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What is triode valve?

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A triode valve is a three-electrode electronic device.

It can amplify, oscillate or act a a switch.

Most commonly, its three electrodes are contained in a completely-evacuated envelope (a near-perfect vacuum). The envelope may be of glass, ceramic or a metal-glass or metal-ceramic construction.

Most commonly, the electrons needed for operation are produced by a heated filament or cathode. It is possible to do without the filament/cathode, but such devices are uncommon.

The heated filament/cathode defines this as a *thermionic* triode.

Some triodes do not use a pure vacuum. Instead, they use low-pressure gas, or Mercury vapour, to allow them to operate at higher currents and lower voltage drops than vacuum triodes.

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