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Voltage-regulator tube

Index Voltage-regulator tube

A voltage-regulator tube (VR tube) is an electronic component used as a shunt regulator to hold a voltage constant at a pre-determined level. [1]

30 relations: Ampere, Avalanche diode, Capacitor, Cathode, Coaxial, Cold cathode, Corona discharge, Electric arc, Electric current, Electrical resistance and conductance, Electronics, Gas, Glow discharge, Hydrogen, Incandescent light bulb, Ionization, Negative resistance, Neon lamp, Radionuclide, Relaxation oscillator, Resistor, RETMA tube designation, Series and parallel circuits, Solid-state electronics, Tashkent University of Information Technologies, Thyratron, Vacuum tube, Voltage, Zener diode, Zener effect.

Ampere

The ampere (symbol: A), often shortened to "amp",SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units.

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Avalanche diode

In electronics, an avalanche diode is a diode (made from silicon or other semiconductor) that is designed to experience avalanche breakdown at a specified reverse bias voltage.

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Capacitor

A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores potential energy in an electric field.

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Cathode

A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device.

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Coaxial

In geometry, coaxial means that two or more three-dimensional linear forms share a common axis.

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Cold cathode

A cold cathode is a cathode that is not electrically heated by a filament.

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Corona discharge

A corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid such as air surrounding a conductor that is electrically charged.

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Electric arc

An electric arc, or arc discharge, is an electrical breakdown of a gas that produces an ongoing electrical discharge.

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Electric current

An electric current is a flow of electric charge.

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Electrical resistance and conductance

The electrical resistance of an electrical conductor is a measure of the difficulty to pass an electric current through that conductor.

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Electronics

Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).

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Glow discharge

A glow discharge is a plasma formed by the passage of electric current through a gas.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Incandescent light bulb

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to such a high temperature that it glows with visible light (incandescence).

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Ionization

Ionization or ionisation, is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons to form ions, often in conjunction with other chemical changes.

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Negative resistance

In electronics, negative resistance (NR) is a property of some electrical circuits and devices in which an increase in voltage across the device's terminals results in a decrease in electric current through it.

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Neon lamp

A neon lamp (also neon glow lamp) is a miniature gas discharge lamp.

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Radionuclide

A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is an atom that has excess nuclear energy, making it unstable.

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Relaxation oscillator

In electronics a relaxation oscillator is a nonlinear electronic oscillator circuit that produces a nonsinusoidal repetitive output signal, such as a triangle wave or square wave.

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Resistor

A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element.

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RETMA tube designation

The Radio Electronics Television Manufacturers' Association was formed in 1953, as a result of mergers with other trade standards organisations, such as the RMA.

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Series and parallel circuits

Components of an electrical circuit or electronic circuit can be connected in many different ways.

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Solid-state electronics

Solid-state electronics means semiconductor electronics; electronic equipment using semiconductor devices such as semiconductor diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits (ICs).

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Tashkent University of Information Technologies

Tashkent University of Information Technologies (Ташкентский Университет Информационных Технологий, often abbreviated ТАТУ, TUIT), in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is one of the largest universities in Uzbekistan.

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Thyratron

A thyratron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a high-power electrical switch and controlled rectifier.

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Vacuum tube

In electronics, a vacuum tube, an electron tube, or just a tube (North America), or valve (Britain and some other regions) is a device that controls electric current between electrodes in an evacuated container.

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Voltage

Voltage, electric potential difference, electric pressure or electric tension (formally denoted or, but more often simply as V or U, for instance in the context of Ohm's or Kirchhoff's circuit laws) is the difference in electric potential between two points.

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Zener diode

A Zener diode is a particular type of diode that, unlike a normal one, allows current to flow not only from its anode to its cathode, but also in the reverse direction, when the Zener voltage is reached.

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Zener effect

In electronics, the Zener effect (employed most notably in the appropriately named Zener diode) is a type of electrical breakdown, discovered by Clarence Melvin Zener.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage-regulator_tube

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