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The main disadvantage of vacuum tubes is that they require bulky power supplies. As there is high voltage electric shock hazard is also there.

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Why modern devices use integrated circuit instead of vacuum tubes?

Modern devices use integrated circuits instead of vacuum tubes because integrated circuits occupy less space than vacuum tubes, are more efficient, consumes less energy and are more reliable than vacuum tubes.


What do you call the vacuum tubes used in transistor radios?

You don't, there aren't any. However some radios in the early 1950s did use both vacuum tubes and transistors. This was because early junction transistors were too slow to operate at RF so vacuum tubes were used in the RF and IF sections. These radios were called hybrid radios because they used both vacuum tubes and transistors.


What theorem is used in vacuum tubes?

Millman's theorem


Why many modern electronic devices use integrated circuits instead of vacuum tubes?

Integrated circuits consume less power, are smaller, can be more complex in a much smaller space and are cheaper to make for similar functions than vacuum tubes.


How vacuum tubes do not obey ohms law in circuit design?

In point of fact, vacuum tubes do obey Ohm's law. Everything electrical obeys Ohm's law. The reason vacuum tubes don't appear to obey the law is that not every consideration takes into account the fact that vacuum tubs have dynamicresistance. Ohm's law, as applied to "pure" ohmic resistors, requires constant resistance, which no material, no matter how good, exhibits. In the real world, you have to consider that resistance can vary along with voltage and current, and this "complicates" things.

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What are the benefits of vacuum tubes?

vacuum tubes help us today with many things. the most important 1 is techology. If we didn't have vacuum tubes we wouldn't have computers. just thik of a life with out computers or t.v. vacuum tubes are also used in radios. so if vacuum tubes hadn't been invented we would not be able to use all the techology we use today.=]


How many vacuum tubes are in the Univac I computer?

It used 5200 vacuum tubes.


Advantages and disadvantages of vacuum tube?

Vacuum tubes have superior sound quality and are typically easy for the user to replace on their own. Disadvantages include their size, rather large for portable devices, and they generally use a larger amount of power then transistors.


Do all vacuum tubes light up?

No, there are some cold cathode vacuum tubes. These do not light.


Where was vacuum tube was made?

who made the vacuum tubes


Where is a good place near Seattle where you can buy old vacuum tubes?

This would depend on the type of vacuum tubes needed. Any car part store will carry vacuum tubes for a car, general stores carry vacuum tubes for household vacuums, and AC part stores will carry vacuum tubes for the AC/Heating system of a house.?æ


How many vacuum tubes in first generation computer?

ENIAC was the first digital general purpose computer, built in 1946, and with 17,468 vacuum tubes. The Illiac I, the first computer built and owned by a US educational institution, had 2800 vacuum tubes. The IBM 604 had about 2000 vacuum tubes.


What technology replaced vacuum tubes in the second generation?

Vacuum tubes were first replaced by transistors, and later by integrated circuits.


Why modern devices use integrated circuit instead of vacuum tubes?

Modern devices use integrated circuits instead of vacuum tubes because integrated circuits occupy less space than vacuum tubes, are more efficient, consumes less energy and are more reliable than vacuum tubes.


Vacuum tubes generation?

first


What has the author Karl R Spangenberg written?

Karl R. Spangenberg has written: 'Vacuum tubes' -- subject(s): Vacuum-tubes


What is vacuum tubes define?

Vacuum tubes are electronic devices that control the flow of electrons in a vacuum. They were widely used in early computer and radio technology before being replaced by transistors. Vacuum tubes can amplify signals and are known for their warm, vintage sound in audio equipment.