Title :
Parallel-path biquad active-RC oscillator with enhanced harmonic rejection
Author :
Vosper, J.V. ; Heima, M. ; Cryan, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK
fDate :
4/13/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A biquad active-RC oscillator is described and a linear analysis given which shows that harmonics injected within the feedback loop are multiplied by a factor which is inversely proportional to the effective open-loop Q-factor Q0. Experimental results show that distortion is low at high Q0 values even when saturated operation of the main gain-producing op amp is allowed
Keywords :
Q-factor; RC circuits; feedback oscillators; operational amplifiers; biquad active-RC oscillator; distortion; effective open-loop Q-factor; feedback loop; gain-producing op amp; harmonic rejection; linear analysis; parallel-path oscillator; saturated operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950423