Exact method to calculate inductance and peak voltages for the plate inductor.
Meaning of differential current and time.
IT IS NOT A PLATE CHOKE. Chokes are a very high reactance to approximately be an open- circuit. If its a choke, the tube can’t draw current !
This term was used in the 1930s when it was discovered that efficiency of tube transmitters could be improved by placing inductance between the plate and power supply.
It was incorrectly called a choke in a 1935 paper.
Simple formulas must sort of be worked backwards to calculate this inductor.
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