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Thermionic emission

Thermionic emission. If a tungsten filament is heated to about 2000 o C, some of the electrons have sufficient kinetic energy to escape from the surface of the wire. This effect is called thermionic emission .

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Thermionic emission

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  1. Thermionic emission • If a tungsten filament is heated to about 2000 o C, some of the electrons have sufficient kinetic energy to escape from the surface of the wire. • This effect is called thermionic emission. • It is quite easy to imagine this if we think about a metal wire as a lattice of ions in a sea of free electrons. In effect we are boiling the electrons off.

  2. Thermionic Diode • In the vacuum tube there are two electrodes • Cathode -veAnode +ve • When the filament is switched on electrons start to flow from the cathode the tungsten filament and are attracted to the anode • You need a vacuum as the electrons would collide with the gas particles. Also the filament would burn up

  3. Deflection tube • The electron gun consists of a heated filament/cathode and an anode with a hole in it. • This produces a narrow beam of electrons • The screen is coated with a fluorescent material which glow when electrons strike it.

  4. Deflection Tube

  5. Defection by an electric field • The negatively charged electrons are attracted towards the positive plate.

  6. Deflection tube • In a magnetic field the electron is deflected depending on the direction of the magnetic field - Use Lenz’s left hand rule.

  7. Cathode Ray Tubes Thermionic emission was the starting point for Joseph John Thomson to produce his cathode ray tube (CRT) in 1897, the descendants of which we used to see every day, before TFT (thin film transistor) TV sets became more common. • Now do question 1 page 243

  8. Using an Oscilloscope

  9. Learning Objectives To know what an oscilloscope is and how it works. To know how to measure the pd of alternating current and direct current. To know how to measure the frequency of an alternating current.

  10. Cathode Ray Oscilloscope

  11. Definition From the specification book:- An oscilloscope consists of a specially made electron tube and associated control circuits. The electron gun emits electrons towards a fluorescent screen  light is emitted when electrons hit the screen  this is what we see.

  12. Tube Photograph

  13. Electron Gun Photograph

  14. Tube Diagram y plates - amplifier anode x plates - timebase heater supply - + fluorescent screen H.T. supply

  15. Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO) Time base Display Y-gain My tie Channel1 Channel 2

  16. How does it work? • An oscilloscope consists of a specially made electron tube and associated control circuits. • An electron gun at one end of the glass tube emits electrons in a beam towards a fluorescent screen at the other end of the tube. • Light is emitted from the spot on the screen where the beam hits the screen.

  17. How does it work? • When no p.d. is applied across the plates the spot on the screen is stationary. • If a pd is applied across the X-plates the beam of electrons is deflected horizontally and the spot moves across. • pd across Y-plates  spot moves up and down.

  18. Reading the CRO 1 Peak-to-Peak voltage To get the time period you need to measure this distance and convert it to time by multiplying by the time base setting Time Period (ms)

  19. Oscilloscope Controls • The x-plates are connected to a time base circuit which is designed to make the spot move across the screen in a given time  then back again much faster.  a bit like a trace on a heart monitor. • The y-plates are connected to the Y-input and this causes the spot to move up or down depending on the input pd.

  20. summary electron gun produces a beam of electrons light produced on the screen by electron beam a p.d. across the y plates deflects the trace vertically a p.d. across the x plates deflects the trace horizontally y plates anode heater supply x plates - + phosphor screen H.T. supply

  21. Oscilloscope Controls • The gain sets the scale for the y-axis, normally in volts per cm. • The time base sets the scale for the x-axis, normally in ms per cm. • Recall that frequency can be calculated from the period from the graph using:

  22. Displaying a waveform1. The time base • The X-plates are connected to the oscilloscope’s time base circuit. • This makes the spot move across the screen, from left to right, at a constant speed. • Once the spot reaches the right hand side of the screen it is returned to the left hand side almost instantaneously. • The X-scale opposite is set so that the spot takes two milliseconds to move one centimetre to the right. (2 ms cm-1). NTNU Oscilloscope Simulation KT Oscilloscope Simulation

  23. Gain and Time-Base Controls

  24. Displaying a waveform2. Y-sensitivity or Y-gain • The Y-plates are connected to the oscilloscope’s Y-input. • This input is usually amplified and when connected to the Y-plates it makes the spot move vertically up and down the screen. • The Y-sensitivity opposite is set so that the spot moves vertically by one centimetre for a pd of five volts (5 V cm-1). • The trace shown appears when an alternating pd of 16V peak-to-peak and period 7.2 ms is connected to the Y-input with the settings as shown. NTNU Oscilloscope Simulation KT Oscilloscope Simulation

  25. Peak Voltage Peak p.d. = 3 Divisions x 1.0 mV/div = 3.0 mV

  26. Period & Frequency period = 4.0 divisions x 1.0 ms/div = 4.0 ms frequency = 1 / period frequency = 1 / 0.004 s frequency = 250 Hz

  27. Measuring d.c. potential difference All three diagrams below show the trace with the time base on and the Y-gain set at 2V cm-1. Diagram a shows the trace for pd = 0V. Diagram b shows the trace for pd = +4V Diagram c shows the trace for pd = -3V. NTNU Oscilloscope Simulation KT Oscilloscope Simulation

  28. Measuring a.c. potential difference Let the time base setting be 10ms cm-1 and the Y-gain setting 2V cm-1. In this case the waveform performs one complete oscillation over a horizontal distance of 2 cm. Therefore the period of the waveform is 2 x 10ms period = 20 ms as frequency = 1 / period frequency = 1 / 0.020s = 50 Hz. The peak-to-peak displacement of the waveform is about 5cm. Therefore the peak-to-peak pd is 5 x 2V Peak-to-peak pd = 10V NTNU Oscilloscope Simulation KT Oscilloscope Simulation

  29. Self Test

  30. cm squares The oscilloscope ‘graph’ scales Y-AXIS Potential difference Scale determined by the ‘Y-GAIN’ control Typical setting: 1V / cm + V 0V - V X-AXIS Time Scale determined by the ‘X-GAIN’ or ‘TIME-BASE’ control Typical setting: 0.1s / cm

  31. Question 1 Measure the approximate period, frequency and peak-to-peak pd of the trace opposite if: Time base = 5ms cm-1 Y-gain = 5V cm-1 period = 50ms / 6 ≈8.7ms frequency ≈115 Hz peak-to-peak pd ≈20V

  32. Question 2 Measure the approximate period, frequency and peak pd of the trace opposite if: Time base = 2ms cm-1 Y-gain = 0.5V cm-1 period = 20ms / 12 ≈1.7ms frequency ≈600 Hz peak pd ≈1.3V

  33. Question 3 The trace shows how a waveform of frequency 286 Hz and peak-to-peak pd 6.4V is displayed. Suggest the settings of the time base and Y-gain amplifier. The period of a wave of frequency 286Hz = 1/285 = 0.0035s = 3.5ms One complete oscillation of the trace occupies 7cm. Therefore time base setting is 3.5ms / 7cm ≈0.5 ms cm-1 The peak-to-peak displacement of the trace is about 3.7 cm. Therefore the Y-gain setting is 6.4V / 3.7cm ≈2V cm-1

  34. Application Measuring the speed of ultrasound. Set up the oscilloscope so that the time base circuit triggers a transmitter to send out a pulse of ultrasonic waves. The receiver can be connected to the Y-input of the oscilloscope so that the waveform can be seen on the screen when it is detected.

  35. Internet Links • Oscilloscope - basic display function - NTNU • Oscilloscope Simulation - by KT • Lissajous figures - Explore Science • Lissajous figures- by KT

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