 ]3.9 | 900] 41] 12] 760 | 45 | 26 © o 4600| 37 [8-4 | 1100] 47 | 16 | 910 | 52 |34 | gt ao ips £0 2500} 39 [5.0 | 2000] S| 14 | 1500 | 56 [30 | 3a00| 43 |8:6 | 2300) 55 | 19 | 1700 | 60 [38 7 Rk Lt 5200] 45 [5.6 | 4000] 55 | 16 | 2600 | 61 [34 -~ fi ,e t 7100| 47 |7.3 | 4600| 58 | 20 | 3500 | 63 | 40 G O | H 13.3) 9 |B) 33) 0 | 1B jote: Coupling capacitors (Cc) should be o fai fee] o | so] 7] o | afar | SRS toPpive desired frequency o | 242] 0 | 55] 35] 0 | 5 ]30 Fesponse. Rk should be adequately o [42 [sa] o | 61] 8] o_| 67 [37 by-passed. 1. Go 1g maximum AMS voltage output for five percent (54) total harmonic distortion. 2. Gain measured ai 2.0 volts AS output. 3. For zero-bias data, generator Impedance is negligible.PLATE CURRENT es ENT IN MILLI AMPER’ PLATE cuRai AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS TRIODE SECTION Ey * RATED VALUE ° 50 300 150 200 PLATE VOLTAGE IN VOLTS AVERAGE PLATE CHARACTERISTICS TRIODE SECTION SEY oc, = raven vawue ° 100 200 300 400 PLATE VOLTAGE IN VOLTS 6AV6 3AV6 12AV6 ET-1924 Page 3 3.556AV6 3AV6 12AV6 Page 4 338 AVERAGE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS TRIODE SECTION HES - i FEE HE 2.8 Ey © RATED VALUE 2 PLATE CURRENT IN MILLIAMPERES 16 4.0 3.0 =2.0 =1.0 ° GRID VOLTAGE 1N VOLTS AVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS TRIODE sect 4110, 200000) aa 2000 le, = 00 vot 300 230. 90 = ena youd 250000 —— 1500 0 a in onus Eo Ey = ATED VaLue © %0 0 PLATE 30 wo al OKDUCTANCE (Gq) 16 MICROMKOS Trans6AV6 3AV6 T2AV6 ET-1924 Page 5 OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS 5 + tHE ‘ + | Yq ss : 100 & tg eo = C bo = io = 0 =20 10 =30 -50 40 0c VOLTAGE DEVELOPED BY DIODE IN VOLTS