Practical Oscillator Handbook [Paperback]

Irving Gottlieb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0750631023 | ISBN-13: 978-0750631020 | Edition: 1

Oscillators have traditionally been described in books for specialist needs and as such have suffered from being inaccessible to the practitioner. This book takes a practical approach and provides much-needed insights into the design of oscillators, the servicing of systems heavily dependent upon them and the tailoring of practical oscillators to specific demands. To this end maths and formulae are kept to a minimum and only used where appropriate to an understanding of the theory.



Once grasped, the theory of the general oscillator is easily put into practical use in actual oscillators. The final two chapters present a collection of oscillators from which the practising engineer or the hobbyist can obtain useful guidance for many kinds of projects.

Irving Gottlieb is a leading author of many books for practising engineers, technicians and students of electronic and electrical engineering.


First Newnes title by this best-selling author

Clarity and crispness in an often obscure field

Editorial Reviews

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'The approach used in this book is aimed to bring together theory and
hardware with the minimal difficulty. Maths and formulae are kept to a minimum and only used where appropriate to understand a theory.'
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'This book takes a practical approach and provides much-needed insight into the design of oscillators, the servicing of systems heavily dependent on them and the tailoring of practical oscillators to demand.'
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The author provides a solid background on theory, and, once grasped, the theory of the general oscillator is easily put into practical use in actual oscillators. The final two chapters present a collection of oscillators from which the practicing engineer or the hobbyist can obtain useful guidance for many kinds of projects.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 1 edition (June 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750631023
• ISBN-13: 978-0750631020
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,237,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A decent text for the electronic homebrewer. Minor typos., November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Practical Oscillator Handbook (Paperback)

First, my background. I'm a software engineer by profession. I've got an undergraduate degree in Applied Math. I'm interested in radio frequency electronics as a hobby -- I'm licensed as an amateur radio operator in the US and I'm particularly interested in building my own equipment.

I bought this book pretty much blind, and have been pleased with it overall. I think it's helped me understand and build RF oscillators with more confidence. It's certainly not filled with abstruse mathematics; it is practical, as the title claims. It's also not filled with construction hints, although it's not entirely devoid of them.

It primarily consists of a general discussion of oscillation, followed by a catalog of various types of oscillators, including both tube and solid state designs. Design parameters and special features of the various circuit types are discussed.

The inclusion of tube circuits gives the book a bit of a historical feel, although I don't think that was the intent.

On the down side, there are numerous small typographical errors, and places where diagrams and drawings have been corrected with pen and ink.

That being said, the binding is very nice and the overall layout is decent, IMO, and all the typographical errors were minor and easily corrected by this reader from context.

If you're interested in more detail on radio frequency design and aren't afraid of some (minimal amount of) math, also check out "Introduction To Radio Frequency Design" by Wes Hayward, a fine book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, September 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Practical Oscillator Handbook (Paperback)

I expected a tutorial and design guide, but this book turned out to be just a brief introduction to a few oscillators. It does start off with a good introduction (feedback theory, LC tanks, etc.) but falls short with a proper explaination on actual oscillators. Recommended only if you have a prior understanding of oscillators.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful but not perfect, June 5, 2001

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R. L. Howe "scientist technocrat - machine o... (Haltwhistle, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical Oscillator Handbook (Paperback)

I don't know, this is quite a good little book but something is definitely missing. It covers a lot on oscillator theory but when I needed to build a special saw tooth oscillator, it had no information at all. It seems to have a blind spot for practical circuits and ideas and above all certain equations. (scratching my head I wondered if the censors had banned oscillators slightly recently) It is still a good book though and if you've never seen a klystron before is very interesting.