I am a student working on a project where we are using CC Colpitts oscillators as local oscillators.
We've chosen the above values based on the condition gm> w02C1C2RL,series, which for the given image translates to gm> w02C1C2R6.
This is a formula we worked with as a given result (assuming biasing resistors are large in comparison to impedances at the resonant frequency), which I gather comes from the feedback network needing to have closed-loop gain > 1 and have the feedback signal be in phase with the input.
I wanted to arrive at this result myself but have been having some trouble. Here is how I have framed the problem and tried solving it:
- The feedback topology is shunt-shunt, i.e. I am sampling the voltage at the emitter and then feeding a current back in at the base.
- The feedback gain, B = j(1 / XC1), since the feedback input comes into one end of C1 and the other end is grounded for feedback analysis (shunt connection).
- Then for an open-loop gain A, the condition of A*B > 1 should allow me to solve for the previous result.
I then tried finding the loaded forward open-loop gain (A), loading the emitter with C1||C2 and the base with L||C1. However, here I got lost in the math and haven't been able to reduce A*B > 1 to the above result after multiple attempts.
I would appreciate any input of mistakes I may have made in the problem setup or help on how to proceed from here if the rest is right.