Consider the following illustration in Figure 1 of what we shall see is an oscillator, specifically, a Colpitts oscillator. Figure 1 The Colpitts oscillator where the passive components are arranged ...

Having already examined the Colpitts oscillator, we now look at its first cousin, the Clapp oscillator. Please consider the following illustration in Figure 1. There is an R-L-C network of passive ...

We’ve read a lot about oscillators, but crystal oscillators seem to be a bit of a mystery. Hobby-level books tend to say, build a circuit like this and then mess with it until it oscillates.