Wien bridge oscillator
E812208
The Wien bridge oscillator is an electronic sine-wave generator that uses a Wien bridge network in its feedback loop to produce low-distortion audio-frequency signals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wien bridge oscillator canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9632291 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wien bridge oscillator Context triple: [HP 200A audio oscillator, technology, Wien bridge oscillator]
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A.
Kelvin Bridge
Kelvin Bridge is a historic stone bridge spanning the River Kelvin in Glasgow, Scotland, linking the city’s West End to the Kelvinbridge area.
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Wheatstone bridge
The Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to precisely measure unknown resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge network.
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HP 200A audio oscillator
The HP 200A audio oscillator was Hewlett-Packard’s first commercial product, a pioneering low-distortion audio signal generator that helped launch the company and became widely used in electronics testing, including by Walt Disney Studios.
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D.
Tomlinson Bridge
Tomlinson Bridge is a movable drawbridge in New Haven, Connecticut, carrying traffic over the Quinnipiac River and serving as a key local transportation link.
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E.
Butterworth
Butterworth is a major town in Penang, Malaysia, serving as an important transport and industrial hub with key road, rail, and ferry links.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wien bridge oscillator Target entity description: The Wien bridge oscillator is an electronic sine-wave generator that uses a Wien bridge network in its feedback loop to produce low-distortion audio-frequency signals.
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A.
Kelvin Bridge
Kelvin Bridge is a historic stone bridge spanning the River Kelvin in Glasgow, Scotland, linking the city’s West End to the Kelvinbridge area.
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B.
Wheatstone bridge
The Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to precisely measure unknown resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge network.
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C.
HP 200A audio oscillator
The HP 200A audio oscillator was Hewlett-Packard’s first commercial product, a pioneering low-distortion audio signal generator that helped launch the company and became widely used in electronics testing, including by Walt Disney Studios.
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D.
Tomlinson Bridge
Tomlinson Bridge is a movable drawbridge in New Haven, Connecticut, carrying traffic over the Quinnipiac River and serving as a key local transportation link.
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E.
Butterworth
Butterworth is a major town in Penang, Malaysia, serving as an important transport and industrial hub with key road, rail, and ferry links.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio-frequency oscillator
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electronic oscillator ⓘ sine-wave generator ⓘ |
| advantage |
good frequency stability
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low noise ⓘ simple frequency adjustment ⓘ |
| amplitudeStabilizationMethod |
diodes
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incandescent lamp ⓘ nonlinear resistance ⓘ thermistor ⓘ |
| basedOn | lead-lag RC network ⓘ |
| bridgeHasArms |
parallel RC arm
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series RC arm ⓘ two purely resistive arms ⓘ |
| category | RC oscillator ⓘ |
| commonlyImplementedWith |
operational amplifier
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transistor amplifier ⓘ vacuum tube amplifier ⓘ |
| designedBy |
William R. Hewlett
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linked to:
Bill Hewlett
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| disadvantage |
limited to relatively low frequencies
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requires precise component matching ⓘ |
| feedbackNetworkType | bridge network ⓘ |
| firstCommercializedIn | HP 200A audio oscillator ⓘ |
| frequencyControlledBy |
capacitor values
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resistor values ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
amplifier
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capacitor ⓘ nonlinear amplitude stabilizer ⓘ resistor ⓘ |
| hasFeedbackType |
negative feedback
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positive feedback ⓘ |
| hasFrequencyFormula | f = 1 / (2πRC) ⓘ |
| hasTopology | bridge oscillator ⓘ |
| knownFor |
low distortion output
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stable frequency ⓘ |
| notBasedOn | inductors ⓘ |
| operatesAt | audio frequencies ⓘ |
| requires | Barkhausen criterion for oscillation ⓘ |
| requiresCondition |
loop gain equal to one at oscillation frequency
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total phase shift of zero degrees around loop ⓘ |
| typicalDistortionLevel | low harmonic distortion ⓘ |
| typicalOutputWaveform | sinusoidal ⓘ |
| usedFor |
audio testing
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laboratory instrumentation ⓘ measurement equipment calibration ⓘ signal generation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
audio equipment design
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education and laboratory experiments ⓘ |
| uses | Wien bridge network ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstImplementation | 1939 ⓘ |
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Subject: Wien bridge oscillator Description of subject: The Wien bridge oscillator is an electronic sine-wave generator that uses a Wien bridge network in its feedback loop to produce low-distortion audio-frequency signals.
Referenced by (2)
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