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Oscillator using charge-discharge characteristics of a transistor junction

US4453140A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 1981
Grant dateJun 5, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/2828
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transistor oscillator circuit having a cascaded pair of transistors connected with the collector terminal of one transistor in an inverted electrical polarity so that the oscillatory period is determined by the time required for discharging a charge stored across one junction of one transistor.

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