Exercise 10.2 A Hartley oscillator

a)


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C0 makes sure that there is zero DC-current in L2, and that hence L2 does not influence the bias point

b)


An answer:
gm = 40 ⋅ IC = 0.2S

c)


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d)


An answer:

Aloop = − gm ⋅ ZA ⋅ ZC ZA + ZB + ZC ≡ 1 with ZA = jωL2R jωL2 + R ZB = 1 jωC ZC = jωL1

where R = βfe gm . This leads to

−gm ⋅ jωL2R jωL2 + R ⋅ jωL1 = jωL2R jωL2 + R + 1 jωC + jωL1

Collecting the imaginary terms and equating them to zero yields

jωL2R + R jωC + jωL1R = 0 → − ω2C(L 1 + L2) + 1 = 0 → ωosc2 = 1 C(L1 + L2)

yielding the oscillation (radian) frequency ωosc = 1 C(L1 +L2 )

e)


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Equating the loop gain, at the oscillation frequency, and equating that to 1 gives

− gm ⋅ jωoscL2R ⋅ jωoscL1 = L2 C + jωoscL1jωoscL2 → (gm ⋅ R + 1) ⋅ ωosc2L 2L1 = L2 C → (βfe + 1) ⋅ L2L1 C(L1 + L2) = L2 C → (βfe + 1) ⋅ L1 L1 + L2 = 1 → L2 = βfe ⋅ L1