In dictionaries:
harmonic oscillator
Mass-spring system exhibiting periodic motion.
Local oscillator
Generates frequency for signal mixing.
Oscillator strength
Measure of transition probability strength.
Crystal oscillator
Precision frequency-generating electronic component.
Blocking oscillator
Pulse generator using transformer feedback.
Relaxation oscillator
Circuit generating non-sinusoidal periodic signals.
master oscillator
Hartley oscillator
An electronic oscillator circuit in which the oscillation frequency is determined by a tuned circuit consisting of capacitors and inductors.
Colpitts oscillator
A Colpitts oscillator, invented in 1918 by Canadian-American engineer Edwin H. Colpitts using vacuum tubes, is one of a number of designs for LC oscillators, electronic oscillators that use a combination of inductors and capacitors to produce an oscillation at a certain frequency.
ring oscillator
A device composed of an odd number of NOT gates whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and false. The NOT gates, or inverters, are attached in a chain; the output of the last inverter is fed back into the first.
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