Journal Article

·2015

Importance of amplitude stability and spectral purity of produced signals in a quadrature oscillator

Jan Jeřábek , Roman Šotner , Norbert Herencsár , Aslıhan Kartcı YTU

Abstract

This paper presents two solutions for an amplitude automatic gain control circuit implemented in a simple second-order quadrature oscillator based on the non-inverting band-pass filtering response and a block with positive feedback with controllable gain or intentional nonlinearity. The results regarding amplitude stability, total harmonic distortion, available tunability range, time required to obtain stable oscillations, etc. are discussed and both AGC solutions are compared. PSpice software was used for verification in simulations.

Keywords

Automatic gain control Amplitude Quadrature (astronomy) Control theory (sociology) Amplitude distortion Total harmonic distortion Stability (learning theory) Nonlinear system Computer science Harmonic analysis Electronic engineering Nonlinear distortion Mathematics Physics Engineering Voltage Telecommunications Electrical engineering Optics Bandwidth (computing) Control (management) Amplifier

Subject Areas

Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design ·Biomedical Engineering ·Physical Sciences
Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies ·Electrical and Electronic Engineering ·Physical Sciences
Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems ·Computer Networks and Communications ·Physical Sciences

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