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Electronics Lab: Wien-Bridge Oscillator

1) The lab report describes experiments performed with a Wien-Bridge oscillator circuit, both with and without a stabilizing diode network. Key objectives were to understand oscillator fundamentals and the operation of the Wien-Bridge oscillator. 2) Measurements were taken of the oscillator frequency, resistance values, and output resistance, and compared to calculated values, with small percentage errors observed. Adjusting the potentiometer or disabling the diode network affected the stability and waveform of the oscillator output. 3) The report concludes the diode network provides stable voltage and frequency to the circuit, while changes in resistance can shift the operating frequency from its calculated value.

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Electronics Lab: Wien-Bridge Oscillator

1) The lab report describes experiments performed with a Wien-Bridge oscillator circuit, both with and without a stabilizing diode network. Key objectives were to understand oscillator fundamentals and the operation of the Wien-Bridge oscillator. 2) Measurements were taken of the oscillator frequency, resistance values, and output resistance, and compared to calculated values, with small percentage errors observed. Adjusting the potentiometer or disabling the diode network affected the stability and waveform of the oscillator output. 3) The report concludes the diode network provides stable voltage and frequency to the circuit, while changes in resistance can shift the operating frequency from its calculated value.

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Lab report: 09

Electronics II Lab

NAME: NAJM UD DIN SAQIB

Reg. No: FA19-BEE-164-4D

Class: BEE-4D

Teacher: Dr. Tariq Bashir

Date: 29TH april, 2021


Lab # 9 Wien-Bridge Oscillator: With and Without Stabilizing
Circuit
Objectives
In this lab students will understand the following.

Basic RC oscillator fundamentals

Operation of the Wien-bridge oscillator

BASIC PRINCIPLE OF OSCILLATION


The basic oscillator consists of an amplifier and a frequency-selective network connected in a feedback
loop. Figure 11.1 shows a block diagram of the fundamental feedback circuit, in which we are implicitly
assuming that negative feedback is employed. Although actual oscillator circuits do not have an input
signal, we initially include one here to help in the analysis. In oscillator circuits the feedback transfer
function is the principal portion of the loop gain that is dependent on frequency.

Figure 11.1 Block diagram of fundamental feedback circuit

For the circuit shown, the ideal closed-loop transfer function is given by

(1)

and the loop gain of feedback circuit is

(2)

WIEN-BRIDGE OSCILLATOR
Wien-bridge oscillator circuit is shown in Figure 11.2. The circuit consists of an op-amp connected in a
non-inverting configuration and two RC networks connected as the frequency-selecting feedback circuit.
We initially assume that an input signal exists at the non-inverting terminals of the op-amp. Since the
non-inverting amplifier introduces zero phase shift, the frequency-selective feedback circuit must also
introduce zero phase shift to create the positive feedback condition.

Figure 11.2 Wien-bridge Oscillator

The loop gain is the product of the amplifier gain and the feedback transfer function, or

(2)

Where are the parallel and series RC network impedances, respectively.These impedances
are

(3)

Pre- Lab
Obtain a sinusoidal waveform using LTspice or PS-pice software
Figure 1: Circuit Diagram of Wein Bridge Oscillator
Task 01:
TASK 02:
Lab Task:
Circuit:
Figure 1

Explanation:

Vp-p=21.80 Volts

After this when we keep increasing the resistance the huge sine wave was being observed at output and
similarly when we decrease the resistance its amplitude gets reduced. The resistance value at which
stable sine was observed was 22KΩ and voltage was 20.6 Volts.

Readings:

Task 1:

Frequency:
S# Calculated Measured Error %

1 Frequency Fc = 1.4 kHz Frequency Fc = 1.35 kHz 3.57 %

Task 2:

Resistance:

Measured Calculated % Error

R5 = 22.3 kΩ R5 = 23 KΩ 3.04 %

Task 3:

Output Resistance:

Measured output resistance Calculated output resistance % Error

Rout = 21.4 kΩ Rout = 22 kΩ 2.72 %

Post-Lab:
Q1 Discuss the effect of adjusting the potentiometer on the output of the Wen-bridge oscillator. Include
in your discussion why the output would go to saturation.

When we keep increasing the potentiometer we didn’t get any wave but when we start to
decrease the value we first observe the square wave after that when we further reduce the
value a sine wave was being observed
.
Q2 Discuss the effect of disabling the diode network of the Wien-bridge oscillator. Did the diode
network add stability to the oscillator?

As we know that diodes are being used to provide a stable voltage to the circuit when diode
was being shorted for a while a stable output was not observed but when we replace the short
circuit with diodes a stable voltage was observed.

Q3 Is the operating frequency the same?


No, the operating frequency is not the same the frequency changes with the change of
resistance.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS:
In this lab we learnt about the Wien Oscillator bridge. We use variable resistor of 50k then the signal
was square. In P spice we plot the sine wave with voltage input by double click on it. Vpp was low but as
we decrease the resistance, voltage is become started to sine wave.

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