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Basic Theory and Application of Electron Tubes

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CHAPTER 1. ELECTRON TUBES-THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND USE Introduction - 1, Importance to communication - 1, Early experimenters - 2, Tube types - 4, Tube functions - 5, Summary - 8, Review questions - 8.

CHAPTER 2. ELECTRON EMISSION Basic theory of electron emission - 9, Thermionic emission - 11, Other types of electron emission - 11, Types of emitters - 12, Materials used - 13, Summary - 14, Review questions -12.

CHAPTER 3. DIODES Construction - 15, Operation - 17, Space charge - 20, Vacuum-tube characteristics - 24, Linear and nonlinear characteristics - 26, Static and dynamic characteristics - 27, Family of curves - 27, Plate-current emitter-temperature characteristic - 28, Plate-current plate-voltage characteristic - 29, D-c plate resistance of diode - 31, A-c plate resistance of diode - 33, Static and dynamic diode characteristics - 34, Uses - 36, Types - 36, Electron transit time - 36, Summary - 38, Review questions - 38.

CHAPTER 4. TRIODES Control grid - 40, Input, output, and cathode circuits of triode - 44, Electrostatic field in triode - 45, Negative voltage on control grid - 46, Positive voltage on grid - 47, Summary of control-grid action - 48, Additional characteristics - 49, Bias, signal voltage, and plate current - 50, Characteristic curve - 52, Triode circuit notations - 52, Static plate-current grid-voltage characteristics - 52, Grid family of characteristic curves - 56, Static plate-current plate-voltage characteristics - 59, Tube constants - 60. Amplification factor - 46, Finding mu from plate families - 47, Plate resistance - 48, 63, Transconductance (mutual conductance) - 49, Relation between mu, Rp and Gm - 59, Dynamic characteristics of a triode - 51, Load line - 52, Dynamic transfer characteristics - 53, Effect of different loads - 54, Simple triode amplifier - 55, Operating point - 56, Interelectrode capacitances - 57, Summary - 58, Review questions - 59.

CHAPTER 5. MULTIELECTRODE TUBES - Tetrodes General - 60, Tetrode - 61, Plate-current plate-voltage characteristic curves - 62, Constants of tetrodes - 63, Advantages and disadvantages of tetrode - 64, Pentodes Physical construction - 65, Pentode circuit - 66, Characteristic curves - 67, Constants of pentodes - 68, Dynamic transfer characteristic - 69, Beam power tubes - 70, Pentodes as triodes - 71, Variable mu tubes - 72, Multigrid and multiunit tubes Multigrid tubes - 73, Multiunit or dual-purpose tubes - 74, Summary - 75, Review questions - 76.

CHAPTER 6. AMPLIFICATION General - 77, Class A operation - 78, Class B operation - 79, Class AB operation - 80, Class C operation - 81, Push-pull operation - 82, Table of characteristics - 83, Phase relationships in amplifiers - 84, Methods of biasing - 85, Summary - 86, Review questions - 87.

CHAPTER 7. AMPLIFIER GAIN AND COUPLING Introduction - 88, Resistance-capacitance coupling - 89, Gain of an R-C coupled amplifier - 90, R-C-L coupling network - 91, Transformer coupling - 92, Tuned-circuit coupling - 93, Direct coupling - 94, Gain by measurement - 95, Distortion - 96, Feedback in amplifiers - 140, Summary - 141, Review questions - 142.

CHAPTER 8. RECTIFIERS AND DETECTORS - Power rectification General - 144, Power rectification - 144, Half-wave diode rectifier - 145, Full-wave diode rectifier - 146, Rectifier tubes - 147, Signal rectification, Radio communication - 148, Detection - 150, Diode detector - 151, Other types of detectors - 152, Detector characteristics - 153, Summary and questions , Summary - 152, Review questions - 153.

CHAPTER 9. OSCILLATORSIntroduction - 154, Conditions for oscillation - 154, Types of oscillators - 159, Heterodyne principle - 163, Summary - 163, Review questions - 164.

CHAPTER 10. TRANSMITTING TUBES, Difference between transmitting and receiving tubes - 165, Construction of transmitter, tubes - 166, Transmitting-tube applications - 170, Tuning procedure - 189, Summary - 190, Review questions - 191.

CHAPTER 11. THER TUBES, Gas-filled tubes - 193, Phototubes - 197, Electron-ray indicators - 199, Tubes for high frequencies - 199, Microwave tubes - 200, Cathode-ray tubes - 202, Summary - 203, Review questions - 203.

CHAPTER 12. TUBE MANUAL, Electron-tube electrode connections - 204, Electron-tube type designation - 206, Information in tube manual - 207, Uses of tube manual - 208, Summary - 209, Review questions - 209.

APPENDIX. LETTER SYMBOLS - 210

INDEX - 211

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  • KEY TOPICS
  • Electron tubes use
  • Electron emission
  • Diodes
  • Triodes
  • The triode
  • Multielectrode tubes
  • Amplification
  • Rectifiers and detectors
  • Oscillators
  • Transmitting tubes
  • Amplifier gain and coupling
  • Tube manual
  • BOOK SPECIFICATION
  • paperback
  • black and white print
  • 405 pages
  • 138mm x 212mm
  • 350g
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