Basic Principles of Sinusoidal Oscillators Linear oscillator Linear region of circuit : linear oscillation Nonlinear region of circuit : amplitudes stabilization Barkhausen criterion XS Xf Amplifier A XO Frequency-selective network loop gain L(s) = β (s)A(s) characteristic equation 1-L(s) = 0 oscillation criterion L(j0= A(j0) β(j0) = 1 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 1 Electronics(3), 2012 Basic Principles of Sinusoidal Oscillators (Cont.) at 0, the phase of the loop should be zero and the magnitude of the loop gain should be unity. Oscillation frequency 0 is determined solely by φ ∆ω0 ∆φ dφ dω ∆φ 0 ω0 ω A steep phase response results in a small 0 for a given change in phase Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 2 Electronics(3), 2012 Nonlinear Amplitude Control To sustain oscillation : βA>1 a.overdesign for βA variations b.oscillation will grow in amplitude poles are in the right half of the s-plane c.Nonlinear network reduces βA to 1 when the desired amplitude is reached poles will be pulled to j-axis Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 3 Electronics(3), 2012 Nonlinear Amplitude Control (Cont.) Limiter circuit for amplitude control linear region VO ( Rf )Vi R1 R3 R2 VA V VO R2 R3 R2 R3 R4 R5 VB V VO R4 R5 R4 R5 V R2 D1 VI A Rf R1 R3 VO R4 D2 B R5 -V Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 4 Electronics(3), 2012 Nonlinear Amplitude Control (Cont.) nonlinear region R2 R3 R3 VD ) (V R2 R2 R3 R3 R3 V VD (1 ) R2 R2 R R similarly, L V 4 VD (1 4 ) R5 R5 VO VA -VD L Slope VO L (R f R 4 ) R1 0 VI Slope L Slope Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 5 Rf R1 (R f R 3 ) R1 Electronics(3), 2012 OPAMP-RC Oscillator Circuits Wien-bridge oscillator R Zp Ls 1 2 R1 Zp Z s R 1 2 R1 1 3 SCR SCR R 1 2 R1 L jω 1 3 j ωRC ωRC R2 R1 _ VO C Vd C 1 For phase 0. ω0RC ω0RC R ZS R ZP 1 RC R Ls 1 2 2 R1 ω0 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 6 Electronics(3), 2012 OPAMP-RC Oscillator Circuits (Cont.) Wien-bridge oscillator with a limiter 15V R 3 3k D1 a 20.3k R 4 1k 10k V1 _ VO 10k 16nF 16nF 10k D2 R 5 1k b R 6 3k 15V Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 7 Electronics(3), 2012 OPAMP-RC Oscillator Circuits (Cont.) vO 50k 10k b a p - 16nF 10k 16nF Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 10k 12 - 8 Electronics(3), 2012 Phase-Shift Oscillator Without amplitude stabilization C C C -K R R R ------- phase shift of the RC network is 180 degrees. Total phase shift around the loop is 0 or 360 degrees. Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 9 Electronics(3), 2012 Phase-Shift Oscillator (Cont.) With amplitude stabilization 50k 100k P1 Rt D1 16nF x C 16nF C R 10k 16nF _ V R1 R2 vO C R 10k D2 R3 R4 V Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 10 Electronics(3), 2012 Quadrature Oscillator V- R1 R2 R3 R4 C 2R V 2R VO2 _ OP2 X R _ OP 1 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 2R VO1 C 12 - 11 Rf (Nominally 2R) Electronics(3), 2012 Quadrature Oscillator (Cont.) -------Break the loop at X, loop gain L(s) = 1 oscillation frequency 0 RC V02 1 = VX S2C2R 2 -------Vo2 is the integral of Vo1 90° phase difference between Vo1 and Vo2 “quadrature” oscillator Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 12 Electronics(3), 2012 Active-Filter Tuned Oscillator Block diagram V2 V -V f0 t V High-distortion v2 High-Q bandpass t V2 -V Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo V1 V1 low-distortion v1 12 - 13 Electronics(3), 2012 Active-Filter Tuned Oscillator (Cont.) Practical implementation QR C R R R R C V2 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo - R1 V1 12 - 14 Electronics(3), 2012 A General Form of LC-Tuned Oscillator Configuration Many oscillator circuits fall into a general form shown below RO 3 1 V̂13 - RO 2 A I 0 Z2 V13 VO VO Z3 V13 2 Z1 Z3 1 - A v Vˆ 13 Z2 V13 3 Z1 ZL ZL Z1,Z2,Z3 :capacitive or inductive Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 15 Electronics(3), 2012 A General Form of LC-Tuned Oscillator Configuration (Cont.) AvVˆ13 Z L VO Z L RO Av Z1Z 2 V Z1 VO T 13 V13 Z1 Z 3 Vˆ13 RO ( Z1 Z 2 Z 3 ) Z 2 ( Z1 Z 3 ) if Z1 jX 1, Z 2 jX 2 , Z 3 jX 3 1 for capacitanc e X L for inductance X C Av X 1 X 2 T jRO ( X 1 X 2 X 3 ) X 2 ( X 1 X 3 ) for oscillation, T 10 X1 X 2 X 3 0 Av X 1 Av X 1 X 2 T X 2 ( X1 X 3 ) X1 X 3 AX T v 1 X2 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 16 Electronics(3), 2012 A General Form of LC-Tuned Oscillator Configuration (Cont.) With oscillation |T| = 1 and T = 0, 360, 720, … degree. 1 (X = ωL or X = ) ωC i.e. T = 1 X1 & X2 must have the same sign if Av is positive X1 & X2 are L, X3 = -(X1 + X2) is C or X1 & X2 are C, X3 = -(X1 + X2) is L Transistor oscillators 1.Collpitts oscillator -- X1 & X2 are Cs, X3 is L 2.Hartley oscillator -- X1 & X2 are Ls, X3 is C Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 17 Electronics(3), 2012 LC Tuned Oscillators Two commonly used configurations 1.Collpitts (feedback is achieved by using a capacitive divider) 2.Harley (feedback is achieved by using an inductive divider) Configuration 1.Collpitts 2.Hartley R R C1 L1 C L a.c. ground(VDD ) Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo C2 a.c. ground(VDD ) 12 - 18 L2 Electronics(3), 2012 LC Tuned Oscillators (Cont.) Collpitts oscillator Equivalent circuit sC 2 Vπ sC 2 Vπ C2 L VO Vπ (1 s 2LC 2 ) C Vπ GmVπ R C1 R = loss of inductor + load resistance of oscillator + output resistance of transistor Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 19 Electronics(3), 2012 LC Tuned Oscillators (Cont.) 1 +SC1)(1+S2LC2 )V=0 R 1 3 2 LC 2 S LC1C2 +S ( )+S(C1+C2 )+(gm + )=0 R R 1 w 2LC2 (gm + )+j W(C1+C2 ) W 3LC1C2 =0 R R SC2 V+gmv+( S=jw For oscillations to start, both the real and imaginary parts must be zero Oscillation ω0 = Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo frequency 1 c1c 2 L( ) c1 + c 2 12 - 20 Electronics(3), 2012 LC Tuned Oscillators (Cont.) Gain c2 c2 gmR (Actually, gmR ) c1 c1 Oscillation amplitude 1.LC tuned oscillators are known as self – limiting oscillators. (As oscillations grown in amplitude, transistor gain is reduced below its small – signal value) 2.Output voltage signal will be a sinusoid of high purity because of the filtering action of the LC tuned circuit Hartley oscillator can be similarity analyzed Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 21 Electronics(3), 2012 Crystal oscillators Symbol of crystal Circuit model of crystal L CS CP r Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 22 Electronics(3), 2012 Crystal oscillators (Cont.) Reactance of a crystal assuming r = 0 1 s LCS 1 sCP s2 CP CS (Crystal is high – Q device) LCSCP 2 1 Z(s) sCP 1 sL 1 sCS 1 2 ω S LC S Let ω2 1 1 1 P L CS CP 1 ω2 ωS2 2 Z jω j 2 ωCP ω ωP Crystal reactance inductive 0 ωS ω capacitive If CP CS , then ωP ωS Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo ωp 12 - 23 Electronics(3), 2012 Crystal oscillators (Cont.) The crystal reactance is inductive over the narrow frequency band between ws and wp Collpitts crystal oscillator Configuration R C1 crystal a.c. ground(VDD ) Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 24 C2 Electronics(3), 2012 Crystal oscillators (Cont.) Equivalent CP circuit L CS <<CP , C1, C2 1 ω0 =ωS LCS C2 vπ CS R C1 - Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 25 Electronics(3), 2012 Crystal oscillators (Cont.) -22V L 61~122uH C gd +C stray 1MHz XTAL Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo C 10M 2.2kΩ C=300pF D 2N2608 S L 0.02μF C -22V Bias circuit (For AC,-22V and ground are the same=0) 12 - 26 Electronics(3), 2012 Crystal oscillators (Cont.) A v X1 Since return ratio T= X then X1 must be large for 2 the loop gain to be greater than one. ω closes to ωp and X1 is very large when ω ω ω P S 1 X 1&X 2 are inductive ωC 1 j Z 2 =L//C= = 1 1 For 1MHz crystal, ω C+ jω C+ jω L ωL C=300pF 1 1 1 X2= ω> >0 ωL> L 84.4μH 1 ωC LC ωC+ 1 1 ωL 1MHz X 1+X 2 +X 3 =0 & X 3 = 2π Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 27 LC Electronics(3), 2012 Bistable Multivibrators Multivibrators (3 types) bistable:two stable states monostable:one stable state astable:no stable state Bistable Has two stable states Can be obtained by connecting an amplifier in a amplifier in a positive-feedback loop having a loop gain greater than unity. I.e. βA>1 where β=R1/(R1+R2) Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 28 Electronics(3), 2012 Bistable Multivibrators (Cont.) Bistable circuit with clockwise hysteresis R2 R1 L v+ - vI vo vO - VTL 0 VTH vI L- Clockwise hysteresis (or inverting hysteresis) L+:positive saturation voltage of OPAMP L- :negative saturation voltage of OPAMP Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 29 Electronics(3), 2012 Bistable Multivibrators (Cont.) VTH R1 βL L R1 R 2 R1 VTL βL L R1 R 2 – Hysteresis width = VTH - VTL Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 30 Electronics(3), 2012 Noninverting Bistable Circuit Counterclockwise hysteresis Configuration R2 R1 vI - v+ - vo L vO VTL 0 vI VTH L- v + =vI R2 R1 +v 0 R1+R 2 R1+R 2 For v 0 =L+ , v + =0,vI =v TL v TL = L+ ( For v 0 =L- , v + =0,vI =v TH Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo R1 ) R2 R1 v TH = L ( ) R2 12 - 31 Electronics(3), 2012 Noninverting Bistable Circuit (Cont.) Comparator characteristics with hysteresis Can reject interference Signal corrupted with interference VTH VR 0 VTL t Multiple zero crossings Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 32 Electronics(3), 2012 Generation of Square and Triangular Waveforms using Astable Multivibrators Can be done by connecting a bistable multivibrator with a RC circuit in a feedback loop. v2 L v1 VTL VTH βL VTL βL 0 L- t L t L- C Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo VTH v1 v2 12 - 33 R Electronics(3), 2012 Generation of Square and Triangular Waveforms using Astable Multivibrators (Cont.) v O t T1 T2 L R2 R1 L- v+ - R v- vO - VTH v - t βL 0 VTL βL VTH v t βL 0 VTL βL Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo t 0 12 - 34 To L t To L Time constant = RC t Electronics(3), 2012 Generation of Square and Triangular Waveforms using Astable Multivibrators (Cont.) During T1 V L L βL e t τ where τ RC, β R1 R1 R 2 L 1 β L if V βL at t T1 T1 τ ln 1 β During T2 V L L βL e t τ L 1 β L if V βL at t T2 T2 τ ln 1 β 1 β ; L L is assumed T T1 T2 2τ ln 1 β Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 35 Electronics(3), 2012 Generation of Triangular Waveforms V1 t C R v2 L V1 _ 0 VTL VTH v1 V2 t V2 L- Bistable V2 L V1 T1 T2 0 VTH t T2 0 VTL L T Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo T1 Slope 12 - 36 -L RC t Slope L RC Electronics(3), 2012 Generation of Triangular Waveforms (Cont.) During T1 1 T1 LL T VTL VTH iCdt 1 ; C 0 RC V VTL T1 RC TH L where iC L R During T2 Similarily VTH VTL T2 RC L To obtain symmetrical waveforms T1 T2 L L Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 37 Electronics(3), 2012 Monostable Multivibrators Its alternative name is “ one shot “ v E (t) (βL V ) Has one stable state + D2 Can be triggered to a quasi-state R2 E C2 L D2 L- R4 R1 A _ C1 βL - v (t) VD1 B R3 βL Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo T v (t) βL B D1 v A (t) 12 - 38 To L To L Electronics(3), 2012 Monostable Multivibrators (Cont.) During T1 VB (t) L (L VD1 )e t R 3 C1 VB (T) βL βL L (L VD1 )e T R 3 C1 VD1 L T R 3C1 ln( ) βL L ForVD1 | L | T R 3C1( 1 ) 1 β βL+ is greater then VD1 Stable state is maintained Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 39 Electronics(3), 2012 Monostable Multivibrators(Cont.) Monostable multivibrator using NOR gates VDD Vo1 Vin NOR vin V VT R vX VO2 C VDD VT v O1 NOR VX v O2 3 2 VDD VDD VDD VDD VT VDD 2 0 T T1 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo t 0 T1 t 12 - 40 0 T1 t 0 T1 Electronics(3), 2012 t Mono-stable Multivibrator (Cont.) C C - Vc VO1 0 - R VDD v C (0) 0 v x VDD (1 e t RC vX - - Vc - VO1 VDD R vX VDD - v C (T1 ) VT v x VDD VT e ) v x (T1) VT VDD (1 e T1 RC t RC ) VDD T1 RCln RCln2 0.693RC VDD VT where VT Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo VDD ; VT is NOR gate threshold voltage 2 12 - 41 Electronics(3), 2012 Mono-stable Multivibrator (Cont.) Monostable multivibrator with catching diode VDD Vin Vo1 NOR R Vx C 5.6V VX VO2 NOR forward resistance of diode VD 5V D Time constant R f C Time constant RC 0 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo T1 t 12 - 42 Electronics(3), 2012 Astable Multivibrator Using NOR(or Inverter) Gates v V DD VO1 VX VO2 ( ii) v o2 :V D D 0 T 1 2 T1 T 1 2 T1 t V DD v C_ v 0 t X VDD VT VT w h e n t= 0 : 0 VDD ( iii) v x = ( V D D + V T ) e V DD 2 0 w h e n t= 0 V T -t RC V DD v VT ( iv ) v c = v x - V O 2 = - V D D + ( V D D + V T ) e Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo o2 C Transient behavior (1)0<t<T1 o1 0 v R ( i) v o 1 12 - 43 -t RC 0 V T T C 2 T1 t 1 T 1 2 T1 t Electronics(3), 2012 Astable Multivibrator Using NOR(or Inverter) Gates (Cont.) (2)T1<t<(T1+T2) ( i) v o 1 :0 V D D w h e n t= T 1 ( ii) v o 2 :V D D 0 w h e n t= T 1 ( iii) v x = V D D - ( V D D + V T ) e ( t- T 1 ) RC ( iv ) v c = v x - V O 2 = v x = V D D - ( V D D + V T ) e Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 44 ( t- T 1 ) RC Electronics(3), 2012 Astable Multivibrator Using NOR(or Inverter) Gates (Cont.) Oscillation frequency v x (T1 )=VT (VDD +VT )e T1 =RCln t RC =VT VDD +VT VT VDD , then T1 =RCln3 and T2 =RCln3 2 1 0.455 oscillation frequency f0 = 2RCln3 RC If VT = Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 45 Electronics(3), 2012 Astable Multivibrator Using NOR(or Inverter) Gates (Cont.) With catching diode atV X VO1 VX VO2 T1 T2 RCln2 R 0 Asymmetrical f0 v C_ C VDD square wave VO1 VX VDD 2 (ii)R 1 R 2 1 0.721 2RCln2 RC (i)VT R1 D1 VO2 R2 D2 v C_ C Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 46 Electronics(3), 2012 The 555 IC Timer Widely used as both a monostable and astable R n Sn multivibrator 0 0 0 1 Used as monostable multivibrator 1 1 VCC Threshold R 1 C V c V TH R1 Trigger VTL V t R1 _ R Q 1 0 N/A v t (t) Comparator 1 _ 0 1 Q n+1 Q nn Totem-pole output stage v t V TL VO S Q 0 v c (t) V TH VCC (1 e t RC ) 2VCC 3 Comparator 2 Q1 V cc 3 2V cc V2 3 2V cc Vc Rn 1 3 V1 v O 0 T1 0 T1 (t) v(t) Discharge Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo transistor 12 - 47 Electronics(3), 2012 The 555 IC Timer (Cont.) T1 t v x VCC VCC V(0)e RC For For 0 t t = T1, v C (T1 ) VTH T1 RCln Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo (V(0) VCE(sat) 0) 2VCC 3 VCC V(0) RCln3 (V(0) 0) VCC 3 12 - 48 Electronics(3), 2012 The 555 IC Timer (Cont.) Used as an astable multivibrator VCC ( R A RB ) C VCC 555 timer chip Comparator 1 Threshold R 1 2 Vcc 3 Vcc VTL = 3 VTH = 0 T1 T2 R A t 2V cc S 0, R 1 Vc 3 V V c cc S 1, R 0 3 V cc 2V cc Vc S R0 3 3 R Vc VTH R1 Trigger VTL B C V t Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo R Q Totem-pole output stage VO S Q _ R 1 Comparator 2 Q1 T1 R B Cln2 ,T2 T1 (R A R B )Cln2 Oscillation frequency f _ Discharge transistor 1 1 T2 (R A 2RB )Cln2 12 - 49 Electronics(3), 2012 Sine-Wave Shaper Shape a triangular waveform into a sinusoid Extensively used in function generators Note:linear oscillators are not cost-effective for low v frequency application not easy to time over wide frequency ranges O 0 vf 0 T 2 T t 0 T T 2 t Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 50 Electronics(3), 2012 Sine-Wave Shaper (Cont.) Nonlinear-amplification method For various input values, their corresponding output values can be calculated Transfer curve can be obtained and is similar to VCC RC RC _ v O (Sine wave) vi Q2 Q1 (Triangula r wave) R I I - VEE Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 51 Electronics(3), 2012 Sine-Wave Shaper (Cont.) Breakpoint method Piecewise linear transfercurve Low-valued R is assumed V1 and V2 are constant V1 Vin V1 Vout Vin V1 Vin V2 D2 is on (voltage drop VD ) V0 V1 VD (Vin VD V1 ) R5 R5 R 4 V2 Vin D1 is on limit V0 to V2 VD Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 52 Electronics(3), 2012 Sine-Wave Shaper (Cont.) V D1 D2 R 5 In R4 D3 R 5 D4 out R1 In out V2 R2 V1 R3 V2 R3 V1 V1 V1 R3 V2 5 1 2 4 0 V2 3 R1 V Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 53 Electronics(3), 2012 Precision Rectifier Circuits Precision half-wave rectifier --- “superdiode” VO " Superdiode " Vi _ VA 1 1 VO R An alternate circuit D2 R1 Vi Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo Vi 0 VO R2 1 _ D1 1 VO 0 12 - 54 Vi Electronics(3), 2012 Precision Rectifier Circuits (Cont.) Application:Measure AC voltages R2 C D2 R4 R1 Vi _ A1 D1 R3 A2 V1 Average Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo V1 VP R 2 π R1 _ VO ;where Vp is the peak amplitude of an input sinusoid 12 - 55 Electronics(3), 2012 Precision Rectifier Circuits (Cont.) If 1 ωmin R 4C V2 Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo ;ωmin is the lowest expected frequency of the input sine wave VP R 2 R 4 π R1 R 3 12 - 56 Electronics(3), 2012 Precision Full-Wave Rectifiers A DA A 1 B DB RL or B C Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo 12 - 57 Electronics(3), 2012 Precision Full-Wave Rectifiers (Cont.) _ Vi A A2 C E R2 R1 _ Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo D1 A1 VO VO D2 F P Vi RL 12 - 58 Electronics(3), 2012 Peak Rectifier With load Super diode _ vi - C buffered vO - RL R D2 _ vi Prof. Tai-Haur Kuo A1 D1 C 12 - 59 _ A2 vO - Electronics(3), 2012