short problem,heating a conductor to a temperature sufficiently high causing the

conductor to give off electrons,thermionic emission

short problem,discovered the principle of thermionic emission,thomas edison
short problem,also called Richardson effect. the phenomenon wherein electrons
emitted from a heated element within a vacuum tube will flow to a second element
that is connected to a positive potential,edison effect
short problem,how can a sheet of copper be made to emit electrons
thermionically?,by heating it
short problem,means two elements or two electrodes,diode
short problem,two elements of diode,cathode and plate
short problem,it is the electron-emitting element of a tube. these are usually
composed of special materials that are heated either directly or indirectly,cathode
short problem,discovered the electron,joseph john "j.j" thomson
short problem,demonstrated wireless telegraph,guglielmo marconi
short problem,an earlier name for a diode, or a two-electrode vacuum tube used as a
detector,fleming valve
short problem,who invented the fleming valve?,john ambrose fleming
short problem,name the two series circuits that exist in a diode circuit.,filament
and plate
short problem,before a diode will conduct, the cathode must be what polarity
relative to the plate?,negative
short problem,the diode cuts off plate current during the entire period of the
___,negative half-cycle
short problem,diode plate current flows during the ___. it changes value as the
plate voltage rises and falls,positive half-cycle
short problem,depends upon the current flow through the tube. because the cathode
is the only electron-emitting element in the tube, current can only flow in one
direction, from the cathode to the plate. for current to flow, the plate must be
positive relative to the cathode. when the plate is negative relative to the
cathode, current cannot flow within the tube. ,diode operation
short problem,its major purpose is to keep the vacuum in and the atmosphere out.
the main reason for this is that the heated filament would burn up in the
atmosphere. ,envelope
short problem,an alkali metal introduced into a vacuum tube during manufacture. it
is fired after the tube has been evacuated to react chemically with (and eliminate)
any remaining gases.,getter
short problem,having an output that does not rise or fall directly with the
input,nonlinear
short problem,having an output that varies in direct proportion to the input,linear
short problem,an electrical charge distributed throughout a volume or space,space
charge
short problem,the point where all (almost all) available electrons are being drawn
to the plate,plate saturation
short problem,the plate voltage change divided by the resultant plate current
change in a vacuum tube, all other conditions are being fixed. ,plate resistance
short problem,vacuum tubes are designed to operate in what portion of the Ep -Ip
curve?,linear portion
short problem,what value can be calculated from the values found on an Ep - Ip
curve?,plate resistant
short problem,the amount of power lost as heat in the plate of vacuum tube,plate
dissipation
short problem,the maximum instantaneous current that a tube can pass in the normal
direction (cathode to plate) without damage,peak current rating
short problem,this is the maximum voltage that can be applied to a tube in the
normal direction without a breakdown,peak voltage rating
short problem,this is the maximum voltage that can be applied to atube in the
reverse direction (plate negative with respect to the cathode) - exceeding this
will cause arc-cover from the plate to the cathode and will damagethe tube,peak
inverse voltage rating
short problem,the time required for an individual electron to move from the cathode
to the plate,transit time
short problem,it is basically a diode with a control grid mounted between the plate
and the cathode. the control grid gives the ___ the ability to amplify
signals,triode
short problem,added another active element to the diode in 1906 and eventually
called triode,dr. lee de forest
short problem,de forest decided to change the element between the cathode and the
plate. instead of a solid metal plate, he used a ___,wire mesh
short problem,what component is used in a triode amplifier to convert variations in
current flow to voltage variations?,plate load resistor
short problem,plate voltage dc value,Ep
short problem,plate supply voltage dc,Ebb
short problem,grid bias voltage dc value,Ec
short problem,grid bias supply voltage dc,Ecc
short problem,instantaneous plate voltage,eb
short problem,instantaneous grid voltage,ec
short problem,ac component of grid voltage,eg
short problem,ac component of plate voltage (anode),ep
short problem,dc plate current,Ip
short problem,dc plate resistance,Rp
short problem,grid resistance,Rg
short problem,cathode resistance,Rk
short problem,load resistance,Rl
short problem,the current that flows in the grid-to cathode circuit of a
vacuum,grid current
short problem,the condition of a circuit with no input signal applied,quiescent
short problem,for a circuit to be considered to be in the quiescent condition, what
normal operating voltage must be zero? ,input signal
short problem,it is calculated by dividing the output signal voltage by the input
signal voltage,voltage gain
short problem,occurs in a tube circuit any time the output waveform is not a
faithful reproduction of the input waveform.,distortion
short problem,if a large enough input signal is placed on the grid, a triode may be
driven into either plate-current cutoff or plate-current saturation. when this
occur, the tube is said to be ___,overdriven
short problem,it is reached in a triode when the voltages on the grid and plate
combine to draw all the electrons from the space charge,saturation
short problem,types of biasing in triode,fixed and self biasing
short problem,the grid-bias voltage is supplied from a power source external to the
circuit,fixed bias
short problem,the bias voltage is developed across a resistor in the cathode or
grid circuit by tube current.,self bias
short problem,two main methods of self-bias,cathode biasing and grid-leaking
biasing
short problem,the method of biasing a vacuum tube by placing the biasing resistor
in the common-cathode return circuit, thereby making the cathode more positive with
respect to ground,cathode bias
short problem,it is use to maintain the cathode bias voltage at a constant level by
bypassing the ac to the ground,capacitor
short problem,a high resistance connected across the grid capacitor or between the
grid and cathode. it provides a dc path to limit the accumulation of a charge on
the grid. ,grid-leak bias
short problem,two types of grid-leak bias commonly in use,shunt type and series
type
short problem,what type of bias requires constant current flow through the cathode
circuit of a triode?,cathode biasing
short problem,it is one in which conduction through the tube occurs throughout the
duration of the input signal,class A operation
short problem,it is one in which the tube conducts for more than half, but less
than the entire input cycle,class Ab operation
short problem,it is one in which the tube will conduct for only half of the input
signal duration,class B operation
short problem,are biased below cut-off, so that the tube will conduct for less than
half of the input signal cycle duration. ,class C
short problem,the behavior of the electron stream in a conducting tube is also
influenced by the physical structure of the tube. the effects that the physical
structure of a tube has on the tube's operation are collectively called ___,tube
constants
short problem,the amount of time the electrons take to travel from the cathode to
the plate,transit time
short problem,the ___ is a measure of circuit efficiency, not tube
efficiency,voltage gain
short problem,it is created by the naturally ocurring capacitance between elements
in a vacuum tube. one effect of ___ is to feed back a portion of the output of a
triode to the input. this effect is a prime-limiting factor in applying triodes. it
is a major reason why triodes are seldom used-- especially at the higher
frequencies,interelectrode capacitance
short problem,were developed to compensate for the effects of interelectrode
capacitance. placing a positively charged screen grid between the control grid and
plate has the effect of adding a capacitor in series with the capacitance that
exists between the control grid and plate,tetrode
short problem,___ of electrons from the plate is caused by the acceleration of
electrons by the screen grid. this causes the performance of a tetrode to be
degraded. in qddition to reduced amplitude, the output signals become
noisy.,secondary emission
short problem,the liberation of electrons from an element, other than the cathode,
as a result of being stuck by other high-velocity electrons,secondary emission
short problem,what undesirable effect does the screen grid in a tetrode
create?,secondary emission and noise
short problem,___ do not suffer from the effects of secondary emission. this is
because a negatively charged suppression grid placed between the screen grid and
plate forces any electrons emitted back to the plate. ,pentodes
short problem,it is placed between the screen grid and the plate,suppressor grid
short problem,multi-unit, multi-electrode, beam power, power pentode,,special-
purpose tubes
short problem,were developed to reduce the size of vacuum tube circuits.
incorporating more than one tube in the same envelope allowed the size of a vacuum
tube circuit to be reduced considerably. while a single envelope may contain two or
more tubes, these tubes are independent of each other,multi-unit tubes
short problem,an electron tube that is normally classified according to the number
of grids. (it contains nore than three grids),multi-electrode tube
short problem,an electeode of a CRT that is equivalent to the cathode and control
grid of conventional tubes. it produces a highly concentrated stream of
electrons,electron gun
short problem,the name given to the potentiometer used to vary the potential
applied to the control grid of a CRT,brightness control
short problem,in the CRT, this anode serves a dual purpose of attracting elecreons
from the area of the control grid and focusing the electrons into a beam. its
function of attracting electrons from the area of the grid is similar to the action
of plate in a conventional tube. the focusing action of the anode is similar to
that performed by beam-forming plates in the beamforming tetrode. bear in mind
though, those beamforming plates are negatively charged and repel electrons into
electron sheet. while the ___ is positively charged and attracts electeons into the
beam,focusing anode
short problem,in the CRT, the anode is used to accelerate the electrons toward the
front of the tube. its action is similar to the screen grid of tetrodes and
pentodes. but remember, while the screen grid in conventional tubes accelerates
electron towards the plate, its primary purpose is to reduce interelectrode
capacitance, not accelerate electrons.,accelerating anode
short problem,also called the face, is a unique element of the CRT. when struck by
electrons, the phosphor coating becomes luminous or glows, thus enabling the tube
to visually present electronic signals.,CRT screen
short problem,the material used to convert the electrons' energy into visible
light,phosphor
short problem,the duration of time a display remains on the face of a CRT.
,persistence
short problem,in the CRT, this coating performs the same function as the suppressor
grid in conventional tubes; namely, eliminating the effects of secondary emission.
in conventional tubes, the suppressor grid is negatively charged and repels
secondary emission electrons baxk to the plate. in the CRT, the aquadag is
positively charged and attracts secondary emission away from the screen,aquadag
coating
short problem,the method of deflecting an electron beam by passing it between
parallel charged plates mounted inside a cathode-ray tube,electrostatic deflection
short problem,two pairs of parallel electrodes, one pair set forward of the other
and at right angles to each other, parallel to the axis of the electron stream
withun an electeostatic cathoderay tube,deflection plates
title,neets 6
category,competency appraisal
color,-6710785