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• Suppressor grid purpose in a multielement (pentode) vacuum tube • Behavior of secondary emission electrons from the plate • How additional grids affect gain, efficiency, and electron flow

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• Think about what problem the suppressor grid was invented to solve in a power tube. What unwanted effect happens at the plate? • Consider the relative voltages: is the suppressor grid normally more closely tied to the cathode, the screen grid, or the plate? How does that affect electron motion? • Which of the listed effects are actually direct functions of the suppressor grid, and which might be side benefits or might not be correct at all?

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• Verify how secondary electrons behave if there is no suppressor grid – where do they tend to go? • Check whether the suppressor grid is usually run at a large negative voltage or at (or near) cathode potential in typical pentode circuits. • Confirm which statement(s) match the primary, textbook definition of the suppressor grid’s job, rather than possible but indirect consequences.

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The suppressor grid in a multielement vacuum tube:

Is highly negative with respect to the plate

Returns secondary electrons to the plate

Increases the permissible gain and the efficiency of the tube

All of the above

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