Difference between revisions of "Colpitts Oscillator"

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Reactance sheets are available which provide a chart of inductance and capacitance, and the frequency they will resonate at.
 
Reactance sheets are available which provide a chart of inductance and capacitance, and the frequency they will resonate at.
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== further reading ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpitts_oscillator Wikipedia: Colpitts oscillator]

Latest revision as of 07:00, 26 May 2008

The Colpitts oscillator is an oscillator topology noted for using a capacitive voltage divider.

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Choosing frequency[edit]

The frequency that the oscillator will run at is given by:

<math>

f_0 = {1 \over 2 \pi \sqrt {L \cdot \left ({ C_1 \cdot C_2 \over C_1 + C_2 }\right ) }} </math>

Reactance sheets are available which provide a chart of inductance and capacitance, and the frequency they will resonate at.

further reading[edit]