Oscillator is nothing but an amplifier with

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Q: Oscillator is nothing but an amplifier with

(a) positive feed back

(b) negative feed back

(c) no feed back

(d) large gain

Ans: (a)

Sol: A positive feed back from output to input in an amplifier produces oscillations of constant amplitude .

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