electronic device

electronic tube

vacuum tube

electron-beam tube

gas-filled tube

electron emission

work function (of an electrode material)

contact potential difference

thermionic emission

photoelectric emission

field emission

primary-electron emission

secondary-electron emission

secondary-electron emission current

secondary-electron emission factor

thermionic-emission efficiency

Schottky effect

cathode interface layer

space charge

space-charge limited state

saturation state

drift space

interaction region

interaction gap

ionizing event

avalanche

gas discharge

glow discharge

arc discharge

corona discharge

gap

main gap

starter gap

gas multiplication

breakdown (in a gas)

self-maintained discharge

ignition (in a gas)

non-self-maintained discharge

plasma

statistical delay of ignition

arc-back

arc-through

misfire

collimation

focusing

crossover point

beam-compression factor

beam angle

electrostatic focusing

magnetic focusing

deflection

electrostatic deflection

magnetic deflection

deflection voltage

deflection current

symmetrical deflection

deflection sensitivity (electrostatic)

deflection sensitivity (magnetic)

deflection coefficient

deflection uniformity factor

spot

trace

raster

screen burn

tube noise

equivalent noise resistance

thermal noise

partition noise

shot noise

flicker noise

1/f noise

ion noise

microphony

hiss

hum

crackling

flash-arc

S effect

electrode voltage

supply voltage

electrode current

electrode dissipation

reverse electrode current

surge current of an electrode

fault current of an electrode

saturation voltage

filament voltage

filament current

heater voltage

heater current

filament or heater starting (surge) current

heater-cathode insulation current

cathode [anode] current

grid current

cut-off voltage

grid bias voltage

grid input voltage

grid input power

anode supply power

driving power

output power

useful output power

peak forward anode voltage

peak negative anode voltage

tube voltage drop

gas current

beam current

electrode impedance

input impedance

output impedance

electrode admittance

input admittance

output admittance

electrode reactance

electrode AC resistance

electrode DC resistance

electrode conductance

electrode susceptance

transadmittance

transconductance

mutual conductance

conversion transconductance

interelectrode capacitance

self-neutralization frequency

perveance

diode perveance

anode efficiency

anode AC resistance

vacuum factor

averaging time

voltage factor

amplification factor

power gain

incremental power gain

characteristic

electrode characteristic

dynamic characteristic

static characteristic

transfer characteristic

forward direction

reverse direction

diode characteristic

load

load impedance

operating line

load line

operating point

instantaneous operating point

duty factor

cold conditions

standby conditions

operating conditions

class A operation

class AB operation

class B operation

class C operation

push-pull operation

push-push operation

H.T. warm-up time

H.T. delay time

total starting time

heater warm-up time

cathode preheating time

cathode heating rate

cathode heating time

tube starting time

element

electrode

getter

heater

heat shield

cooling fin

baffle

reservoir

cathode

cold cathode

photocathode

dynode

hot cathode

directly heated cathode

indirectly heated cathode

oxide-coated cathode

dispenser cathode

thoriated-tungsten cathode

pool cathode

emitting sole

luminescent screen

metallized screen

control electrode

grid

control grid

screen grid

shield grid

shadow grid

suppressor grid

accelerator

decelerating electrode

starting electrode

igniter

de-ionizing grid

keep-alive electrode

guide electrode

collector

anode

signal electrode

carry electrode

electron lens

electromagnetic lens

electrostatic lens

collimating lens

focusing electrode

convergence electrode

mesh electrode

deflecting electrodes

post-deflection accelerator

helical post-deflection accelerator

slow-wave structure

storage assembly

storage surface

storage target

storage element

barrier grid

envelope

tip

base, <of an electronic tube>

base, <of the envelope of an electronic tube>

socket (not to be confused with "base")

spigot

key

terminal

pin

lead

cap

reference plane

neck

face-plate

cone

window (of a counter tube)

electron gun

electron multiplier

ion trap

focusing coil

focusing magnet

convergence magnet

deflector coil

yoke assembly

holding gun

writing gun

reading gun

Pierce gun

immersed gun

Charles gun

magnetron injection gun

diode

triode

tetrode

pentode

hexode

heptode

octode

multiple tube

double tube

noise-generator diode

ideal noise diode

space-charge-controlled tube

variable-mu tube

sharp-cut-off tube

aligned-grid tube

beam-power tube

hot-cathode stepping tube

mixer tube

frequency-converter tube

electrometer tube

space-charge-wave tube

disk-seal tube

linear-beam tube (O-type tube)

crossed-field tube (M-type tube)

forward-wave tube

backward-wave tube

magnetron

continuous wave magnetron

pulsed magnetron

injected-beam magnetron

travelling-wave tube

klystron

reflex klystron

floating-drift-tube klystron

multi-cavity klystron

extended-interaction klystron

beam-deflection tube

cathode-ray tube

split-beam cathode-ray tube

double-gun cathode-ray tube

multiple-gun cathode-ray tube

picture tube

black-and-white picture tube

colour picture tube

projection tube

oscilloscope tube

flying-spot scanner tube

magic eye

storage tube

charge-storage tube

display storage tube

electrical-signal storage tube

cathode-ray storage tube

cathode-ray charge-storage tube

photosensitive tube

phototube

photovoltaic cell

photoconductive cell

gas-filled phototube

photomultiplier

monoscope

camera tube

low-velocity camera tube

high-velocity camera tube

photoconductive camera tube

photoemissive camera tube

image camera tube

storage camera tube

iconoscope

image iconoscope

orthicon

image orthicon

vidicon

image-converter tube

image intensifier tube

radiation-counter tube

Geiger-Müller counter tube

proportional counter tube

self-quenched counter tube

halogen-quenched counter tube

organic-vapour-quenched counter tube

externally-quenched counter tube

end-window counter tube

thin-wall counter tube

needle counter tube

gas-sample counter tube

gas-flow counter tube

liquid-flow counter

liquid-sample counter

arc discharge tube

grid-controlled arc discharge tube

thyratron

mercury-vapour tube

rectifier tube

pool rectifier tube

ignitron

excitron

trigger tube

corona discharge tube

glow discharge tube

glow indicator tube

neon indicator tube

character indicator tube

cold-cathode counting tube

voltage stabilizing tube

multi-electrode voltage stabilizing tube

voltage reference tube

extended-interaction plasma tube

noise-generator plasma tube

attenuator tube

phase-shifter tube

blocking tube

T.R. tube (transmit/receive tube)

A.T.R. tube (anti-transmit/receive tube)

pre T.R. tube (pre-transmit/receive tube)

depressed collector operation

velocity modulation

density modulation

current-density modulation

bunching

space-charge debunching

moding

frequency pushing

pushing figure

frequency pulling

pulling figure

synchronous voltage

frequency drift

pulse output power

saturation power

optimum output power

peak pulse output power

optimum gain

small-signal gain

gain ripple

saturation gain

tube efficiency

electron-beam transmission efficiency

total reflector current

cold loss

operating loss

frequency tuning range (oscillators)

frequency tuning range (amplifiers)

mechanical tuning range

optimum mechanical tuning range

electronic tuning range

tuning sensitivity

mode centre

charge transit time

transit angle

beam current

grid bias voltage

grid/cathode driving voltage

writing speed maximum

post-deflection acceleration ratio

post-deflection acceleration factor

build-up (of luminance)

persistence after-glow

persistence characteristic

resolution

time of persistence

spectral characteristic

screen efficiency

dynamic convergence

convergence surface

spherical aberration

astigmatism

spot distortion

coma

chromatic aberration

deflection defocusing

barrel distortion

pin-cushion distortion

"S" distortion

trapezium distortion

stray emission

halation

neck shadow

mechanical spot displacement

electrical spot displacement

priming

priming speed

priming rate

writing

writing speed

maximum usable writing speed

reading

reading speed

minimum usable reading speed

maximum usable reading time

maximum usable viewing time

maximum usable read number

holding

erasing

selective erasing

erasing speed

erasing rate

minimum usable erasing time

resolution

decay

decay time

maximum retention time

blemish

moiré

photoelectric effect

photoemissive effect

photovoltaic effect

photoconductive effect

photoelectric current

dark current

transient-decay current

irradiation-saturation current

voltage-saturation current

equivalent dark-current irradiation

equivalent noise irradiation

resistance under illumination

dark resistance

rise time

fall time

delta light pulse

signal transit time

transit-time spread

transit-time jitter (of a photo-multiplier)

quantum efficiency

radiant sensitivity

absolute spectral sensitivity

relative spectral sensitivity

luminous sensitivity

dynamic sensitivity

spectral-sensitivity characteristic

absolute-spectral-sensitivity characteristic

relative-spectral-sensitivity characteristic

quantum efficiency characteristic

threshold wavelength

threshold frequency

frequency-response characteristic

low-velocity scanning

high-velocity scanning

beam alignment

image focus voltage

output current

signal current

light-signal transfer characteristic

gamma

knee point

knee sensitivity

beam modulation percentage (for image orthicons)

signal-to-noise ratio

sensitivity

square-wave response

square-wave response characteristic

lag smearing

after image

picture blemish

edge effect

shading

raster burn

black halo

ghost

conducting period

idle period

angle of flow

overlap angle

blocking period

ignition voltage (breakdown voltage deprecated with this meaning)

maintaining voltage

arc-drop (voltage)

extinction voltage

extinction current

re-ignition voltage

critical grid voltage

critical grid current

critical anode voltage

control characteristic

control ratio

commutation (of a gas discharge)

commutation coefficient

transfer current

starter transfer current

voltage jump

regulation

ionization time

ignition time

recovery time

transfer time (of a gas discharge)

condensed-mercury temperature

cathode current

probe current

probe voltage

resetting voltage

minimum cathode current

uniformity of luminance (for character indicator tubes)

primer ignition (for TR and pre TR tubes)

primer voltage (for TR and pre TR tubes)

primer noise (for TR and pre TR tubes)

firing

firing power

firing time

total leakage power (fired conditions)

spike leakage energy

flat leakage power

recovery period (for blocking tubes)

initial ionizing event

count

count

spurious count

sensitive volume

useful area

re-ignition

counting rate

background

radiation sensitivity

gas multiplication factor

proportional region

region of limited proportionality

Geiger region

Geiger threshold

dead time

dead time correction

recovery time

plateau

plateau slope

plateau threshold voltage

counting efficiency

detection efficiency