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An Analysis of Triode Valve Rectification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

S. E. A. Landale
S. E. A. Landale
Affiliation:
Corpus Christi College
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It is shown that a quartic equation may be found which expresses the grid characteristic of a valve accurately over a considerable range, and that for modern dull filament valves the grid current curve is exponential over only a very restricted length.

Expressions are given for calculating rectified current and the amplitude of harmonics produced by a simple grid rectifier when voltages of the following wave-forms are applied: E sin pt, (A + B sin nt), and (A + B cos mt + C cos nt)sin pt. Further, a formula is given from which we may calculate the rectified current produced by a cumulative grid rectifier when a voltage E sin pt is applied.

All these formulae are applicable if the grid characteristic, is parabolic, cubic, quartic or quintic in form.

It is also shown that when an acoustically modulated radio frequency voltage is applied to a cumulative grid rectifier, even if the valve has a parabolic grid characteristic, an infinite number of harmonics of the modulation frequency are produced. These harmonics are due to the. action of the grid leak and condenser. It appears, however, that in practice the amplitude of these harmonics will be very small compared with those produced, primarily, by the curvature of the grid characteristic.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1929 , pp. 355 - 367
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1929

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