LIC & AC Lab Manual CBCS Scheme 15ECL48

RC Phase shift and Weins bridge oscillators

Aim: To design RC Phase shift and Weins bridge oscillators using Op-amp.

Components Required:

Sl No Components Specification Quantity

1 Op-amp A741 1
2 AFO and Power - 1 each
Supply

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3 CRO - 1
4 Resistors 1.5 k, 1 M, 15 k 3,1,2
5 Capacitors 0.1 F 3

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6 Breadboard - 1
7 CRO probes - 3
8 Connecting Wires - 1 Set

Theory:
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An oscillator is a circuit, which generates ac output signal without giving any input ac
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signal. This circuit is usually applied for audio frequencies only. The basic requirement for an
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oscillator is positive feedback.

An oscillator consists of an amplifier and a feedback network. Active device i.e. Op
Amp is used as an amplifier. Passive components such as R-C or L-C combinations are used as
feed back network.
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To start the oscillation with the constant amplitude, positive feedback is not the only
sufficient condition. Oscillator circuit must satisfy the following two conditions known as
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Barkhausen conditions:
1. The first condition is that the magnitude of the loop gain (A) = 1 where
A = Amplifier gain
= Feedback gain.
2. The second condition is that the phase shift around the loop must be 360 or 0.

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RC Phase Shift Oscillator:

Phase-shift oscillator is a simple electronic oscillator. It contains an inverting amplifier,
and a feedback filter which 'shifts' the phase of the amplifier output by 180 degrees at the
oscillation frequency. The filter produces a phase shift that increases with frequency. It must
have a maximum phase shift of considerably greater than 180 at high frequencies, so that the
phase shift at the desired oscillation frequency is 180.
The most common way of achieving this kind of filter is using three identical cascaded
resistor-capacitor filters, which together produce a phase shift of zero at low frequencies, and
270 degrees at high frequencies. At the oscillation frequency each filter produces a phase shift of

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60 degrees and the whole filter circuit produces a phase shift of 180 degrees.

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Circuit Diagram:

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Figure 1: RC Phase-shift oscillator

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Design:
Frequency of oscillation is given as,

Consider fo = 500 Hz, Voltage gain Av = 29

Voltage gain for inverting amplifier is given as,

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Consider C = 0.1F

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Output Waveform:
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Figure 2: RC Phase-shift oscillator Output

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Tabulation:
Theoretical Readings Practical Readings
Frequency Time period Frequency Amplitude Time period
Hz Sec Hz V Sec

Procedure RC Phase Shift Oscillator:

For the given frequency f0 values of circuit elements are calculated as per the design.

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Circuit is rigged up as shown in figure 1.
Power supply is switched on and the waveform is observed on CRO.

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Amplitude and time period of the waveform is tabulated.
Trace the waveform on tracing sheet.

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Wein Bridge Oscillator:

A Wien bridge oscillator is a type of electronic oscillator that generates sine waves. It can
generate a large range of frequencies. The frequency of oscillation is given by: f= 1/2RC.
The Wien Bridge Oscillator uses a feedback circuit consisting of a series RC circuit
connected with a parallel RC of the same component values producing a phase delay or phase
advance circuit depending upon the frequency. At the resonant frequency fr the phase shift is 0.

Circuit Diagram:

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Figure 3: Wein Bridge oscillator

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Design:
Frequency of oscillation is given as,

Consider fo = 1 KHz, Voltage gain Av = 3

Voltage gain for non-inverting amplifier is given as,

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Consider C = 0.047 F

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Output Waveform:
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Figure 4: RC Phase-shift oscillator Output

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Tabulation:

Theoretical Readings Practical Readings

Frequency Time period Frequency Amplitude Time period
Hz Sec Hz V Sec

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Procedure Wein Bridge Oscillator:
For the given frequency f0 values of circuit elements are calculated as per the design.

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Circuit is rigged up as shown in figure 3.
Power supply is switched on and the waveform is observed on CRO.


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Amplitude and time period of the waveform is tabulated.
Trace the waveform on tracing sheet.
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Result:
Thus the RC Phase Shift oscillator and Wein Bridge oscillator are designed, constructed and
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verified.
RC phase shift oscillator fo = _____________
Wein Bridge oscillator fo = _______________
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