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Gas-filled tube, electrical switch, rectifier
A thyratron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a high-power electrical switch and controlled rectifier. Thyratrons can handle much greater currents than
Thyratron
Assembly of electrodes at either end of an insulated tube filled with gas
lamps, and neon lights. Specialized gas-filled tubes such as krytrons, thyratrons, and ignitrons are used as switching devices in electric devices. The
Gas-filled_tube
Small engine ignition system
hobbyists had built CD ignitions throughout the 1950s using thyratrons. However, thyratrons were unsuitable for use in automobiles for two reasons. They
Capacitor_discharge_ignition
triode thyratron, one starter electrode, may need illumination for proper operation if not radioactively primed U – Low-power tetrode thyratron, may mean:
List_of_vacuum_tubes
Gas-filled tube used as a high-speed switch
intended for use as a very high-speed switch, somewhat similar to the thyratron. It consists of a sealed glass tube with four electrodes. A small triggering
Krytron
Automatic fuze that detonates an explosive at a predetermined distance
object, then it triggered the fourth tube – a gas-filled thyratron. Upon being triggered, the thyratron conducted a large current that set off the electrical
Proximity_fuze
Type of electrical circuit
circuits are frequently implemented using a thyristor, TRIAC, trisil or thyratron as the shorting device. Once triggered, they depend on the current-limiting
Crowbar_(circuit)
Type of solid-state switch
switched-mode power-supply circuit. An earlier gas-filled tube device called a thyratron provided a similar electronic switching capability, where a small control
Thyristor
Device that controls current between electrodes
version of the thyratron, which uses a pool of mercury for its cathode, is called an ignitron; some can switch thousands of amperes. Thyratrons containing
Vacuum_tube
Oscillator that produces a nonsinusoidal repetitive waveform
oscillators often used a negative resistance device with hysteresis such as a thyratron tube, neon lamp, or unijunction transistor, however today they are more
Relaxation_oscillator
Early British cryptanalysis computer
idea that the one to two thousand thermionic valves (vacuum tubes and thyratrons) proposed, could work together reliably, was greeted with great scepticism
Colossus_computer
Gas-filled tube used as a rectifier
but differ in the way the arc is ignited. They function similarly to thyratrons; a triggering pulse to the igniter electrode turns the device "on", allowing
Ignitron
the standby power is approximately one order of magnitude lower than in thyratrons. However, pseudospark switches have undesired plasma phenomena at low
Pseudospark_switch
Light source based on gas discharge
phosphored-thyratron matrix, as a stackable 625-color RGBA pixel for large video graphics arrays. Multiple-cathode and/or anode glow thyratrons called Dekatrons
Neon_lamp
Discrete device in an electronic system
(obsolete) X-ray tube – generates x-rays Gas discharge tube Ignitron Thyratron Obsolete: Mercury arc rectifier Voltage regulator tube Nixie tube Sources
Electronic_component
Method for power limiting
applied to AC voltages. It works by modulating a thyristor, SCR, triac, thyratron, or other such gated diode-like devices into and out of conduction at
Phase-fired_controller
Electric spark system to ignite a fuel-air mixture
year, with both the AutoLite Electric Transistor 201 and Tung-Sol EI-4 (thyratron capacitive discharge) being available. Pontiac became the first automaker
Ignition_system
Vacuum tube used for amplifying radio waves
the output cavities that trigger a crowbar circuit based on a hydrogen thyratron or a triggered spark gap in the high-voltage supply. The purpose of the
Inductive_output_tube
Circuit that produces electrical noise
circuit was similar to the one for spike / needle pulses. One miniature thyratron found an additional use as a noise source, when operated as a diode (grid
Noise_generator
Ship response to disturbance from an upright condition
the stabilizer fins, with the actuating instructions being generated by thyratron vacuum tubes. When a hull is designed, stability calculations are performed
Ship_stability
Object detection system using radio waves
supply, a pulse forming network, and a high voltage switch such as a thyratron. They generate short pulses of power to feed, e.g., the magnetron, a special
Radar
High-speed camera with an exposure time as brief as 10 nanoseconds
g., 2 microfarads at 1000 volts), into the coil via a trigatron or a thyratron switch. In electro-optical shutters, the active material is a liquid,
Rapatronic_camera
transparent numerals. To display a numeral, the calculator briefly flashes a thyratron light behind the required number when it spins into position. 1964 Monochrome
History_of_display_technology
Semiconductor diode
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Schottky_diode
Type of electric circuit
a load through a high-voltage switch, such as a spark gap or hydrogen thyratron. Repetition rates range from single pulses to about 104 per second. PFNs
Pulse-forming_network
Power amplifier
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Gate_driver
Type of electrode and part of cold cathode fluorescent lamp
cold-cathode switching tube were developed, including various types of thyratron, the krytron, cold-cathode displays (Nixie tube) and others. Voltage regulator
Cold_cathode
Solid-state electrically operated switch also used as an amplifier
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Transistor
System of identifying electrical power devices
Sump, or Suction (Valve) SOTF - Switch On To Fault T - Transformer or Thyratron TD - Time Delay TDC - Time-Delay Closing Contact TDDO - Time Delayed Relay
ANSI_device_numbers
Type of gas-filled tube used as a pulsed modulator device
consists of a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power semiconductor switches. This switch is capable
Crossatron
Activity involving calculations or computing machinery
using digital electronics in computing was the 1931 paper "The Use of Thyratrons for High Speed Automatic Counting of Physical Phenomena" by C. E. Wynn-Williams
Computing
pentodes and six diodes per cell. This cell could be replaced by one thyratron with a load resistor and an input capacitor, but the operating frequency
Invention of the integrated circuit
Invention_of_the_integrated_circuit
American electronics manufacturer
accelerator, and test stands. The machine also had about 28 small trigger thyratrons lost in their operations up to the report findings. Although, they were
Tung-Sol
Light dependent resistor
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Photoresistor
Chemical element with atomic number 80 (Hg)
Gaseous mercury is also found in some electron tubes, including ignitrons, thyratrons, and mercury arc rectifiers. It is also used in specialist medical care
Mercury_(element)
Electrode where reduction takes place
cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) used as backlights in laptops, thyratron tubes, and Crookes tubes. They do not necessarily operate at room temperature;
Cathode
Welsh physicist
prescaler for an electro-mechanical counter using thyratrons. By 1931 a valve amplifier and thyratron-based automatic counting system were in regular use
C._E._Wynn-Williams
Electrical device that converts AC to DC
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Rectifier
Electronic resistor
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Chua's_diode
Array of logic gates that are reprogrammable
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Field-programmable_gate_array
Type of field-effect transistor
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
JFET
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Trisil
Power released by a short pulse
converted per unit time Pulse-forming network – Type of electric circuit Thyratron – Gas-filled tube, electrical switch, rectifier Triggered spark gap –
Pulsed_power
Semiconductor diode
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Stabistor
Current flowing through an ionized gas
of the surface of the electrodes. Low-power switching (glow-discharge thyratrons), voltage stabilization, and lighting applications (e.g. Nixie tubes,
Electric_discharge_in_gases
Television that uses analog signals
There are many ways to create these oscillators. The earliest is the thyratron oscillator. Although it is known to drift, it makes a perfect sawtooth
Analog_television
Austrian entrepreneur, physicist, and inventor (1878–1913)
rather than demodulation of signals, and is a distant ancestor of the thyratron. After Lieben's death, the "Lieben valve", which is also known in English
Robert_von_Lieben
Type of electronic circuit
refrigerator-size cabinets) and complex pre-transistor switching regulator using thyratron gas-filled tubes, although they appear to be used as regulators rather
DC-to-DC_converter
Detonator fired by electric current
oil-filled, Mylar-foil, or ceramic) through a suitable switch (spark gap, thyratron, krytron, etc.) into the bridge wire. A very rough approximation for the
Exploding-bridgewire detonator
Exploding-bridgewire_detonator
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
List_of_RF_connector_types
triode thyratron, one starter electrode, may need illumination for proper operation if not radioactively primed U Low-power tetrode thyratron, may mean:
Mullard–Philips tube designation
Mullard–Philips_tube_designation
Electronic circuit formed on a small, flat piece of semiconductor material
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Integrated_circuit
Diode that emits light from an organic compound
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
OLED
Family of digital circuits
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
PMOS_logic
American electronics engineer and inventor (1901–1965)
the earliest designers of the triggered sweep oscilloscope using a gas thyratron vacuum tube (forerunner to the silicon controlled rectifier or SCR). This
Allen_B._DuMont
Electronic circuit using positive feedback
Foe identification equipment]. An example here is the miniature RK61 thyratron marketed in 1938, which was designed specifically to operate like a vacuum
Regenerative_circuit
Electrical safety device that provides overcurrent protection
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Fuse_(electrical)
Electronic device/component that increases the strength of a signal
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Amplifier
Pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices or functions
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Electronic_symbol
MOS field-effect transistor with more than one gate
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Multigate_device
Device for generating microwaves
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Cavity_magnetron
Electronic numeric display device
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Nixie_tube
150 red, and 300 blue floodlights, each 200 watts, all controlled by a thyratron. This gave the entire court a very colorful and mystical appearance after
Pacifica_(statue)
Conduction of electricity through an insulator under sufficiently high voltage
zener diodes, avalanche diodes, IMPATT diodes, mercury-vapor rectifiers, thyratron, ignitron, and krytron tubes, and spark plugs. Electrical breakdown is
Electrical_breakdown
19th century proposed mechanical computer
by patch cables and switches No Thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) and thyratrons Harvard Mark I – IBM ASCC (US) May 1944 Decimal Electro-mechanical Program-controlled
Analytical_engine
Optical diode invented by Jun-Ichi Nishizawa
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
PIN_diode
Type of electrical rectifier with a liquid cathode
an efficient rectifier. Hot-cathode, gas discharge tubes such as the thyratron may also achieve similar levels of efficiency but heated cathode filaments
Mercury-arc_valve
Two-terminal electronic component
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Diode
Electronic detecting or amplifying vacuum tube
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Audion
Devices that measure magnetic field strength using the Hall effect
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Hall_effect_sensor
(1968-08-01). "Demonstration of the Ramsauer-Townsend Effect in a Xenon Thyratron". American Journal of Physics. 36 (8): 701–703. Bibcode:1968AmJPh..36
Ramsauer–Townsend_effect
Nonlinear two-terminal fundamental circuit element
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Memristor
Early electronic digital computing device
approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) of wire, 280 dual-triode vacuum tubes, 31 thyratrons, and was about the size of a desk. It was not programmable, which distinguishes
Atanasoff–Berry_computer
Encrypted voice communication
developed and the digital sampling was done by circuits using the model 2051 Thyratron vacuum tube. Each SIGSALY terminal used 40 racks of equipment weighing
Secure_voice
Transversely excited atmospheric gas laser
capacitor rapidly switched across the laser electrodes using a spark gap or thyratron provided the high voltage pulses. These first "Pin-Bar" TEA lasers, operating
TEA_laser
Integrated circuit customized for a specific task
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Application-specific integrated circuit
Application-specific_integrated_circuit
Type of electronic circuit
the past negative resistance devices like the unijunction transistor, thyratron tube or neon lamp were used, today relaxation oscillators are mainly built
Electronic_oscillator
Semiconductor light source
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Light-emitting_diode
Vacuum tube used to display images
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Cathode_ray_tube
DC-DC voltage step-down power converter
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Buck_converter
Micro-electronic component
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
System_on_a_chip
Type of solid state switch
plasma physics, where they are starting to supersede older devices such as thyratrons and triggered spark gaps. High pulse ratings and low prices on the surplus
Insulated-gate bipolar transistor
Insulated-gate_bipolar_transistor
Electrical component that can break an electrical circuit
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Switch
Mechanical device to convert alternating current to direct current
were various vacuum/gas devices, such as the mercury arc rectifiers, thyratrons, ignitrons, and vacuum diodes. Solid-state technology was in its infancy
Mechanical_rectifier
different heater AC50, 4686 – 3 mAavg, 300 mApeak, Argon-filled triode thyratron, side-contact 8 base with grid on top cap, for relaxation oscillators
List of Mullard–Philips vacuum tubes
List_of_Mullard–Philips_vacuum_tubes
Type of resistor whose resistance varies with temperature
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Thermistor
Cryptographic device
source (most likely the well known behavior of the 6D4 miniature gas thyratron tube, when placed in a magnetic field). Twenty of the 32 possible counter
Hardware random number generator
Hardware_random_number_generator
Potential transistor-like device
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Spin_transistor
Central computer component that executes instructions
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Central_processing_unit
First successful type of transistor, developed in 1947
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Point-contact_transistor
Electronic component
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Capacitor
Earliest electronic computer design
characteristics, which allowed it to directly implement a two-input AND gate. Thyratrons were sometimes used, such as for driving I/O devices or to simplify design
Vacuum-tube_computer
City in Essex, England
and Microwave tube sections and they were producing ceramic hydrogen thyratrons as well. By this time EEV was the largest hi-tech manufacturing company
Chelmsford
CRTs designed for use as computer memory
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Storage_tube
techniques and is fully solid state with the exception of the magnetrons and thyratrons of the transmitters. The general designer of JY-9 is the head of 38th
JY-8_Radar
Diode that allows current to flow in the reverse direction at a specific voltage
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Zener_diode
Type of DC-to-DC converter
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Buck–boost_converter
Type of resistor, usually with three terminals
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Potentiometer
Highly sensitive semiconductor electronic device
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
Avalanche_photodiode
Technology for constructing integrated circuits
tubes Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc valve Nixie tube Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator tube Geiger–Müller tube Wire chamber Neon
CMOS
THYRATRON
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Boy/Male
Australian, German, Swedish, Teutonic
Archer; God is Merciful
Boy/Male
British, English, Swedish
Light
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Happy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a fair-minded man, from Middle English, Old French justice ‘justice’, ‘equity’, Latin iustitia, a derivative of iustus (see Just). It may also have been an occupational name for a judge, since this metonymic use of the word is attested from as early as the 12th century.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Prince
Female
Native American
Native American Algonquin name HURIT means "beautiful."
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Hungarian, Latin
Independent; Free Man; From France
Boy/Male
African, American, British, English, Jamaican
From the Wide Valley
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
River of Paradise
Girl/Female
Tamil
Jevaria | ஜேவாரியா
Prophet mohammads wife
THYRATRON
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