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In normal operation there is no grid current, only a voltage.

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What is the tetrode?

Twin-grid vacuum tube


What the correct schematic symbol of a tetrode tube?

The correct schematic symbol for a tetrode tube includes the usual elements for a vacuum tube - a cathode, anode, grid, and screen grid. The grid is depicted as a single line inside the tube with an arrow pointing towards the cathode. The screen grid is often shown as a grid between the control grid and the anode.


Is there a PNP as in transistor vacuum tube?

No. The PNP or NPN of a transistor refers to the doping or impurities introduced to the silicon during manufacturing, and changes the polarity of the supply voltage to each pin. In a vacuum tube, the anode is always positive, the cathode is always negative. The control grid can vary between more negative than the cathode to cut off current flow, up to equal to the potential of the cathode, at which point the tube is saturated, or at full current. There is no 'reverse polarity' tube to correspond with the two types of transistor.


What is in a vacuum tube?

Millman's theorem


What does vacuum tube mean?

an electron tube containing a near-vacuum that allows the free passage of electric current.


Is vacuum tube ohmic or non-ohmic and why?

Vacuum tubes are non-ohmic devices because their resistance changes with voltage and current. This non-linearity in resistance is due to the nature of the electron flow within the vacuum tube, causing it to exhibit non-ohmic behavior.


Why is there a need to maintain vacuum in a vacuum tube?

It is necessary to maintain vacuum in a vacuum tube to provide the electrons a free path from cathode to anode without triggering ionization. If there was air or some other gas in the tube, the electron flow would cause it to ionize and the control grid would have reduced or even no control of the conduction of the tube. There are gas filled tubes that depend on this ionization: for example in thyratrons, once the control grid starts conduction ionization takes over and the grid has no more control, you have to turn off the B+ supply in some way to reset it.


What is a vacum tube?

A vacuum tube is an electronic component that was used in early electronics to control the flow of electrical current. It consists of an evacuated glass enclosure containing electrodes such as a cathode, anode, and grid. Vacuum tubes were widely used in early radios, televisions, and computers before being largely replaced by semiconductors.


What does tube mean?

an electron tube containing a near-vacuum that allows the free passage of electric current.


What is vaccume tube?

A vacuum tube is an instrument used to control the flow of electrons. The simplest form of this is called the triode and has three elements. An anode, a cathode, and a grid. The flow of electrons is always from anode to cathode the grid can influence the flow of the electrons. Like the light bulb the tube needs to be a vacuum or filled with gas to prevent the metals they are made of from catching on fire and melting. The first person to discover that a grid could have an electric charge was Lee De Forest. See also: Lee De Forest Edwin Armstrong David Sarnoff


What is a vacuum tube that contains a grid called?

one grid - triodetwo grids - tetrodethree grids - pentodefour grids - hexodefive grids - heptode, pentagrid convertersix grids - octodeseven grids - nonodeetc.


What computer component did the transistor replace?

the vacuum tube