6AL5

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6AL5 Vacuum Tube

The 6AL5/12AL5  (European: EAA91/EB91/HAA91) (P/N 154-016,154-0016-00,154-0038-00) is a high-perveance dual diode vacuum tube with a 6.3 V, 0.3 A heater.
The 12AL5 (European type HAA91) is the same but has a 12.6 V, 0.15 A heater. Both have a B9A (Noval) miniature 9-pin base.

The 6AL5/12AL5 serves as the "disconnect diode" in the timebase circuit of many tube-era Tektronix scopes starting with the 511 in the 1940s and continuing through the 1960s in sweep plug-ins such as the 3B2 and other plug-ins such as Type C / Type CA.

Tektronix part number: 154-0016-00 (6AL5), 154-0038-00 (12AL5/HAA91)

Aged/Checked/Matched Pair Details
Used in Tek Part# S/N Range
535A, 545A, 585A 157-0075-00 (12AL5) All
316, 317, 502A, 516 157-0104-00 (6AL5) All
53X, 54X series, 551, 580 157-0104-02 (6AL5) All

Reference:

Tube aging procedure / Selection and checking procedure

Data and Links

Some instruments using part 6AL5

Instrument Manufacturer Class Description Introduced
163 Tektronix Plug-in Pulse Generator Module 1952
180 Tektronix Pulse generator Time-mark generator 1958
180A Tektronix Pulse generator Time-mark generator (?)
181 Tektronix Pulse generator Time-mark generator 1955
190 Tektronix Signal generator Constant-Amplitude Signal Generator 1954
1M1 Tektronix Plug-in Calibration plug-in 1964
310 Tektronix Oscilloscope 4 MHz oscilloscope 1955
310A Tektronix Oscilloscope 4 MHz oscilloscope 1959
315 Tektronix Oscilloscope "Portable" tube scope 1952
316 Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 MHz 3" tube scope 1959
317 Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 MHz 3" tube scope 1959
3B1 Tektronix Plug-in 10 MHz time base plug-in 1962
3B1S Tektronix Plug-in Sampling time base plug-in 1964
3B2 Tektronix Plug-in Delaying timebase plug-in 1963
3B3 Tektronix Plug-in Time Base plug-in 1962
3B5 Tektronix Plug-in Automatic time base plug-in 1966
502 Tektronix Oscilloscope 1 MHz dual beam differential scope 1958
502A Tektronix Oscilloscope 1 MHz dual beam differential scope 1963
503 Tektronix Oscilloscope 450 kHz differential-input scope 1960
511 Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 MHz Tube scope
First Tektronix oscilloscope
1947
511A Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 MHz Tube scope 1948
512 Tektronix Oscilloscope Early 2 MHz scope 1948
514 Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 MHz scope 1949
515 Tektronix Oscilloscope 15 MHz Tube scope 1955
516 Tektronix Oscilloscope 15 MHz dual-trace scope 1960
517 Tektronix Oscilloscope 50 MHz scope 1951
524 Tektronix Oscilloscope TV waveform monitoring scope 1952
525 Tektronix Oscilloscope TV waveform monitor 1955
526 Tektronix Audio/Video NTSC Vectorscope 1959
532 Tektronix Oscilloscope 5 MHz oscilloscope 1955
535 Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 (15) MHz dual-timebase scope 1954
545 Tektronix Oscilloscope 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope 1955
545A Tektronix Oscilloscope 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope 1959
549 Tektronix Oscilloscope 30 MHz storage oscilloscope 1965
551 Tektronix Oscilloscope 27 MHz scope 1958
565 Tektronix Oscilloscope 10 MHz dual-beam scope 1962
570 Tektronix Curve Tracer Curve tracer for tubes 1955
581 Tektronix Oscilloscope 100 (95) MHz oscilloscope 1959
581A Tektronix Oscilloscope 85 MHz oscilloscope 1963
585 Tektronix Oscilloscope 100 (95) MHz oscilloscope 1959
585A Tektronix Oscilloscope 85 MHz oscilloscope 1963
C Tektronix Plug-in Dual-trace 8.5 (24) MHz amplifier 1954
CA Tektronix Plug-in 24 MHz dual-channel amplifier 1959
T Tektronix Plug-in Timebase plugin 1957
Telequipment D52 Telequipment Oscilloscope 6 MHz dual-beam scope 1968
Telequipment D56 Telequipment Oscilloscope 15 MHz 2-ch scope (?)
Telequipment S52 Telequipment Oscilloscope 3 MHz dual-channel scope 1968