grid circuit

American  

noun

Electronics.

1. that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.

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Etymology

Origin of grid circuit

First recorded in 1915–20

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grid circuit

It can be done automatically, however, no matter how high the frequency if we use a condenser in the grid circuit as shown in Fig.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

The reactor for the plate and grid circuit of a wireless telephone transmitter where one or more tubes are used as modulators as shown in the wiring diagram in Fig.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Next we read the voltage impressed on the grid by reading the voltmeter in the grid circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

Then we shift the slider in the grid circuit so as to give the grid a small potential.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

The next step is to shift the slider in the grid circuit until we have again the original value of current in the plate circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John