“UNIVERSAL”VFO

Published:2009/6/23 2:30:00 Author:May | From:SeekIC

Figure 63-16A shows the basic circuit for the VFO, except for the tuning circuits (which are shown in Fig. 63-16B). Transistor Q1 is a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) oscillator stage. The device to use at Q1 includes MPF-102, 2N4416, and the replacement devices from the popular lines of service parts e.g., ECG and NTE).Two different oscillator configurations can be accommodated by this design (i.e., both Clapp and Colpitts oscillators can be built). Both oscillators are the same from point A in Fig. 63-16C forward, and both depend on a capacitor voltage-divider feedback network. The Clapp oscillator (Fig. 63-16A) is series-tuned and the Colpitts oscillator is parallel-tuned (Fig. 63-16B).The dc voltage supplied to the oscillator transistor (Q1) is voltage-regulated. The voltage regu-lator can be any 78Lxx series from 78LO5 to 78LO9.



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