Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Vol 6: Oscillators
Electronic oscillator circuits are used to generate repetitive or periodic waveforms. These waveforms may be sine waves, square waves, triangle waves, sawtooth waves or pulses, depending on the needs of the circuit being developed. It is relatively easy to make a circuit oscillate, as anyone who has tried to build certain types of amplifiers will (to their misery) testify. But to make the oscillator produce the correct amplitude, frequency and waveshape takes a little doing. In this book, you will learn how to make the "doing" a little less traumatic.The approach taken is largely practical and straightforward, and the math is kept to a minimum, but the math that is included is intended to help the reader understand the circuits well enough to be able to modify them to fit a certain need, or, just to experiment - which is where the real fun begins!Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume 6: Oscillators covers the following:Relaxation OscillatorsFeedback OscillatorsResonant Tuned RF CircuitsRC Timing NetworksEffect of RLC Networks on WaveformsMonostable and Astable MultivibratorsIntegrators and DifferentiatorsTriangle and Sawtooth GeneratorsSine Wave Audio OscillatorsVoltage-Controlled OscillatorsLC H.F. Variable-Frequency OscillatorsThe 555 Integrated Circuit TimerCrystal Oscillator CircuitsTactics to Improve Oscillator Accuracy and Stability