tickler coil

noun

, Electronics, Radio.

1. the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.

tickler coil

noun

1. a small inductance coil connected in series in the anode circuit of a valve and magnetically coupled to a coil in the grid circuit to provide feedback

Word History and Origins

Origin of tickler coil¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Now connect one end of the tickler coil with the detector plate and the other post to the fixed .001 mfd.

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Don't think you have to use a regenerative circuit, that is, one with a tickler coil, to receive with a vacuum tube detector.

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I suppose you use a tickler coil in the plate circuit, dont you?

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