Title :
High-Potential Vacuum-Tube Voltmeter
Author_Institution :
Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
fDate :
6/1/1944 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A vacuum-tube voltmeter for the measurement of high voltages, with a range of 0 to 2000 volts is described. It utilizes the principle of the inverted vacuum tube; thus the high input impedance of the normal vacuum-tube voltmeter is combined with the ability of measuring high voltages.
Keywords :
Cathodes; Circuits; Electron tubes; Electrostatic measurements; Impedance measurement; Instruments; Power transformer insulation; Regulators; Voltage; Voltmeters;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IRE
DOI :
10.1109/JRPROC.1944.231365