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6P45S/EL509 input capacitance in triode mode

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According to 6P45S datas the input capacitance Cg-k ( BXOДHaЯ) is 55 pF.
Amplification factor in triode mode is only some 2.3 to 2.7.
Therefore the Miller capacitance is very low.
I would assume the total input capacintance is (well) below 100 pF.
As a reference the input capacitance of 12AX7 is essentially bigger, some 160 pF.

Edit: I also looked at the Svetlana EL509 datas and there the Cg-k is only 25 pF.
Therefore I assume that the input capacitance value ( 55 pF) given at 6P45S datas obviously include the Miller capacitance, but at the pentode mode.
Anyhow the input capacitance of triode connected EL509/6P45S seems so low that any special requirements for the driver stage do not exist.
 
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