Chapter 1 Introduction To Electron Tubes

• Figure 1-1.Thermionic Emission
• Figure 1-2.Edison's Experimental Circuit.
• Operation Of The Diode Tube
• Diode Operation With A Positive Plate
• Measuring Diode Voltages
• Diode Operation With An Alternating Voltage On The Plate
• Diode Construction
• Directly Heated
• Plates
• Figure 1-9.Diode Construction
• The Envelope
• Electrical Parameters Of Diodes
• Figure 1-12.Determining Diode Plate Characteristic
• Figure 1-13.Ep - Ip Characteristic Curve
• Plate Resistance (Rp)
• Plate Dissipation
• Summary Of Diode Parameters And Limitations
• The Triode-Cont.
• Figure 1-15.Deforest's Experiment.
• Figure 1-16.Operation Of The Plate Load Resistor
• Introduction To Grid Bias
• Grid Bias
• Figure 1-18.Typical Grid Waveforms
• Operation Of The Triode
• Operation Of The Triode-Cont.
• Factors Affecting Triode Operation
• Figure 1-20.Overdriven Triode
• Plate Saturation
• Types Of Biasing
• Figure 1-22.Cathode Bias
• Figure 1-23.Effect Of The Bypass Capacitor
• Grid-Leak Biasing
• Figure 1-25.Shunt Grid-Leak Biasing
• Series Grid-Leak Bias
• Operating Classifications Of Tube Amplifiers
• Class Ab Operation
• Transit Time
• Amplification Factor
• Figure 1-28.Obtaining Gain And Transconductance.
• Transconductance
• Transconductance-Cont.
• Interelectrode Capacitance
• Development Of The Tetrode
• Figure 1-31.Basic Tetrode Circuit
• Tetrode Characteristics
• The Pentode
• Summary
• Diode Operation
• Characteristic Curve
• Operation Of A Triode
• Transit Time
• Tetrodes
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q33
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q33
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q33

Chapter 2 Special-Purpose Tubes

• Figure 2-1.Typical Multi-Unit Tube Symbols
• Beam Power And Power Pentode Tubes
• Figure 2-5.Electron Flow In A Power Pentode
• Figure 2-6.The Beam-Power Tube
• Variable-Mu Tubes
• Figure 2-7.Cutoff In A Conventional Tube
• Figure 2-8.Grid Operation In A Remote-Cutoff Tube
• Special Uhf Tubes
• Figure 2-9.Effect Of Transit Time At Ultrahigh Frequencies
• Uhf Tube Types
• Figure 2-11.Concentric Construction Of A Conventional Tube
• Figure 2-13.Internal Structure Of A Typical Planar Tube
• Gas-Filled Tubes
• Gas Triode
• Cold-Cathode Tubes
• Figure 2-16.Cold-Cathode Tube Operation
• The Cathode-Ray Tube (Crt)
• The Electron Gun
• Figure 2-19.Operation Of The Crt Grid
• The Crt Screen
• Deflection
• Electrostatic Deflection
• Figure 2-25.Horizontal Deflection
• Vertical Deflection
• Figure 2-27.Vertical Deflection In A Crt
• Summary Of The Crt
• Figure 2-28.Summary Of The Crt
• Electron Tubes
• Cathode-Ray Tubes (Crts)
• Radioactive Electron Tubes
• Radioactive Electron Tubes-Cont.
• Conventional Tubes
• Beam-Power Tubes
• Uhf Tubes
• Planar Tubes
• Cold-Cathode Tubes
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q18.
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q18.

Chapter 3 Power Supplies

• The Basic Power Supply
• The Transformer
• A Practical Half-Wave Rectifier
• Figure 3-6.Simplified Half-Wave Rectifier Circuit And Waveforms
• Figure 3-7.Peak And Average Values For A Half-Wave Rectifier
• The Conventional Full-Wave Rectifier
• A Practical Full-Wave Rectifier
• Figure 3-10.Complete Full-Wave Rectifier.
• A Practical Full-Wave Rectifier-Cont.
• The Bridge Rectifier
• Figure 3-13.Comparison Of Conventional Full-Wave And Bridge Rectifiers
• Filters
• Figure 3-15.Capacitor Filter. Fast Charge Time
• Figure 3-16.Rc Time Constant Chart.
• Figure 3-17.Voltage Drops In An Inductive Filter
• The Capacitor Filter
• Figure 3-22.Half-Wave/Full-Wave Rectifiers (With Capacitor Filters)
• Figure 3-24.Half-Wave Rectifier Capacitor Filter (Negative Input Cycle)
• Figure 3-25.Full-Wave Rectifier (With Capacitor Filter)
• The Capacitor Filter -Cont.
• Thermionic Emission-Cont.
• The Lc Choke-Input Filter
• Figure 3-27.Waveforms For A Lc Choke-Input Filter
• Figure 3-29.Lc Choke-Input Filter (Discharge Path)
• Figure 3-31.Filtering Action Of An Lc Choke-Input Filter
• Figure 3-32.Half-Wave Rectifier With An Lc Choke-Input Filter.
• Figure 3-34.Actual And Equivalent Circuits
• Figure 3-35.Dc Component In An Lc Choke-Input Filter
• Figure 3-36.Full-Wave Rectifier With An Lc Choke-Input Filter
• Resistor-Capacitor (Rc) Filters
• Resistor-Capacitor (Rc) Filters-Cont.
• Lc Capacitor-Input Filter
• Voltage Regulation
• Load Regulation
• Regulators
• Series Voltage Regulator
• Shunt Voltage Regulator
• Basic Vr Tube Regulator Circuit
• Figure 3-43.Basic Vr Tube Regulator
• Basic Vr Tube Regulator Circuit-Cont.
• Vr Tubes Connected In Series
• Vr Tubes Connected In Parallel
• Electron Tube Voltage Regulator
• Figure 3-48.Electron Tube Voltage Regulator Using A Battery For The Fixed Bias
• Current Regulation
• The Amperite Regulator-Cont.
• Troubleshooting Power Supplies
• Plug In The Power Supply And Look For
• Component Problems
• Transformer And Choke Troubles
• Capacitor And Resistor Troubles
• Summary
• Half-Wave Rectifiers
• Capacitance Filters
• Pi-Type Filters
• Simple Electron Tube Regulators
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q45
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q45-Cont.
• Answers To Questions Q1. Through Q45-Cont.

Appendix I Glossary

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Module 6  Index

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