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Wien Bridge Oscillator Not Oscillating at 5kHz With Op Amp and Active Load—What’s Wrong?

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    Alexandru Radu
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    PeterTraneus Anderson
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    Alexandru Radu
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    Alexandru Radu
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    Eileen Wen
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    Talia John
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    PeterTraneus Anderson
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    carol casian
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Topic summary

A third-year electronics student designed a Wien bridge oscillator targeting 5 kHz frequency using an op amp with an active load and a second amplification stage but initially faced no oscillation. The issue was identified as swapped op amp inputs: the inverting and non-inverting inputs were connected incorrectly, with Q2 base as the inverting input and Q1 base as the non-inverting input. Correcting this enabled oscillation at the desired frequency. To control amplitude, the student considered using diodes for automatic gain control but wanted a lower output amplitude around ±0.3 V, while the circuit produced approximately 500 mV peak. Suggestions included replacing silicon diodes with small-signal Schottky or germanium diodes to reduce amplitude or using passive attenuation via resistor dividers. The discussion included schematic and transient simulation references to aid troubleshooting.
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