Clapp Oscillator - Circuit Diagram and Operation: The Clapp oscillator shown in Fig. 21.15 is a refinement of the Colpitt's oscillator. The single inductor found in the Colpitt's oscillator is…
Tuned Base Oscillator - Definition and Working Principle: When a parallel tuned L-C circuit is placed in the base-to-ground circuit, the oscillator is known as the tuned base oscillator. The…
Tuned Collector Oscillator - Definition, Working and Equation: The basic circuit of a tuned collector oscillator is shown in Fig. 21.7. It is called the tuned collector oscillator, because the…
LC Oscillator Circuit - Definition, Types and Equation: Oscillators, which use inductance-capacitance (L-C) circuits as their tank or oscillatory circuits are called LC Oscillator. LC Oscillator are very popular for…
Frequency Stability of Oscillator: An oscillator having initially been set at a particular frequency does not maintain its initial frequency, but instead drift and wander about in frequency, sometimes uniformly…
Photodetectors - Definition and Applications: Photodetectors are the semiconductor devices that can detect optical signals through electronic processes. The extension of coherent and incoherent light sources into the far-infrared region…
Miller Sweep Circuit and Miller Bootstrap Sweep Circuit: The basic R-C sweep circuit is shown in Fig. 30.134, in which opening of switch S provides sweep voltage, as already explained…
Emitter Coupled Clipper Circuit: An emitter coupled clipper using two transistors is shown in Fig. 30.71. It is a two level clipper in which the input is applied to the…