Colpitts generator Pspice

Arek462

Jun 29, 2016
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Hello!

I tried simulate Colpitts generator from Horowitz's book:

colpitts.png

There isn't crystal in pspice student version so i replaced it with rlc circuit and also added 1G resistor because of the "floating point":

colpitts_schematic.png

Howewer the waveforms doesn't look like i expected:

colpitts_simulation.png


If any expert could help me, i will be very grateful.

Thank you!
 

Alec_t

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C3 is 1000p in the schematic, but only 100p in the sim. Is that intentional?
 

LvW

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The used FET needs a negative bias voltage VGS - hence, a small source resistor would help.
Mote than that - the crystal must be replaced by an inductance only.
 
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