How Vacuum Tubes Work

Uses diagrams and models to show the construction and operation of vaccuum tubes. Describes the filament and plate of a diode, shows that current can move only from filament to plate, and explains how diodes thus function as rectifiers of alternating current. Describes construction of a triode and explains how it operates to amplify electrical impulses.

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Directed by
Peter Robinson
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Uses diagrams and models to show the construction and operation of vaccuum tubes. Describes the filament and plate of a diode, shows that current can move only from filament to plate, and explains how diodes thus function as rectifiers of alternating current. Describes construction of a triode and explains how it operates to amplify electrical impulses., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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