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Cathode resistor value for auto-bias

grid bias anode current cathode resistor 80.0 V 50.0 mA 1600 ohm

Required B+ voltage with RC loading

anode voltage anode resistor anode current bias voltage (auto bias only) B+ voltage 180 47000 3.0 13.0 334.0 V ohm mA V V

Voltage needed on primary for full output

primary impedance output power voltage needed 5350 ohm 0.70 Wrms 61.2 Vrms

Bias voltage
plate voltage mu bias voltage 350 V 7.5 -31.7 V

Rp calculation
mu transconductance plate resistance 37.0 x 5600 uA/V 6607 ohm

Slew-rate current
Cgc Cga 4.0 pF 8.0 pF

grid swing mu frequency slew current

25.0 V 8.0 x 25 Hz 0.0 mA

Gain of anode follower (R loaded)

mu load resistor plate resistance total gain 8.0 22000 5000 6.5 x ohm ohm x

Transformer gain
primary impedance secondary impedance step-up gain 7000 ohm 600 ohm 0.29 x

Gain with choke load

frequency induction plate resistance mu choke inductance gain at given frequency dB level 10.0 Hz 20 H 1800 ohm 40.0 1257 ohm 16.4 x -3.86 dB

Ripple voltage after capacitor-input rectification

capacitor value mains frequency load current ripple voltage 22.0 50 100.0 45.455 uF Hz mA V

RC supply filter
mains frequency resistor capacitor input ripple ripple factor output ripple 50 Hz 3.3 ohm 10000 uF 0.223 V 0.088 19.62 mV

LC supply filter
mains frequency induction dc resistance of the choke capacitor input ripple 50 0.044 1 10000 2 Hz H ohm uF V

product of 2 x pi x f resonance frequency Q factor ripple factor output ripple

314.15 7.6 Hz 1.50 0.00059 1.388 mV

RC filter
resistor capacitor -3dB frequency 111000 ohm 220.00 nF 6.5 Hz

RC filter, dB level
resistor capacitor frequency dB level 5000 200 60 -2.8 ohm nF Hz dB

RL filter
resistor choke -3dB frequency 10000 ohm 25 H 64 Hz

LC filter
choke capacitor -3dB frequency 200000.0 mH 100 nF 36 Hz

Cathode bypass capacitor (f is known)

-3dB frequency cathode resistor bypass capacitor 8 Hz 40 Ohm 497.4 uF

Cathode bypass capacitor (C is known)

capacitor cathode resistor -3dB frequency 10 uF 1800 ohm 8.8 Hz

Roll-off frequency for choke-loading

plate resistance induction -3dB frequency 7600 ohm 200.0 H 6 Hz

Choke impedance
frequency induction Impedance 1000 Hz 12 H 75396 Ohm

Capacitor impedance
frequency capacity 32 Hz 1.00 uF

Impedance

4974 Ohm

Output impedance for RC loaded anode follower

plate impedance anode resistor mu output impedance 12000 56000 30.0 54206 ohm ohm x ohm

Output impedance for choke loaded anode follower

induction plate impedance frequency choke impedance output impedance 200 7600 1000 1256600 7600 H Ohm Hz Ohm Ohm

Optimal load impedance

anode current anode voltage load impedance 18.0 mA 330.0 V 6967 ohm

Power output (SE Triode, Class A1)

TUBE Ua Ia Ug mu Rp Pmax Pdc dissipated OPT Z primary SIGNAL U input INTERMEDIATE RESULTS gain Uac Iac P out n 425 18 32.0 8.0 5000 8.0 7.7

v2.0 V mA V x ohms W W

12000 ohms 35.0 Vrms ohms 5.6 x 197.6 Vrms 16.5 mA 1.63 W 21.3 %

Onken cabinet calculation

Vas Qts n (=6.34 nominal) Vb 557.0 liter 0.17 6.34 102.1 liter

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Z of filter 111000 ohms 222000 total

Z 44721 44721 89443

of filter ohms ohms total

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Anode voltage Bias current Negative grid volts for bias mu Plate impedance Maximum dissipation rating Dissipation over or near maximum limit ! Primary impedance of the OPT Input voltage swing Gain of the output tube Voltage swing over OPT primary Current swing through OPT primary Output power Efficiency