of an alternating signal providing a pulsed rectifier, and if the grid is used to
allow, or prevent, electrons ever reaching the anode, we have a switch or
binary storage device.
Plate E.1 Structure of a triode vacuum tube. Additional grids give rise to ‘tetrode’,
‘pentode’ … valves etc. Diagram courtesy of https://www.commons.wikimedia.org, the
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allow, or prevent, electrons ever reaching the anode, we have a switch or
binary storage device.
Plate E.1 Structure of a triode vacuum tube. Additional grids give rise to ‘tetrode’,
‘pentode’ … valves etc. Diagram courtesy of https://www.commons.wikimedia.org, the
free media repository. Licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 2.5 Generic
License
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Appendix E: Thermionic Valves