What's the design criteria for determining the feedback percentage on transformers with a UL tap?
For example, most transformers use 33% or 40% which is easy for the winder, but what's preventing someone from winding a 20% or 50% tap? How would the sound be affected?
Feedback welcome.
-- josé k.
For example, most transformers use 33% or 40% which is easy for the winder, but what's preventing someone from winding a 20% or 50% tap? How would the sound be affected?
Feedback welcome.
-- josé k.
Some OPTs do have a 20% tap for more power. Operation here is more pentode like, higher output impedance as there is less feedback.
50% is more triode like, but your entering an area of diminishing returns. Z-out doesnt improve much until your getting near full triode. The EL34 datasheet offers a comparison for this tube for distributed load operation at 20% and at 40% tappings.
Ultra-linear Circuit Characteristics:
The following graph, courtesy of GEC and AWV Radiotronics Magazine (May 1959), shows the comparative characteristics of the KT88 in triode, pentode and ultra-linear connections. These comparative relationships between the different connection configurations should be typical for most (but not all) tetrodes, pentodes and beam power tubes.
50% is more triode like, but your entering an area of diminishing returns. Z-out doesnt improve much until your getting near full triode. The EL34 datasheet offers a comparison for this tube for distributed load operation at 20% and at 40% tappings.
Ultra-linear Circuit Characteristics:
The following graph, courtesy of GEC and AWV Radiotronics Magazine (May 1959), shows the comparative characteristics of the KT88 in triode, pentode and ultra-linear connections. These comparative relationships between the different connection configurations should be typical for most (but not all) tetrodes, pentodes and beam power tubes.
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