I needed a 24 KHz oscillator so I thought I would use the one shown in Figure 5.30, p285 of A of E (schematic below, view with fixed font). My first version, which used a SN74LVC2G04, would not oscillate. The second version using 2 SN74HC1G04s did. My question is: why didn't the LVC version oscillate? Both were made with SM parts on PC board.
Analogous to the frequency-domain statement made above, you need positive feedback over a short period, and negative feedback over a long period (DC).
As shown, you have two negative feedback loops. At best, you'll get oscillation due to the propagation delay of the inverter (at a frequency other than intended).
The canonical circuit is:
U1 has DC negative feedback through R, and positive AC feedback through U2 and C. Note Ri prevents overloading the input protection diodes on U1, important for large C.
Other circuits are common, using different connections of resistors or more inverters (often 3 total). None of these make any sense when two works.
If you don't mind depending on a device parameter, you can also make one with a single schmitt trigger inverter. The time constant corresponds to the input hysteresis band, which will generally be smaller than the approx. half supply worth in the above circuit.
Tim
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>I needed a 24 KHz oscillator so I thought I would use the one shown in
> Figure 5.30, p285 of A of E (schematic below, view with fixed font). My
> first version, which used a SN74LVC2G04, would not oscillate. The second
> version using 2 SN74HC1G04s did. My question is: why didn't the LVC
> version
> oscillate? Both were made with SM parts on PC board.
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Not to mention that there are far better configurations, such as...
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Did you ever have problems with the input voltage to the left inverter going above Vcc or below ground? Some circuits I see use a high value resistor in series with the inverter input to limit discharge current through the protection diodes. Maybe it depends on the size of the capacitor? How much current can those protection diodes take?
A naked gate input would be best, since the protection diodes sink current which messes up the time constant.
Analysis is simple: assume the switching threshold is in the middle, so whichever state it's in, when the capacitor charges or discharges to +V/2 (which apparently occurs in t_1/2 = R*C*ln(2), assuming an initial voltage of +V), it switches. That puts +V*3/2 on the input, so the cap is forced down by +V/2 due to input diodes.
The vocabulary isn't demanding - though a hill-billy red-neck like Jim might find it difficult. One wonders why John Fields couldn't have read the note - it isn't long - and found out for himself.
The amount of current the protection diodes can take isn't the only question you should be asking. The protection diodes dump charge carriers into the substrate, and they have been known to create odd effects in other devices on the same substrate.
Slowman is such a f*ck-head. Probably doesn't even know the real derivation of "red-neck".
I have one of the ORIGINAL RCA CMOS manuals, the oscillator section of which was re-posted on my website years ago...
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IIRC, There is a minor derivation error in that Application Note.
Wonder if Slowman can properly derive the correct frequency?
We already know the answer, don't we? No chance. ...Jim Thompson
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