control-grid bias

  • 1Grid bias — is a DC voltage applied to electron tubes (or valves in British English) with three electrodes or more, such as triodes. The control grid (usually the first grid) of these devices is used to control the electron flow from the heated cathode to… …

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  • 2grid bias — n. a steady, direct current voltage applied to the control grid of an electron tube to make it negative with respect to the cathode …

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  • 3Control grid — The control grid is an electrode used in thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) used to modulate the flow of electrons in the cathode to anode or plate circuit. Contents 1 Operation 2 Construction 3 Effects of grid position …

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  • 4grid bias — noun Electronics a fixed voltage applied between the cathode and the control grid of a thermionic valve which determines its operating conditions …

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  • 5grid bias — noun : a small constant component of the grid potential in a vacuum tube that is usually negative for ordinary triode control grids …

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  • 6Bias (disambiguation) — Bias is an inclination towards something, or a predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, or predilection. Bias may also refer to:In science and statistics: * Bias (statistics), the systematic distortion of a statistic ** A biased sample… …

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  • 7Grid-leak detector — A grid leak detector is a combination diode rectifier and audio amplifier used as a detector in vacuum tube A.M. radio receivers. In the circuit, the grid of the detector usually a low mu or medium mu triode is connected to the secondary of the… …

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  • 8grid — n. 1 a framework of spaced parallel bars; a grating. 2 a system of numbered squares printed on a map and forming the basis of map references. 3 a network of lines, electric power connections, gas supply lines, etc. 4 a pattern of lines marking… …

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  • 9DC bias — When describing a periodic function in the frequency domain, the DC bias, DC component, DC offset, or DC coefficient is the mean value of the waveform (possibly scaled according to the norm of the corresponding basis function of the frequency… …

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  • 10c-bias — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: usually capitalized C : the voltage applied to the control grid of a vacuum tube to make it negative with respect to the cathode * * * /see buy euhs/, n. Electronics. See grid bias …

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