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Lecture 38
Oscillators
Amit Kumar Mishra
ECE, IIT G
Amplitude Stabilization
Loop gain of oscillator changes due to power supply voltage, component
value or temperature changes.
If loop gain is too small, desired oscillation decays and if it is too large,
waveform is distorted.
Amplitude stabilization or gain control is used to automatically control
loop gain and place poles exactly on jw axis.
At power on, loop gain is larger than that required for oscillation.As
oscillation builds up, gain is reduced to minimum required to sustain
oscillations.
Amplitude Stabilization in RC
Oscillators: Method 1
R1 is replaced by a lamp. Small-signal resistance of lamp depends on
temperature of bulb filament.
If amplitude is large, current is large, resistance of lamp increases, gain is
reduced. If amplitude is small, lamp cools, resistance decreases, loop gain
increases. Thermal time constant of bulb averages signal current and amplitude
is stabilized.
Active LC oscillator
Higher range
Higher Q factor (=> ??)
Hartely (b) and Colpitt (a) oscillators
LC Oscillators: Colpitts Oscillator
sC
Vg (s)
0 s(C3 CGD) 1/ sL
3
s
(
C
g
)
s
(
C
C
)
g
G
V
(
s
)
0
s
m
3 m
1 3
s2 C C C
(C C ) s (C
C )G GC
GD 1 3 GD 3
3
1 3
g m G (C1 C3)
sL
L
=0, collect real and imaginary parts and set
them to zero.
1
CC
o
C C
1 3
LC
TC GD C C
1 3
TC
C
At 0
gm R 3
C
G 1/( R ro ) C C C
1
3 2 GS
S
Generally more gain is used to ensure
oscillation with amplitude stabilization.
LC Oscillators: Hartley Oscillator
sC 1/ sL
1
/
sL
V ( s)
2
2
g
0 (1/ sL2 ) gm (1/ sL1) (1/ sL2) gm go Vs(s)
0
sC gm go
gm
1
sL s 2 L L
2
1 2
C
1 1
L L
1 2
=0, collect real and imaginary parts and set
them to zero.
1
o
C(L L )
1 2
L
G-S and G-D capacitances
At 0
1
f L
are neglected, assume no
2
mutual coupling between
Generally more gain is used to ensure
inductors.
oscillation with amplitude stabilization.
Another practical Colpitt Osc.
Crystal oscillator
In its heart is a piezoelectric crystal
Pizo crystal have opposite faces plated with
electrodes.
3 major advantages:
Very high Q (10s to 100s of thousands)
Stable with temp. and time
Can give freq. upto several MHz
Q and res. Freq. depends on the size,
orientation of faces, and mount
Crystal Oscillators
R
1
s2 s
L LC
Z Z
1
S
Z P S
C Z Z
sC s 2 s R 1
P S
P
L LC
T
Crystal: A piezoelectric device that vibrates
C C
is response to electrical stimulus, can be
C P S
T C C
modeled electrically by a very high Q
P
S
(>100,000) resonant circuit.
L, CS, R represent intrinsic series resonance
path through crystal. CP is package
capacitance. Equivalent impedance has series
resonance where CS resonates with L and
parallel resonance where L resonates with
series combination of CS and CP.
Below S and above P,
crystal appears capacitive,
between S and P it exhibits
inductive reactance.
Used to replace L in Colpitt
Crystal
Crystal Oscillators: Example
Problem: Find equivalent circuit elements for crystal with given parameters.
Given data: fS=5 MHz, Q=20,000 R =50 W, CP =5 pF
Analysis:
RQ 50(20,000)
L
31.8mH
6
S 2 (510 )
1
1
C
31.8fF
S 2L
2
7
S
10 (0.0318)
1
1
C C
2 (31.8mH)(31.6fF)
P
S
2 L
C C
P
S
5.02MHz
f
P
Pierce crystal oscillator configuration
Crystal Oscillators: Topologies
Colpitts Crystal Oscillator
Crystal Oscillator using BJT
Crystal Oscillator using CMOS
Crystal Oscillator using JFET
inverter as gain element.
The classic 555 timer circuit
Since 1972 (by Signetics Co.) called “IC Time
Machine”!
Numerous clones available
Low-cost, accurate and easy to design with
(>1B units per year)
~23 Transistors; 2 diodes; ~16 resistors (DIP8)
Can work in monostable, astable and bistable
configurations
From the SE555 datasheet
Schemtics
Block diagram
S=R=0; Q=Q’
S=1;R=0; Q=1
S=0; R=1; Q=0
Vcc ~ 5V
Vth = 2/3Vcc
Vtl = 1/3Vcc
Why 555?
Transistor ~ switch
Monostable configuration
Astable configuration
Many Thanks