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Q.Draw the circuit diagram of a Wein bridge oscillator.

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Wein bridge oscillator = non-inverting op-amp (gain 3) + series-parallel RC lead-lag feedback network.

The Wein bridge oscillator is built around an op-amp. The negative-feedback arm uses RfR_f and RiR_i to set a non-inverting gain of A=1+Rf/Ri=3A = 1 + R_f/R_i = 3. The positive-feedback (Wein bridge) arm connects to the non-inverting input and consists of a series R1C1R_1C_1 branch and a parallel R2C2R_2C_2 branch. At the balance frequency f=1/(2πRC)f = 1/(2\pi RC) this lead-lag network gives zero phase shift and β=1/3\beta = 1/3, so with the gain of 3 the loop condition Aβ=1A\beta = 1 is met and a sine …

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