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INSTR F311

Electronic Instruments and


Instrumentation Technology
Lecture-19: Non-sinusoidal Waveform generators
14-Oct-2022

Dr. Sri Ram Shankar Rajadurai


Assistant Professor, EEE, Chamber: D-116
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
srir@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
+91-832-2580874
Multivibrators

Bistable Multivibrator – Similar to a Flip-flop or a Latch:


Both states are Stable.

Astable Multivibrator – Free-running


Both states are NOT stable.

Monostable Multivibrator – One shot


Stable in one state; Quasi-stable in the other state.

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Bistable Multivibrator Transfer Characteristics
Schmitt Trigger For increasing Voltages: For decreasing Voltages:

Combined :

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Schmitt Trigger

Sine wave to Square wave conversion

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Increasing voltage V_in

Decreasing voltage V_in

where:
Hysteresis

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Modified Schmitt Trigger

Transfer characteristic:
Increasing voltage V_in

Decreasing voltage V_in

For generating Rectangular waveforms


→ Change V_ref

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Astable Multivibrator
(Square wave generator)

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Astable Multivibrator

Period of the Square wave :


T = 2 RC ln[(1+β)/(1- β)]

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Triangular waveform generation
(1) Astable Multivibrator with an Integrator

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Triangular waveform generation
(2) Schmitt Trigger connected to an Integrator

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Triangular to sinusoidal wave converter

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Simplified block diagram of a Function Generator

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Function Generator – Block Diagram

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Monostable Multivibrator : One-shot
(Pulse generator)

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Monostable Multivibrator

Calculation of Pulse period:

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