thermionic rectifier
21Valve amplifier — A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that make use of vacuum tubes instead of solid state semiconductor devices (such as transistors). As any other electronic amplifier they serve to increase the power and/or… …
22X-ray tube — An X ray tube is a vacuum tube that produces X rays. They are used in X ray machines. X rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, an ionizing radiation with wavelengths shorter than ultraviolet light. X ray tubes evolved from experimental… …
23Guglielmo Marconi — Born 25 April 1874(1874 04 25) Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna …
24Transistor — For other uses, see Transistor (disambiguation). Assorted discrete transistors. Packages in order from top to bottom: TO 3, TO 126, TO 92, SOT 23 A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and power. It… …
25Varistor — A 385 volt metal oxide varistor A varistor is an electronic component with a diode like nonlinear current–voltage characteristic. The name is a portmanteau of variable resistor. Varistors are often used to protect circuits against excessive… …
26Valve (disambiguation) — A valve is a device that regulates the flow of fluids.Valve may also refer to: * Valve Corporation, a computer software/games company responsible for the best selling Half Life games * Valve hall, a building which contains the valves of the… …
27circuit — Synonyms and related words: O, air lane, alentours, ambages, ambience, ambit, amplifier circuit, annular muscle, annulus, arena, areola, arsis, association, astable circuit, aureole, back to back switching circuit, bailiwick, beat, booking,… …
28circuitry — Synonyms and related words: amplifier circuit, astable circuit, back to back switching circuit, circling, circuition, circuitousness, circularity, circulation, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, circumflexion, circumlocution,… …
29printed circuit — Synonyms and related words: amplifier circuit, astable circuit, back to back switching circuit, break, broken circuit, circuit, circuital field, circuitry, closed circuit, complete circuit, coupling circuit, dead circuit, equivalent circuit, flip …
30thyristor — [θʌɪ rɪstə] noun Electronics a four layered semiconductor rectifier in which the flow of current between two electrodes is triggered by a signal at a third electrode. Origin 1950s: blend of thyratron, denoting a kind of thermionic valve (from Gk… …
