control electrode

control electrode

[kən′trōl i′lek‚trōd]
(electronics)
An electrode used to initiate or vary the current between two or more electrodes in an electron tube.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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At the charging voltage of high-voltage impulse capacitors of this CSE is equal to [U.sub.gc]=[+ or -] 29.1 kV and the energy stored in them is [W.sub.g] = 147 kJ, the working air gap between the control electrode of the HVCAS and its potential main electrode is [l.sub.c1][approximately equal to]9 mm, and from the non-potential side The main electrode of the switch, the working air gap was [l.sub.c1][approximately equal to]4.5 mm.
Using the green beam to switch the orange output beam from weak to strong is analogous to the way a transistor's control electrode switches a current between "on" and "off" voltages, and hence the 0s and 1s of digital data.
They did discuss problems with values when the control electrode is placed on the chest and for this reason we typically use the patient's upper arm.
Sheathing the lower third of each nanowire with a control electrode yielded transistors that waste less power than conventional designs do, says Lund team leader Lars Samuelson.
To give surgeons greater control over this last procedure, thermal modification, Gyrus developed a specialized thermal control electrode. In thermal modification, the surgeon wants to heat connective tissue only to a temperature that will cause it to contract and tighten a joint.
These behave like normal silicon rectifiers until a small signal is applied to the control electrode, at which time conduction occurs.
When the third control electrode of the discharger was used the charge voltage of the capacitor bank was controlled by the autotransformer.
There, a layer of silicon dioxide serves as an electrical insulator, or dielectric, preventing unwanted vertical current flow between the control electrode, known as the gate, and the underlying silicon.
Ring-shaped piezoelectric transducer is composed of two groups of control electrodes, with one group inducing rotation of the rotor, while the other initiates motion of opposite direction under operational regime voltage supply.
It was also apparent that the design of the blender, with its restricted internal space and minimal access through the body (one 10 mm diameter hole) meant that our normal range of static control electrodes could not be used.

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