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Article: Washington Inventors Develop Vacuum Tube Replacement Device
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- October 24, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 24 -- Douglas H. Roberts and Brett A. Hertzberg, both of Bellevue, Wash., have developed a vacuum tube replacement device.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum tube replacement device includes an indicator. The indicator can be arranged to provide audible and/or visual indication of system performance, function, status, or any other desired indication. The vacuum tube replacement device is pin-for-pin compatible with standard vacuum tube circuit pin configurations."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The replacement device may be a solid-state tube emulator device, a traditional glass envelope vacuum tube ...