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PCC84

Sensibly equivalent to:
30L1 7AN7 B319 CV5191
See also:
Valves and their Habits - Valves for Bands III, IV & V - PCC84/7AN7
    
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The PCC84 double triode shows how valves developed to meet the needs of the planned VHF television (Band III) transmission that opened in the UK in 1955. This exhibit was made by Mullard and is very similar to the PCC84 from Mazda. It was superseded by the PCC89.
The PCC84 was specifically designed for cascode operation. The normal configuration was for triode one to be operated as a grounded cathode stage directly coupled to triode two. Triode two was connected as a grounded grid stage.
The triode has a smaller inter electrode capacitance than a pentode at VHF and could be made physically small. The photograph shows that within the envelope the electrodes are a small percentage of the total volume. The two triodes would be used for initial signal amplification at up to 220 MHz. The low anode voltage and relatively high current being features to ensure low noise operation. The anode dissipation was two Watts for one triode or 2.5 Watts for both triodes operating.
The triodes are to left and right with the central space filled with the electrostatic screen.
The thin glass tube envelope is 20 mm in diameter and excluding the B9A base pins has a length of 49 mm.
References: Data-sheet & 1040. Type PCC84 was first introduced in 1953. See also 1953 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B9A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
k(2)
g1(2),s
a(2)
h
h
g1(1)
k1-in
k1-out
a(1)

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Triode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vg
mAa
ra
gm
7.0
0.3
90
-1.5
12
4000
6
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated January 06, 2015.
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