Outline for Oscillators

08/21/2001


  1. L-C Negative Grid
    1. Armstrong
    2. Hartley
    3. Colpitts
    4. Clapp-Gouriet (Colpitts)
    5. Ultra-Audion   (Colpitts)
    6. Butterfly          (Colpitts)
    7. Franklin
    8. Meissner (Link-Coupled Armstrong)
  2. Resistive-Capacitive
    1. Phase-Shift
    2. Bridge Phase-Shift
    3. Bridge-T
    4. N.B.S. Bridge-T
    5. Resistive Bridge
    6. Wien-Bridge
    7. Multivibrator
      1. Mono-Stable ("One-Shot")
      2. Bi-Stable (Eccles-Jordan)
      3. A-Stable (Free-Running)
  3. Cascade
    1. Franklin
    2. Multivibrator
    3. Wien Bridge
    4. Resistance Bridge
    5. Bridge-T
  4. Negative Resistance
    1. Tuned-Plate Tuned-Grid (TPTG)
    2. Dynatron (Secondary Emission)
    3. Transitron (Secondary Emission with Coupling)
    4. Tunnel Diode
  5. Relaxation Oscillator (Non-Sinusoidal)
    1. Neon R.O.
    2. Thyratron
    3. Miller Integrator
    4. Multivibrator ("A-Stable" Eccles-Jordan)
    5. Grid-Blocking
  6. Crystal
    1. Pierce
    2. Hot-Cathode Pierce
    3. Miller
    4. Tri-Tet
    5. Miller Tri-Tet
    6. Jones
    7. Tuned-Plate
    8. Cathode-Follower
    9. Colpitts Harmonic
    10. Renerative Harmonic
    11. Butler
    12. Capacitance Bridge
  7. Feedback
    1. Series (Current)
    2. Shunt (Voltage)
  8. Special Types
    1. Positive Grid (Retarding Field/Transit Time)
      1. Barkhausen-Kurtz
      2. Gill-Morrell
    2. Phantastron
    3. Butterfly
    4. Resnatron
    5. Reflex Klystron
    6. Magnetron
    7. Magnetostrictive
    8. Tuning-Fork
    9. Carcinitron
    10. Meissner
    11. Ring
    12. Negative Transconductance
    13. Electron Coupled Oscillator (ECO)
    14. Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA)
    15. Mechan Bridge
    16. M.T. I. (Radar)
      1. C.O.H.O.  (Phase Ref.)
      2. S.T.A.L.O.  (Local Osc.)
    17. Linear Master Oscillator (LMO)
    18. Beat-Frequency Oscillator (BFO)