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Many factors encourage this substitution. BUT not all - many high power vacuum tubes are still used.
The reasons for the substitution include weight, power consumed, reliability, space requirements, high frequency response, the ability to form complex circuitry on a single substrate. (e.g. a microprocessor).
Cost and miniaturisation were also driving factors.
Transistors are cheaper to make and take up less room.
Ironically Vacuum tubes are LESS susceptible to EMP caused by nuclear explosions. So are sometimes used in (Russian) jet fighter electronics.
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Vaccum tubes were replaced by what?
Vacuum tubes were largely replaced by transistors. Transistors are smaller, more reliable, and generate less heat compared to vacuum tubes. This transition led to the development of smaller and more efficient electronic devices.
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.
Push-pull is almost always used with?
vacuum tubes or transistors to control the flow of current in amplifiers or electronic circuits.
Do vacuum tubes did it lead to an increase or decrease in size?
Vacuum tubes initially led to an increase in size of electronic devices due to their bulky nature and need for additional components. However, as technology advanced, the development of smaller, more efficient components such as transistors and integrated circuits led to a decrease in size of electronic devices.
What are the two main types of transistors?
The two main types of transistors are bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and field-effect transistors (FETs). BJTs operate by controlling the flow of current via two types - NPN and PNP. FETs control current flow using an electrical field, with types including MOSFETs and JFETs.
Transistors replaced to amplify electric signals?
vacuum tubes
What technology replaced vacuum tubes in the second generation?
Vacuum tubes were first replaced by transistors, and later by integrated circuits.
Vaccum tubes were replaced by what?
Vacuum tubes were largely replaced by transistors. Transistors are smaller, more reliable, and generate less heat compared to vacuum tubes. This transition led to the development of smaller and more efficient electronic devices.
What replaced vacuum tubes in the computer?
Integrated circuits (in many microprocessor integrated circuits) containing many billions of transistors each.
Which invention replaced vacuum tubes in computers?
Transistors were first developed in 1947 by Bell Telephone laboratories. They replaced vacuum tubes, which were big, bulky, costly, and unreliable. Transistors are most often used to regulate the flow of an electrical current and to switch electricity on and off.
What is transistorized?
A device such as a radio can be said to be transistorized when earlier designs are replaced by designs in which transistors replace vacuum tubes.
What roles has vacuum tubes played in computer development?
vacuum tubes are the switching components in the first generation computers to process data. later they were replaced by transistors.
What are the different components?
Transistors,diode,vacume tubes and amplifiers
Vacuum tubes are still found in most electronic equipment?
no, they have mostly been replaced by integrated circuits and a few discrete transistors.
How did colossus work without transistors?
There were vacuum tubes before transistors
How did major development in the second generation computer change the computer?
Mostly the machines got smaller and more reliable as transistors replaced vacuum tubes.
Why did transistors eventually replaced the vacuum tubes?
The main advantage is that transistors use less power. A typical small vacuum tube uses about 1.8 watts to heat its cathode, plus 3-5 watts to supply the main current to the anode. By contrast a computer motherboard might take 10-20 watts to power several million transistors.
