{"id":54,"date":"2012-05-17T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T19:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/?p=54"},"modified":"2012-05-17T19:11:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T19:11:59","slug":"improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/05\/17\/improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved 46 triode-strapped DHT composite model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My initial attempt to get a reasonable SPICE model for a 46 triode-connected DHT has proven to be ok considering it was my first try. I got better accuracy with my second attempt using CX-301a. With time, I should learn the skills of Dmitry Nizh\u00a0to master the great tool he has developed. For the ones who haven&#8217;t seen his website and great material Dmitry has produced around DHT, SPICE and other good stuff, I recommend you to read his article about composite models for DHT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmitrynizh.com\/composite-triode-models.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry kindly produced a very accurate model for the 46 (and also shown clearly that I&#8217;m a still a rookie at this things ):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46_try1jpg.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/05\/17\/improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model\/46_try1jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46_try1jpg.bmp\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"Dmitry&amp;#8217;s model of the 46 triode-strapped valve\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46_try1jpg.bmp\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55\" title=\"Dmitry's model of the 46 triode-strapped valve\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46_try1jpg.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is the equivalent Spice model:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/05\/17\/improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model\/46-dht-composite-model\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model.png?fit=865%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"865,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"46 DHT Composite model\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model.png?fit=840%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56\" title=\"46 DHT Composite model\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model-300x64.png?resize=300%2C64\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model.png?resize=300%2C64&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model.png?resize=500%2C106&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-model.png?w=865&amp;ssl=1 865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using a simple circuit in LTspice we can test the model and trace the anode characteristic curves:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-Curves-SPICE-Test.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/05\/17\/improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model\/46-dht-composite-curves-spice-test\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-Curves-SPICE-Test.png?fit=345%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"345,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"46 DHT Composite Curves SPICE Test\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-Curves-SPICE-Test.png?fit=345%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57\" title=\"46 DHT Composite Curves SPICE Test\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-Curves-SPICE-Test.png?resize=345%2C220\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-Curves-SPICE-Test.png?w=345&amp;ssl=1 345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-Composite-Curves-SPICE-Test.png?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 85vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the curves can be easily generated:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/05\/17\/improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model\/46-dht-triode-strapped-composite-spice-model\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png?fit=572%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"572,483\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"46 DHT triode-strapped Composite SPICE model\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png?fit=572%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58\" title=\"46 DHT triode-strapped Composite SPICE model\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png?resize=572%2C483\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png?w=572&amp;ssl=1 572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/46-DHT-triode-strapped-Composite-SPICE-model.png?resize=355%2C300&amp;ssl=1 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 85vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that grid voltage starts at 0V in -10V steps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My initial attempt to get a reasonable SPICE model for a 46 triode-connected DHT has proven to be ok considering it was my first try. I got better accuracy with my second attempt using CX-301a. With time, I should learn the skills of Dmitry Nizh\u00a0to master the great tool he has developed. For the ones &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2012\/05\/17\/improved-46-triode-strapped-dht-composite-model\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Improved 46 triode-strapped DHT composite model&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[778,14,15,6,16],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dht-valves","category-valves","tag-778","tag-46-triode-strapped","tag-composite-models","tag-dht","tag-dmitry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2r2tK-S","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}