Wein bridge oscillator
An oscillator circuit that includes a Wien bridge oscillator circuit, a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit, and a multiplier circuit. The multiplier circuit may include a first input coupled to the output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, and a second input, coupled to an output of the integrator, wherein the multiple signals are configured to provide dynamic gain control to the Wien bridge oscillator circuit.
1. An oscillator circuit, comprising:
a Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit; and
a multiplier circuit, comprising a first input coupled to the output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, and a second input coupled to an output of the integrator, the multiplier circuit being configured to provide a signal to an input of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
wherein the multiplier circuit comprises an XY multiplier and
is configured to execute a transfer function (V OUT ) in accordance with
V OUT =( V ( n 1 )* V ( n 2 ))/10 V,
where V(n 1 ) is the voltage at the first input and V(n 2 ) is the voltage at the second input.
2. An oscillator circuit, comprising:
a Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit; and
a multiplier circuit, comprising a first input coupled to the output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, and a second input coupled to an output of the integrator, the multiplier circuit being configured to provide a signal to an input of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
wherein the full wave rectifier is configured to execute the transfer function (V OUT ) in accordance with
V OUT =sqrt( V ( n 1 )* V ( n 1 )),
where V(n 1 ) is a voltage output of the Wien bridge oscillator received at an input of the full wave rectifier.
3. An oscillator circuit, comprising:
a Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit; and
a multiplier circuit, comprising a first input coupled to the output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, and a second input, coupled to an output of the integrator, the multiplier circuit being configured to provide a signal to an input of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
wherein an output of the integrator circuit is coupled to a synchronous buck circuit.
4. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , wherein the integrator circuit is configured to provide a sinusoidal reference signal to the synchronous buck circuit.
5. A method for operating an oscillator circuit, comprising:
generating a signal from a Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
rectifying the signal via a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
providing the rectified signal to an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit, to provide an integrated output signal;
receiving the signal from the Wien bridge oscillator circuit at a first input of a multiplier circuit;
receiving the integrated output signal at a second input of the multiplier circuit;
dynamically controlling gain in the Wien bridge oscillator circuit via the multiplier using the generated signal from the Wien bridge oscillator circuit and the integrated output signal; and
filtering the rectified signal from the full-wave rectifier circuit via an RC circuit, coupled between the output of the full-wave rectifier circuit and the integrator circuit.
6. A method for operating an oscillator circuit, comprising:
generating a signal from a Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
rectifying the signal via a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit;
providing the rectified signal to an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit, to provide an integrated output signal;
receiving the signal from the Wien bridge oscillator circuit at a first input of a multiplier circuit comprising an XY multiplier;
receiving the integrated output signal at a second input of the multiplier circuit; and
dynamically controlling gain in the Wien bridge oscillator circuit via the multiplier using the generated signal from the Wien bridge oscillator circuit and the integrated output signal, wherein the dynamically controlling the gain comprises executing a transfer function in the multiplier circuit using the generated signal from the Wien bridge oscillator circuit and the integrated output signal; and
wherein the transfer function (V OUT ) is executed in accordance with
V OUT =( V ( n 1 )* V ( n 2 ))/10 V,
where V(n 1 ) is the voltage at the first input and V(n 2 ) is the voltage at the second input.
7. An oscillator circuit, comprising:
a Wien bridge oscillator circuit to generate a signal;
a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit to rectify the generated signal;
an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit to integrate the rectified generated signal; and
a multiplier circuit, comprising a first input coupled to the output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, and a second input, coupled to an output of the integrator, the multiplier circuit being configured to provide a signal to an input of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit to dynamically control the gain, wherein the multiplier circuit is configured to execute a transfer function on voltage received at the first input and the second input, and
wherein the transfer function (V OUT ) is in accordance with
V OUT =( V ( n 1 )* V ( n 2 ))/10 V,
where V(n 1 ) is the voltage at the first input and V(n 2 ) is the voltage at the second input.
8. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , further comprising a RC circuit, coupled between the output of the full-wave rectifier circuit and the integrator circuit.
9. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , wherein the multiplier circuit comprises an XY multiplier.
10. The oscillator circuit of claim 9 , wherein the XY multiplier is coupled to an inverting amplifier input of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit.
11. The oscillator circuit of claim 9 , wherein the multiplier circuit is configured to execute a transfer function on voltage received at the first input and the second input.
12. The oscillator circuit of claim 9 , wherein the multiplier circuit is configured to execute the transfer function (V OUT ) in accordance with
V OUT =( V ( n 1 )* V ( n 2 ))/ xV,
where V(n 1 ) is the voltage at the first input and V(n 2 ) is the voltage at the second input, and where xV is a supplied voltage.
13. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , wherein the full wave rectifier is configured to execute a transfer function on the voltage received at an input.
14. The oscillator circuit of claim 13 , wherein the full wave rectifier is configured to execute the transfer function (V OUT ) in accordance with
V OUT =sqrt( V ( n 1 )* V ( n 1 )),
where V(n 1 ) is a voltage output of the Wien bridge oscillator received at an input of the full wave rectifier.
15. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , wherein the multiplier circuit is configured to dynamically control gain in the Wien bridge oscillator circuit.
16. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , wherein, at a resonant frequency fr, phase shift is 0°.
17. The oscillator circuit of claim 3 , wherein the synchronous buck comprises a high frequency switching control comprising controller and sensing circuit, and wherein the controller comprise a current-mode PWM controller.