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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Comparator (section Relaxation oscillator)
signals, such as analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), as well as relaxation oscillators. The differential voltages must stay within the limits specified...
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two general types of electronic oscillators: the linear or harmonic oscillator, and the nonlinear or relaxation oscillator. The two types are fundamentally...
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Comparator applications (section Relaxation oscillator)
the relaxation oscillator shown below. By using an RC network to add slow negative feedback to the inverting Schmitt trigger, a relaxation oscillator is...
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Capacitive sensing (section Relaxation oscillator)
capacitance meter is often based on a relaxation oscillator. The capacitance to be sensed forms a portion of the oscillator's RC circuit or LC circuit. The capacitance...
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{\displaystyle \tau =RC\ } is called the relaxation time or RC time constant of the circuit. A nonlinear oscillator circuit which generates a repeating waveform...
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Schmitt trigger (section Use as an oscillator)
used in closed loop negative feedback configurations to implement relaxation oscillators, used in function generators and switching power supplies. In signal...
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Oscillation (redirect from Oscillator)
Electronic oscillator Extended interaction oscillator Hartley oscillator Oscillistor Phase-shift oscillator Pierce oscillator Relaxation oscillator RLC circuit...
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behavior of the oscillator has a slow buildup, fast release cycle (a cycle of building up the tension and releasing the tension, thus a relaxation oscillation)...
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Chemical relaxation methods, related to temperature jump Relaxation oscillator, a type of electronic oscillator In mathematics: Relaxation (approximation)...
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environment do not vary. A ring oscillator is one way to implement an on-chip oscillator, although some kind of relaxation oscillator is another popular implementation...
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In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional...
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Feedback (section Oscillator)
are two main types of electronic oscillator: the linear or harmonic oscillator and the nonlinear or relaxation oscillator. A latch or a flip-flop is a circuit...
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resonator). Some examples of harmonic oscillators are LC oscillators and crystal oscillators. Relaxation oscillators can generate a sawtooth or triangular...
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the principle of a relaxation oscillator. The non-sinusoidal output is not suitable for use as a radio-frequency local oscillator, but it can serve as...
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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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Negative resistance (section Gunn diode oscillator)
Lower frequency relaxation oscillators can be made with UJTs and gas-discharge lamps such as neon lamps. The negative resistance oscillator model is not...
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Dielectric (redirect from Dielectric relaxation)
or oscillator type. The character of the distortion process depends on the structure, composition, and surroundings of the sample. Debye relaxation is...
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Neon lamp (section Switching element/oscillator)
used as an active switching element. Neon lamps were used to make relaxation oscillator circuits, using this mechanism, sometimes referred to as the Pearson–Anson...
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Multivibrator (category Electronic oscillators)
devices such as relaxation oscillators, timers, latches and flip-flops. The first multivibrator circuit, the astable multivibrator oscillator, was invented...
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FitzHugh–Nagumo model (redirect from Bonhoeffer-van der Pol oscillator)
of an excitable system (e.g., a neuron). It is an example of a relaxation oscillator because, if the external stimulus I ext {\displaystyle I_{\text{ext}}}...
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Pearson–Anson effect (redirect from Neon lamp oscillator)
the Pearson-Anson oscillator, neon lamp oscillator, or sawtooth oscillator, is one of the simplest types of relaxation oscillator. It generates a sawtooth...
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sawtooth oscillator. The voltage on the grid controls the breakdown voltage and thus the period of oscillation. Thyratron relaxation oscillators were used...
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nanotube nanomotor, a molecular actuator, and a nanoelectromechanical relaxation oscillator. Ho and Lee at Cornell University in 1999 used a scanning tunneling...
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used to generate electrical oscillations and waveforms, as in the relaxation oscillator whose schematic is shown in the picture on the right. The sawtooth...
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relaxation oscillator chip to generate square waves to the relay coil, causing the relay contacts to open and close. Modern cars now use a relaxation...
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two basic sounds by using a wrist bar. A buzz tone generated by a relaxation oscillator produced the voiced vowels and nasal sounds, with the pitch controlled...
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The Lorentz oscillator model (classical electron oscillator or CEO model) describes the optical response of bound charges. The model is named after the...
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amplifier or an oscillator. relaxation oscillator An oscillator that relies on an active device periodically changing state; such oscillators usually produce...
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diode e.g. for relaxation oscillators, 2-pin all-glass wire-ended G42 – 35 mApeak Gas-filled switching diode e.g. for relaxation oscillators, 2-pin all-glass...
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