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21Magic eye tube — EM11 tuning eye A magic eye tube gives a visual indication for audio output, radio frequency signal strength, or other functions. It is also called a cat s eye, or tuning eye tube. These tubes were used by radio receivers from around 1936 onwards …
22Linear amplifier — A linear amplifier is an electronic circuit whose output is proportional to its input, but capable of delivering more power into a load. The term usually refers to a type of radio frequency (RF) power amplifier, some of which have output power… …
23Valve audio amplifier — A valve (UK) audio amplifier or vacuum tube (US) audio amplifier is a valve amplifier used for sound recording, reinforcement, or reproduction. Until the invention of solid state devices such as the transistor, all electronic amplification was… …
24Video camera tube — In older video cameras, before the mid to late 1980s, a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a charge coupled device (CCD) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal. Several types were in use from the 1930s to the… …
25Variable-gain amplifier — A variable gain or voltage controlled amplifier is an electronic amplifier that varies its gain depending on a control voltage (often abbreviated CV). VCAs have many applications, including audio level compression, synthesizers and amplitude… …
26Magnetic amplifier — The magnetic amplifier (colloquially known as a mag amp ) is an electromagnetic device for amplifying electrical signals. The magnetic amplifier was invented early in the 20th century, and was used as an alternative to vacuum tube amplifiers… …
27Inductive output tube — The inductive output tube or IOT is a variety of vacuum tube which evolved in the 1980s to meet increasing efficiency requirements for high power RF amplifiers. The primary commercial use of IOTs is in UHF television transmitters, where they have …
28Audio amplifier — An audio amplifier is an electronic amplifier that amplifies low power audio signals (signals composed primarily of frequencies between 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz, the human range of hearing) to a level suitable for driving loudspeakers and is the… …
29High voltage — The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements. High voltage is used in electrical power distribution, in cathode ray tubes, to generate X… …
30Crossed-field amplifier — A crossed field amplifier (CFA) is a specialized vacuum tube, first introduced in the mid 1950s and frequently used as a microwave amplifier in very high power transmitters. Raytheon engineer William C. Brown s work to adapt magnetron principles… …
