• 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • In electronics, a local oscillator (LO) is an electronic oscillator used with a mixer to change the frequency of a signal. This frequency conversion process...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A phase-shift oscillator is a linear electronic oscillator circuit that produces a sine wave output. It consists of an inverting amplifier element such...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    A ring oscillator is a device composed of an odd number of NOT gates in a ring, whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and...
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  • circuitry-based sound generation, for instance using devices such as an electronic oscillator, theremin, or synthesizer. Electromechanical instruments can have...
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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. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise...
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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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    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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    Gunn diode (redirect from Gunn Oscillator)
    discovered in 1962 by physicist J. B. Gunn. Its main uses are in electronic oscillators to generate microwaves, in applications such as radar speed guns...
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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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