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☺WIEN BRIDGE
OSCILLATOR
*HISTORICAL BACKGROUND*
☺A Wien bridge oscillator is a type of
electronic oscillator that generates sine
waves.
☺It can generate a large range of frequencies.
☺The circuit is based on an electrical network
originally developed by Max Wien in 1891.
☺ Wien did not have a means of developing
electronic gain so a workable oscillator
could not be realized.
☺The modern circuit is derived from William
Hewlett's 1939 Stanford University master's
degree thesis.
☺Hewlett, along with David Packard co-
founded Hewlett-Packard.
☺Their first product was the HP200A, a
precision sine wave oscillator based on the
Wien bridge. The 200A was one of the first
instruments to produce such low distortion.
*EXPLANATION*
☺It is the most popular type of oscillators used in
audio frequency ranges (20-20KHz).
☺These are simple in design, compact in size,
remarkably stable in its frequency output.
☺The maximum frequency output of a typical
W.B. oscillator is about 1MHz.
☺Wien bridge oscillator is infact a phase-shift
oscillator which produces a total phase-shift of
360º or 0º.
*CIRCUIT*
*DIAGRAM*
WIEN BRIDGE
OSCILLATOR
CIRCUIT
IMPLEMENTED ON
P-SPICE
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*MATHEMATICAL*
* DERIVATION*
From the ckt it is obvious that the
bridge will be balanced only when;
R2 j
R3 R4 R1
1 j R C
2 2 C 1
j
R3 R2 R4 R1 1 j R2C2
C1
R4 j
R3 R2 R4 R1 1 j R2C2
C1
R j RRC
R3 R2 R4 R1 R4 R1 j R2C2 4 4 2 2
C1 C1
R4 R2C2
R3 R2 R4 R1 0
C1
R4 R2 C2
R3 R2 R4 R1
C1
C2 R3 R1
C1 R4 R2
R4
R4 R1 R2C2 0
C1
R4 R1 2 R2C2 C1 R4 0
R4 R1 2 R2C2 C1 R4
1
2
R1 R2 C1C2
1
f
2 R1 R2 C1C2
C1 C2 C
R1 R2 R
1
f
2 RC
*2nD METHOD*
1
Xc
2 fC
1
f
2 X c C
Xc R
1
f
2 RC
*LEAD LAG CIRCUIT*
*ADVANTAGES*
☺Provides a stable low distortion sinusoidal
output over a wide range of frequency.
☺The frequency range can be selected simply
by using decade resistance boxes.
☺The frequency of oscillation can be easily
varied by varying capacitances C1 and C2
simultaneously.
☺The overall gain is high because of two
transistors.
*DISADVANTAGES*
☺The circuit needs two transistors and a
large number of other components.
☺The maximum frequency output is
limited because of amplitude and the
phase-shift characteristics of amplifier.
*PRACTICAL
IMPLEMENTATION*
*THANX*
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