The circuit including the triode va've nay ba conveniently represented by the equi-valent circuit as shown in Fig. 1, when the grid is negative with respe t to the filament.
The problem of finding the input admittance consists in determining the grid current which flows in the external nput circuit as a result of the impressed input voluage. Therefore, we can treat this problem easily, as Ballantine did so firstly, by the law of superposition.
In the present paper, the writer intends to treat its dependence upon the load in the plate circuit, representing the input admittance in a vector diagram.
For the purpose of expressing the circuital relation of Fig. 1 in a vector diagram, the reciprocal theorem is also.
Some examples of this method of solution are given for the special cases of plate loading.
In the next place, the locus of the vector of the input admittance is considered. The locus may be expressed by a circle diagram, when the plate loading or the static coupling between the grid and the plate is varied. The position of the centre and the radius are given mathematically as a function of circuit 1 constants as well as valve constant
By means of an a. c curreutometor, the circle diagran is exper mentally obtai ed at ω=5000. Then, comparing the experimental results and the the retically obained ones, the writer comes to conclusion that it is neceseary, especially when the frequency is low, to tale into consideration the conductance between the grid and the filament, even when the grid is negative. Moreover, the relation between the input aemittance and the input voltage is considered.
Some remarks are also given relating to the input admit ance.
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