Everything about Multivibrator
Electronic circuit used to implement two-state devices
A multivibrator is an electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state devices such as relaxation oscillators, timers, latches and flip-flops. The first multivibrator circuit, the astable multivibrator oscillator, was invented by Henri Abraham and Eugene Bloch during World War I. It consisted of two vacuum tube amplifiers cross-coupled by a resistor-capacitor network. They called their circuit a "multivibrator" because its output waveform was rich in harmonics. A variety of active devices can be used to implement multivibrators that produce similar harmonic-rich wave forms; these include transistors, neon lamps, tunnel diodes and others. Although cross-coupled devices are a common form, single-element multivibrator oscillators are also common. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: MultivibratorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Design, simulation and comparative analysis of a novel NCFET based astable multivibrator and a current starved astable multivibratorInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The complete handbookof amplifiers, oscillators, and multivibratorsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An Astable Multivibrator Model of Binocular RivalryCited 198 times
- Go sideways: Bipolar transistor biasingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Schmitt triggerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state systems such as oscillators, timers, and flip-flops.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
An Astable Multivibrator Model of Binocular Rivalry
A continuous-level memristor emulator and its application in a multivibrator circuit
Amorphous wire MI micro sensor using C-MOS IC multivibrator
On a multivibrator that employs a fractional capacitor
Highly stable MI micro sensor using CMOS IC multivibrator with synchronous rectification [for automobile control application]
Multivibrator Geiger Counter Circuit
Sensing and measurement of DC current using a transformer and RL-multivibrator
Tunable characteristics of low-frequency bandgaps in two-dimensional multivibrator phononic crystal plates under prestrain
🆕 Influential since 2022
Design, simulation and comparative analysis of a novel NCFET based astable multivibrator and a current starved astable multivibrator
Design, simulation and comparative analysis of CNTFET based Astable Multivibrator
Reliable set of random number generation using Astable Multivibrator PUF
Design and implementation of an astable multivibrator
Simplified Derivative-Based Carrierless PPM Using VCO and Monostable Multivibrator
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕The complete handbookof amplifiers, oscillators, and multivibratorsJoseph J. Carr · 1981
Oscillator CircuitsYoshifumi Nishio · 2016
How to design & use multivibratorsCourtney Hall · 1974- 📕49 easy electronic projects for the 556 dual timerDelton T. Horn · 1991
- 📕Sintez i analiz impulʹsnykh izmeritelʹnykh preobrazovateleĭ informat͡s︡ionno-izmeritelʹnykh sistemS. V. Kulikov · 1982
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