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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Random thoughts on sinewave oscillators
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 09:58:13 +0100
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Edward Rawde <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

[...] 
> A Wien bridge has an overall voltage gain of 1/3 ...

If all the components are perfect and correctly matched.

In a practical oscillator where the resistors are switched or the
capacitors ganged, there will be slight mis-matches due to tolerances
and the loss will be greater (and unpredictable).


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