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Old 18th July 2011, 09:54 PM   #1
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Default beam tetrode calculations

I was just wondering what the gain equation is for a beam tetrode tube.
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Old 19th July 2011, 02:19 AM   #2
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Remember that a beam power tetrode can be electrically equivalent to a power pentode. The EL34 is a power pentode and the "fat bottle" 6CA7 is a beam power tetrode that happen to be "interchangeable".

A reasonable approximation for the gain of a pentode is (gm) (net ZL).
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You're better off using loadlines to determine this.
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