FCC Exam Question: 6A125
A tube similar to a triode with the addition of a spirally wound screen grid between the plate and controlgrid is a:
Explanation: A tube with a spirally wound screen grid added between the control grid and the plate is a **Tetrode**. * **Triodes** have three elements: a cathode, a control grid, and a plate. They offer amplification but suffer from relatively high interelectrode capacitance between the plate and control grid, which can cause instability at higher frequencies. * The **Tetrode** introduces a fourth element, the screen grid, positioned between the control grid and the plate. This screen grid, typically held at a positive DC potential, significantly reduces the plate-to-control grid capacitance. This reduction improves high-frequency performance and increases the tube's amplification factor by isolating the control grid from the plate's voltage variations. * A **Diode** has only two elements (cathode and plate) and acts as a rectifier, not an amplifier. * A **Pentode** adds a *second* additional grid, called the suppressor grid, between the screen grid and the plate, bringing the total to five elements. This further improves performance by addressing secondary emission issues present in tetrodes.
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