Relaxation oscillator

Summary

• A relaxation oscillator is an oscillator in which a capacitor is charged gradually and then discharged rapidly. It's usually implemented with a resistor, a capacitor, and some sort of "threshold" device such as a neon lamp, diac, unijunction transistor, or Gunn diode.

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Related Topics

• Gunn diode
• Neon lamp
• Unijunction transistor

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