• An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a periodic, oscillating or alternating current (AC) signal, usually a sine wave, square...
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  • Linear electronic oscillator circuits, which generate a sinusoidal output signal, are composed of an amplifier and a frequency selective element, a filter...
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    In electronics, a relaxation oscillator is a nonlinear electronic oscillator circuit that produces a nonsinusoidal repetitive output signal, such as a...
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    A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses a piezoelectric crystal as a frequency-selective element. The oscillator frequency...
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  • The Hartley oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit in which the oscillation frequency is determined by a tuned circuit consisting of capacitors...
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  • vacuum tubes, is one of a number of designs for LC oscillators, electronic oscillators that use a combination of inductors (L) and capacitors (C) to produce...
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    A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is an electronic oscillator whose oscillation frequency is controlled by a voltage input. The applied input voltage...
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    The Armstrong oscillator (also known as the Meissner oscillator) is an electronic oscillator circuit which uses an inductor and capacitor to generate an...
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  • The Clapp oscillator or Gouriet oscillator is an LC electronic oscillator that uses a particular combination of an inductor and three capacitors to set...
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    In optoelectronics, an opto-electronic oscillator (OEO) is a circuit that produces a repetitive electronic sine wave and/or modulated optical continuous...
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    electronics, the dynatron oscillator, invented in 1918 by Albert Hull at General Electric, is an obsolete vacuum tube electronic oscillator circuit which uses...
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    bridge oscillator is a type of electronic oscillator that generates sine waves. It can generate a large range of frequencies. The oscillator is based...
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  • Look up oscillator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An oscillator is a device designed for oscillation. Oscillator may also refer to: Electronic oscillator...
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  • A variable frequency oscillator (VFO) in electronics is an oscillator whose frequency can be tuned (i.e., varied) over some range. It is a necessary component...
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    amplifier is possible. An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a periodic, oscillating electronic signal, often a sine wave or...
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  • successor Rev2 by Dave Smith Instruments. Many voltage-controlled oscillators for electronic music are based on a capacitor charging linearly in an op-amp...
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    The Pierce oscillator is a type of electronic oscillator particularly well-suited for use in piezoelectric crystal oscillator circuits. Named for its inventor...
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  • physical systems, however the terms are most often associated with electronic oscillators or laser resonators. Injection locking has been used in beneficial...
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    Quartz clock (category Electronic oscillators)
    watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. The crystal oscillator, controlled by the resonant mechanical...
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  • In electronics, the term local oscillator (LO) refers to an electronic oscillator when used in conjunction with a mixer to change the frequency of a signal...
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  • In the study of dynamical systems, the van der Pol oscillator (named for Dutch physicist Balthasar van der Pol) is a non-conservative, oscillating system...
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    555 timer IC (redirect from 555 oscillator)
    integrated circuit used in a variety of timer, delay, pulse generation, and oscillator applications. It is one of the most popular timing ICs due to its flexibility...
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    Oscillation (redirect from Oscillator)
    Meissner) oscillator Astable multivibrator Blocking oscillator Butler oscillator Clapp oscillator Colpitts oscillator Delay-line oscillator Electronic oscillator...
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    was not an electronic oscillator but a mechanical one in that it generated repetitive mechanical vibrations. Electronic oscillators did not yet exist when...
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  • Phase-locked loop (category Electronic oscillators)
    grid), and other electronic applications. A simple analog PLL is an electronic circuit consisting of a variable frequency oscillator and a phase detector...
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    In a radio receiver, a beat frequency oscillator or BFO is a dedicated oscillator used to create an audio frequency signal from Morse code radiotelegraphy...
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    to create an electronic circuit with a particular function (for example an amplifier, radio receiver, or oscillator). Basic electronic components may...
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  • A Royer oscillator is an electronic relaxation oscillator that employs a saturable-core transformer in the main power path. It was invented and patented...
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    output signal can be coupled back into the input cavity to make an electronic oscillator to generate radio waves. The power gain of klystrons can be high...
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  • A master frequency generator or master electronic oscillator, in frequency-division multiplexing (FDM), is a piece of equipment used to provide system...
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