Open AccessModels for Automated Tube Performance Calculations
Author(s) -
C. Brunkhorst
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/809956
Subject(s) - subroutine , tube (container) , amplifier , vacuum tube , computer science , electrical impedance , set (abstract data type) , voltage , process (computing) , power (physics) , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , physics , operating system , programming language , quantum mechanics , cmos
High power radio-frequency systems, as typically used in fusion research devices, utilize vacuum tubes. Evaluation of vacuum tube performance involves data taken from tube operating curves. The acquisition of data from such graphical sources is a tedious process. A simple modeling method is presented that will provide values of tube currents for a given set of element voltages. These models may be used as subroutines in iterative solutions of amplifier operating conditions for a specific loading impedance