Vacuum Tube Oscillators

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Electronic Oscillator
gptkbp:advantage High Output Power
gptkbp:application Audio Signal Generation
Radio Transmitters
Test Equipment
gptkbp:component gptkb:Capacitor
Inductor
Resistor
Resonant Circuit
Vacuum Tube Pentode
Vacuum Tube Triode
gptkbp:developedBy 1910s
gptkbp:feedbackMechanism Positive Feedback
gptkbp:frequency Audio to Radio Frequencies
gptkbp:hasComponent gptkb:Vacuum_Tube
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 20th Century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vacuum Tube Oscillators
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Edwin_Armstrong
gptkbp:maintenance Tube Replacement
gptkbp:notableDisadvantage Large Size
Heat Generation
High Power Consumption
Limited Lifespan
gptkbp:output AF Signal
RF Signal
Sine Wave
Square Wave
gptkbp:powerSource High Voltage DC Supply
gptkbp:reliability Lower than Solid State
gptkbp:replacedBy Transistor Oscillators
gptkbp:type gptkb:Colpitts_Oscillator
gptkb:Hartley_Oscillator
gptkb:Phase_Shift_Oscillator
gptkb:Tuned_Plate-Tuned_Grid_Oscillator
gptkb:Wien_Bridge_Oscillator
gptkbp:usedIn Radar Systems
Frequency Synthesizers
Broadcast Transmitters
Communication Equipment
Early Computers
Early Radios
Laboratory Equipment
Oscilloscopes
Signal Generators
Signal Modulators
Television Transmitters
Test Oscillators
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MIT_Radiation_Laboratory_Series_(books)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6