Inside The Vacuum Tube
By: by John F. Rider ... Illustrated by Baxter Rowe.
Publisher: J. F. Rider, inc.
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Vacuum-tubes.
Notes: Colored spactacles in pocket.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: Chapter 1. INTRODUCING THE ELECTRON— 1.; title: The Electron— 2. The  Atomic Theory — 4. Matter Can be Transformed — 6. The Atom — 7. The  Molecule — 8. The Atom Too is a Structure— 9. The Modern Idea— 11.  Conductors and Insulators — 13. Ions and Ionization — 13. Atomic Spacing — 16.; title: Chapter 2. ELECTRON EMISSION— 19.; title: Electron Emission Caused by  Energy Conversion — 21. Thermionic Emission — 24. The Indirectly  Heated Cathode— 26. Types of Electron Emitters— 27.; title: Chapter 3. MOVEMENT OF CHARGES — 30.; title: The Positive Ion— 32. The  Negative Ion — 33. Laws of Attraction and Repulsion — 34. Electrostatic  Fields — 35. Radial and Parallel Electrostatic Fields — 36. Direction of  Lines of Force — 37. Forces Present in the Radial Electrostatic Field — 38.  Electrostatic Field Between Parallel Plates — 39. Distribution of Charges  — 41. The Force Between Two Parallel Plates — 43. Relation of Force,  Voltage, and Plate Separation — 45. Controlling the Force by a Third  Charged Body — 47.; title: Chapter 4. SPACE CHARGE AND PLATE CURRENT — 51.; title: Electrons  Leave the Cathode — 52. Electrons in Space — 53. Space Charge — 55.  Density of Space Charge — 56. Current is Space-Charge-Limited — 58.  Plate Current — 58. Fields Between Cathode and Plate — 61. Electrons To  and From the Space Charge — 62. Negative Voltage upon the Plate — 64.; title: Chapter 5. FUNDAMENTALS OF TUBE CHARACTERISTICS— 66.; title: Vacuum Tube Relationships — 67. Characteristic Curves — 68. Expression  of Relationship of Characteristic Curves — 70. Characteristics Have Two  Variables — 71. Linear and Non-Linear Characteristics — 73. Static and  Dynamic Characteristics — 75. Number of Characteristics for Each Tube  — 76. Families of Curves — 77. Resistance Within a Vacuum Tube — 78.  Power in Vacuum Tubes — 79.; title: Chapter 6. THE DIODE— 81.; title: Cathode and Filament Structure— 83. Directly and Indirectly Heated Tubes — 83. Function of the Diode — 87.  Electron Flow and Current Flow — 87. Plate Current in the Diode — 89.  Contact Potential — 91. Determination of Diode Behaviour — 92. Emitter  Temperature — Plate Current Characteristic — 92. Plate Voltage — Plate  Current Characteristic — 96. Resistance of the Diode — 99. D-C Plate Resistance of the Diode — 100. A-C Plate Resistance of the Diode — 104.   Static and Dynamic Diode Characteristics— 107. A-C Applied to the   Diode Plate— 110.; title: Chapter 7. THE TRIODE — 112.; title: Grid Structure— 113. The Function of the  Triode — 114. Input and Output Circuits of the Triode — 115. The Triode  Operating Potentials — 117. Electrostatic Fields in the Triode — 119. Negative Voltage on the Grid — 120. Positive Voltage on the Grid — 124. Zero  Voltage on the Grid— 127. "Free" Grid— 128. Summary of Voltages. Applied to the Grid— 130. Why the Grid Bias— 131.; title: Chapter 8. STATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TRIODES — 136.; title: Triode  Circuit Element Notations — 137. Grid Voltage — Plate Current Characteristic Curves — 139. How the Curve is Developed — 139. How the Curve is  Used — 143. The Point of Operation — 145. E e — I P Curve for Tungsten-  Filament Tube — 147. Grid Family of Characteristic Curves — 151. What  the Grid Family of Curves Shows — 155. Plate Voltage — Plate Current  Characteristics (Static Plate Family) — 156. Tube Constants — 160. Amplification Factor — 161. Determining the Amplification Factor — 162. Determining fj. from the Plate Family — 165. Amplification Factor of Triodes —  167. Plate Resistance — 167. Finding the A-C Plate Resistance — 168.  Using the Plate Family in Finding A-C Plate Resistance — 171. Transconductance — 173. Transconductance from Grid Family — 174. Importance  of Transconductance — 175. Transconductance from Plate Family — 177.  Relation Between g m , r p , and p — 179. Interdependence of g m , r p , and /x —  182.; title: Chapter 9. TRIODE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND LOAD  LINES — 185.; title: General Load Effects— 186. The Basic Triode Circuit—  187. Plate and Load Resistances in Series — 189. The Plate Voltage, e b —  190. The Effect of the Load— 191. Varying the Grid Voltage— 191. Introducing the Load Line — 193. Resistances Graphically Represented — 193.  Linear and Non-Linear Resistances — 197. Load Line Construction — 198.  Meaning of the Load Line — 199. Dynamic Transfer Characteristic — 203.  Construction of Dynamic Transfer Characteristic — 204. The Value of the  Load Resistor — 207. Effects of Different Loads — 208. Effects of Resistance  on Dynamic Transfer Characteristics — 213.; title: Chapter 10. DYNAMIC TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS— 217.; title: Electrode Voltages Determine Fields — 218. Influence of Grid Voltage on Plate  Current — 219. Initial Operating Point and Quiescent Value of Plate Cur-  rent — 221. Location of the Operating Point — 222. Magnitude of the Signal Voltage — 226. Output Plate Current and Input Signal Voltage — 229.  Graphical Representation of Input Voltage and Output Current — 229.  Comparison of Input and Output Waves — 233. Similarity of Output Current to A-C Wave — 235. Variation of Amplitude of A-C Wave with Time  — 236. Non-linearity of Characteristic Causes Distortion of Output — 239.  Operation on Linear Portion of Characteristic — 240.; title: Chapter 11. VOLTAGE AMPLIFICATION— 244.; title: Computing the Instantaneous Plate Voltage — 245. Graphical Method of Finding Instantaneous  Plate Voltage — 246. The Voltage Amplification A, — 250. Determining  Voltage Amplification Graphically — 251. The A-C Components — 252.   Plate Circuit Theorem — 254. Determining Voltage Amplification — 256.  Input and Output Phase Relationships — 261. Optimum Value of Load  Resistor — 268. Phase Relations Again — 269. When the Grid Swings Positive — 271. Influence of the Grid Resistor — 274. Production of Square  Waves— 279.; title: Chapter 12. THE TETRODE AND PENTODE VACUUM TUBES— 281.; title: The Tetrode— 282. Tetrode Characteristic Curves— 287. The Pentode  Suppressor Grid — 294. Pentode Plate Family — 296. Amplification Constant  — 298. Plate Resistance — 298. Transconductance — 298. Load Resistor — 299.  Voltage Amplification — 300. Screen-Grid Voltage — 301. Plate Load Resistor — 306. Typical Pentode Characteristics — 311. Pentodes Connected  as Triodes — 316.; title: Chapter 13. THE CATHODE CIRCUIT— 317.; title: Self-Bias— 318. Effect of  Unbypassed Cathode Resistor — 319. Cathode Resistor Bypass Condenser  — 321. Determining Value of Cathode Resistor — 322. Plate Family for  Tube with Unbypassed Cathode Resistor — 327. The Cathode Follower —  332.; title: Chapter 14. POWER AMPLIFIERS — 339.; title: Definition of Power— 340. Plate  Dissipation — 341. Other Boundaries — 345. Power Output — 345. Distortion — 347. Power Output vs. Plate Dissipation — 347. Pentode Power  Amplifier— 352. Beam Power Tube— 356.; title: Chapter 15. MISCELLANEOUS VACUUM TUBES— 361.; title: Vacuum Tube  and Tube Socket Construction — 362. Vacuum Tube Designations — 368.  Multi-Purpose Tubes— 373. Variable Mu or Supercontrol Tube— 375.  Acorn Tubes — 379. Cathode-ray Tubes — 382. Visual Indicator Tubes —  393. Gas-Filled Tubes— 396. Photoelectric Cells— 400.; title: Appendix.; title: Typical Plate Voltage — Plate Current Characteristic Curves —  405. Letter Symbols — 406.