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Lecture 7

The Wien-bridge oscillator uses a lead-lag circuit in the positive feedback loop of an op-amp. At lower frequencies, the lead circuit dominates due to the high reactance of C2. As frequency increases, XC2 decreases, allowing the output voltage to increase. At a specified frequency, the lag circuit takes over and XC1 decreases, causing the output voltage to decrease. The circuit oscillates at the frequency where the phase shift through the lead-lag circuit is 0 degrees.

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Lecture 7

The Wien-bridge oscillator uses a lead-lag circuit in the positive feedback loop of an op-amp. At lower frequencies, the lead circuit dominates due to the high reactance of C2. As frequency increases, XC2 decreases, allowing the output voltage to increase. At a specified frequency, the lag circuit takes over and XC1 decreases, causing the output voltage to decrease. The circuit oscillates at the frequency where the phase shift through the lead-lag circuit is 0 degrees.

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The Wien-Bridge Oscillator

 One type of sinusoidal feedback oscillator is the Wien-bridge


oscillator.
 The operation of this lead-lag circuit is as follows. At lower
frequencies, the lead circuit dominates due to the high reactance of
C2.
 As the frequency increases,XC2 decreases, thus allowing the output
voltage to increase.
 At some specified frequency, the response of the lag circuit takes
over, and the decreasing value of causes XC1 the output voltage to
decrease.
The Wien-Bridge Oscillator
The Wien-Bridge Oscillator
The lead-lag circuit is used in the positive feedback loop of an
opamp, as shown in Figure 16–7(a). A voltage divider is used in
the negative feedback loop.
The Wien-Bridge Oscillator
The Wien-bridge oscillator circuit can be viewed as a
noninverting amplifier configuration with the input signal fed
back from the output through the lead-lag circuit. Recall that
the voltage divider determines the closed-loop gain of the
amplifier.

The circuit is redrawn in Figure 16–7(b) to show that the op-amp is


connected across the bridge circuit. One leg of the bridge is the lead-
lag circuit, and the other is the voltage divider.
The Wien-Bridge Oscillator
Positive Feedback Conditions for Oscillation As you know, for the circuit to
produce a sustained sinusoidal output (oscillate), the phase shift around the positive
feedback loop must be 0° and the gain around the loop must equal unity (1).
The 0° phase-shift condition is met when the frequency is fr because the phase shift
through the lead-lag circuit is 0° and there is no inversion from the noninverting (+)
input of the op-amp to the output. This is shown in Figure 16–8(a).
The Wien-Bridge Oscillator
The Wien-Bridge Oscillator
The Phase-Shift Oscillator
Figure 16–13 shows a sinusoidal feedback oscillator called the phase-shift oscillator.
Each of the three RC circuits in the feedback loop can provide a maximum phase shift
approaching 90°.
Oscillation occurs at the frequency where the total phase shift through the three RC
circuits is 180°.
The inversion of the op-amp itself provides the additional 180° to meet the requirement
for oscillation of a 360° (or 0°) phase shift around the feedback loop.
The Phase-Shift Oscillator
OSCILLATORS WITH LC FEEDBACK CIRCUITS

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