DocumentCode
1197822
Title
The rapid bifurcation of the Wien bridge oscillator
Author
Kriegsmann, Gregory A.
Volume
34
Issue
9
fYear
1987
fDate
9/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1093
Lastpage
1096
Abstract
The Wien bridge oscillator is analyzed for a piecewise linear saturation model of an operational amplifier. This model predicts a discontinuous or jump transition to an oscillatory state as the amplifier\´s gain
is increased past a critical level
. This vertical bifurcation yields a large oscillation which possesses intervals of saturation during a period. Moreover, the concomitant distortion grows rapidly as
is increased past 
is increased past a critical level
. This vertical bifurcation yields a large oscillation which possesses intervals of saturation during a period. Moreover, the concomitant distortion grows rapidly as
is increased past 
Keywords
Active circuits, RC; Bridge circuits; Nonlinear oscillators; Piecewise-linear approximation; RC oscillators; Bifurcation; Bipolar transistors; Bridge circuits; Circuit synthesis; Electrons; Equations; Libraries; Network synthesis; Operational amplifiers; Oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-4094
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCS.1987.1086245
Filename
1086245
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