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t_n_k

Joined Mar 6, 2009
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The first looks like it came from here.....

http://makezine.com/projects/super-simple-fm-transmitter/

So it's a very basic FM transmitter.

The second is simply an RF oscillator.

One could "reduce" both circuits to an equivalent Colpitts topology. In the second case, the transistor's internal inter-electrode capacitances would need to be included in the reduction so as to establish the equivalence of each circuit as a [grounded base] Colpitts RF oscillator. The modulation components in the first case could be ignored if one is solely interested in the oscillator function.

I'm sure both these cases were discussed recently in another thread. Perhaps another member can remind us of precisely where.

The FM transmitter was at least mentioned here ....

http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/t...nsmitter-need-explanation.104468/#post-792309
 
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uka

Joined Dec 22, 2014
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thanks , actually I interested in fm transmitter. I'm not EE guy . in order to analyze the fm transmitter , I have digged and found colpitts oscillator. so can i analyse the fm transmitter like a common base colpitts oscillator ? like Fr=1/(2pi(LC)^1/2)
 

t_n_k

Joined Mar 6, 2009
5,455
thanks , actually I interested in fm transmitter. I'm not EE guy . in order to analyze the fm transmitter , I have digged and found colpitts oscillator. so can i analyse the fm transmitter like a common base colpitts oscillator ? like Fr=1/(2pi(LC)^1/2)
Yes - with the proviso that depending upon the working frequency, the frequency determining elements could include a significant contribution from the inter-electrode capacitances.
 
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