The figure shows a schematic for an oscillator amplitude-control servo system. The circuit creates a closed-loop system that supplies a fixed and adjustable peak-to-peak amplitude ac signal centered ...

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We all know that electric utilities in the United States generate electricity at various 60-Hz voltage levels that result in a sine wave waveform. The height, or amplitude, of this sine wave is called ...

Guest columnist Bob Marchetti senior manager of product marketing at Vicor describes how sine amplitude conversion techniques can be used to improve power efficiency of DC-DC converters. Most systems ...

Frequency response is a crucial specification in microphones, speakers, amplifiers, and other audio products. An easy way to determine frequency response is to feed a swept sine wave into your UUT and ...

I can remember a colleague working for weeks on a sinewave generator board for a piece of test equipment. He came up with a Wein bridge oscillator with several refinements that had wonderfully low ...