receiver diode
1diode — /duy ohd/, n. Electronics. a device, as a two element electron tube or a semiconductor, through which current can pass freely in only one direction. [1919; DI 1 + ODE2] * * * Electronic device that has two electrodes (anode and cathode) and that… …
2Superheterodyne receiver — A 5 tube superheterodyne receiver made in Japan around 1955 In electronics, a superheterodyne receiver (sometimes shortened to superhet) uses frequency mixing or heterodyning to convert a received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency, which… …
3Reflectional receiver — A Reflectional radio receiver (also called a reflex radio) is a radio receiver design in which the same amplifier is used for both the high frequency radio (RF) and low frequency sound (AF) signals. The radio signal from the output of the… …
4Directly amplifying receiver — The Directly amplifying radio receiver is one example of the many different possible designs for a radio receiver. It contains a radio resonance filter, followed by a two stage radio frequency (RF) amplifier, a diode detector, and a sound (audio) …
5Russian tube designations — Receiver tubes = In the 1950s a 5 element system (GOST 5461 59, later 13393 76) was adopted in the (then) Soviet Union for designating receiver vacuum tubes.The 1st element (from left to right) is (for receiving tubes) a number specifying… …
6Crystal radio — Crystal set redirects here. For the Australian rock band, see The Crystal Set. A modern reproduction of an antique crystal set. It is tuned to different stations by moving the sliding contact (right) up and down the tuning coil (red). The device… …
7Vacuum tube — This article is about the electronic device. For experiments in an evacuated pipe, see free fall. For the transport system, see pneumatic tube. Modern vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube (in North… …
8radio — /ray dee oh /, n., pl. radios, adj., v., radioed, radioing. n. 1. wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio. 2. an apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio broadcasts. 3. a message transmitted by radio. adj. 4. pertaining …
9List of vacuum tubes — This is a list of vacuum tubes or thermionic valves. Before the advent of semiconductor devices, hundreds of tube types were used in consumer and industrial electronics; today only a few types are still used in specialized applications. Contents… …
10Remote control — For other uses, see Remote control (disambiguation). A television remote control unit (RCU) A remote control is a component of an electronics device, most commonly a television set, used for operating the television device wireless …
