Incremental wattage reduction in a vacuum tube amplifier
US9917560B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03F2203/7236
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an amplifier for incremental wattage reduction. The amplifier comprises a first pair of pentode vacuum tubes and a second pair of pentode vacuum tubes arranged in a push-pull-parallel power configuration. Each pentode vacuum tube from the first pair of pentode vacuum tubes and the second pair of pentode vacuum tubes includes a plate element, a screen grid element and a cathode element. The amplifier further comprises a single multi-position user switch to configure the first pair of pentode vacuum tubes and the second pair of pentode vacuum tubes to achieve varying wattage outputs of the amplifier by deactivating at least one of the first pair of pentode vacuum tubes or the second pair of vacuum tubes, and causing at least one of the first pair of pentode vacuum tubes or the second pair of vacuum tubes to operate as triodes.
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