3C45

3C45 is also designated 6130.

Description

The 3C45 is a hydrogen thyratron with a unipotential cathode and three elements, designed for network discharge service.

Ratings and Performance

The 3C45 is suitable for producing pulse outputs of 55 kW at an average power level of more than 65 watts, and features high peak voltage and current ratings. The ITT Components Division datasheet gives maximum ratings for average anode current, anode current rate of rise, peak trigger voltage, peak inverse trigger voltage, anode delay time, anode delay time drift, and time jitter.

Operating Characteristics

Anode delay time is measured between the 26 percent point on the rising portion of the unloaded grid voltage pulse and the point at which evidence of anode conduction first appears on the loaded grid pulse. Time jitter is measured at the 50 percent point on the anode current pulse. Using the highest permissible trigger voltage and the lowest trigger source impedance materially reduces anode delay and time jitter below the specified limits.

Equivalence is asserted only where the archive's own literature states it directly, in at least 40 separate documents. Tubes that merely substitute in some circuits are not listed here.

Original manufacturer datasheets for 3C45, hosted by Frank Philipse's Electron Tube Data sheets.

Documents held here and used to write this page.

• ELECTRON TUBE DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS DIVISION INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
• TYPICAL OPERATION AS PULSE MODULATOR, DC RESONANT CHARGING: (filed under 6130)