Thyratron (4511 bytes)
1: ...ations) [[hydrogen]]. Unlike a [[vacuum tube]], a thyratron cannot be used to [[amplify]] signals linearly.
3: ...used in pulsed [[radar]]s, next to miniature 2D21 thyratron used to trigger [[relay]]s in [[jukebox]]es]]
5: ...on in gas tubes, circa 1914. The first commercial thyratrons didn't appear until circa 1928.
7: ...form within other parts of the tube. The gas in a thyratron is typically at a fraction of the pressure of air...
9: ... electrode is more sensitive. Once turned on, the thyratron will remain on (conducting) as long as there is a...

Inductive output tube (874 bytes)
1: ...ggers a [[crowbar]] circuit based on a hydrogen [[thyratron]] in the high-voltage supply. IOTs are also used...

Cold cathode (1094 bytes)
3: ...in [[neon signage]]. Other examples include the [[thyratron]], [[krytron]], [[sprytron]], and [[ignitron]] tu...

Crowbar (1252 bytes)
8: ...ntly implemented using an [[Thyristor|SCR]] (or [[thyratron]]) as the shorting device. Once triggered, they d...

Ignitron (1267 bytes)
8: * [[Thyratron]]

Pulse forming network (1839 bytes)
1: ...forming network circuit for storing energy in a [[thyratron]] modulator uses essentially a short section of a...

IGBT transistor (1505 bytes)
5: ...ey are starting to supersede older devices like [[thyratron]]s and [[spark gap]]s.

Gas filled tube (1849 bytes)
7: Some important examples include the [[thyratron]], [[krytron]], and [[ignitron]] tubes.

Thyristor (5265 bytes)
13: ...tch a large current. It is from a combination of "thyratron" and "[[transistor]]" that the term "thyristor" i...

Dimmer (6540 bytes)
9: [[Thyristor]] (and briefly, [[thyratron]]) dimmers were introduced to solve some of these...

Atanasoff Berry Computer (5992 bytes)
3: ...) of wire, 280 dual-triode [[vacuum tube]]s, 31 [[thyratron]]s, and was about the size of a desk.

Colossus computer (11632 bytes)
21: ...state-of-the-art [[vacuum tube]]s ([[valve]]s), [[thyratron]]s and [[photomultiplier]]s to optically read a p...

Vacuum tube (22208 bytes)
51: ...s will [[ion]]ize at predictable voltages. The [[thyratron]] is a special-purpose tube filled with low-press...

Timeline of computing 750 BC-1949 (29443 bytes)
110: ...E. Wynn-Williams, at [[Cambridge, England]], uses thyratron tubes to construct a binary digital counter for u...

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