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The tri-service program. (The Navy's Role in the Vacuum Tube Electronics Program, Part 1)(Special Report)
Microwave Journal; 3/1/1992; Parker, Robert K. Abrams, Richard H.; 2811 words
; ... led to a veritable explosion in vacuum tube electronics R&D in the 1950s ... intense military investment in vacuum tube electronics R&D came to an ... state-of-the-art technology base in vacuum tube electronics has blunted this essential ...
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SCIENCE: MICROELECTRONICS;Vacuum Tube Is Back, But in a Smaller Way
The Washington Post; 9/4/1989; William Booth; 1053 words
; ... microelectronics, the old-fashioned vacuum tube seems a quaint relic. The ungainly ... lightbulbs and about as hot. But the vacuum tube is back. Only now it is so small ... the earliest computers-the old vacuum tube was largely relegated to the scrapheap ...
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Vacuum tubes' new image: Too small to see.(Brief Article)
Science News; 11/6/1999; Weiss, P.; 472 words
; ... England has now developed a vacuum tube whose size rivals that of transistors ... evacuated cavity, thus creating a vacuum tube, but it's not as small as the ... crystal-lattice atoms, electrons in a tube fly unobstructed through the vacuum. Consequently, arrays of nanotriodes ...
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Vacuum tubes glow anew // Audiophiles find midrange magic in old technology
Chicago Sun-Times; 10/13/1996; KEVIN M. WILLIAMS; 1020 words
; ... generate power, and tube technology, which ... the same purpose. A vacuum tube is a miniature power ... the biggest draw to tube technology is that ... linear fashion in a vacuum - they are inherently ... there's another tube company popping up ... finest, high end is vacuum tubes." ...
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Cold-Cathode Vacuum Tube.
Electronic Design; 3/8/1999; Scrupski, Steve; 348 words
; ... fanfare over a new cold-cathode vacuum tube has led to avid speculation on ... cathode was a major advance in vacuum tube operation. However, this development ... too late to inject new life into vacuum-tube applications. Transistor designs ...
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Steam engines on a microscopic scale. (polysilicon tube of full-size steam engine cylinders)(includes related articles on heat-actuated microvalves and light in a vacuum)
Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 1/1/1994; O'Connor, Leo; 2233 words
; ... hollow polysilicon tube that performs the tasks ... California (see Light in a Vacuum ), may one day be used as a vacuum tube in areas of high temperature ... anesthesia. Light in a Vacuum Although Microactuators ... as a light source or vacuum tube. Because an incandescent ... can ...
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Vacuum tube lifter.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Rubber World; 6/1/2006; 144 words
; A vacuum tube lifter equipped with a pad attachment with six foam seal vacuum cups has been introduced for handling ... features include a rugged, wire-reinforced tube with a protective cover, and vacuum gauges. (Anver) Circle 101 on card
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Vacuum tube and iPod pair up for a warm duet
International Herald Tribune; 4/16/2007; Anne Eisenberg; 642 words
; ... tubes offer. Guitar heroes favor vacuum-tube amplifiers in their instruments, many recording engineers tend to use vacuum-tube equipment in their studios, and ... media technology consultant, ''a vacuum tube can deal with the degradation in ...
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Researchers revive vacuum tubes.
EDN; 9/1/1988; Call, Barbara; 482 words
; Researchers revive vacuum tubes A renewed interest in the field of vacuum microelectronics is generating ... the First International Vacuum Microelectronics Conference ... semiconductor-production techniques to make vacuum transistors. The emergence ... FET, or from a classical vacuum tube to ...
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Vacuum tube lifter. (Product Focus: Material Handling Equipment).
Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation; 3/1/2003; 77 words
; The VT series vacuum tube lifter features a three-pad attachment ... tube lifter includes a heavy-duty vacuum pump, wire-reinforced tube with a protective cover for industrial environments and a vacuum gauge. Anver Corp., 36 Parmenter ...
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