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What starts an oscillator when the supply is applied?

  • A.The resonant circuit's stored energy from the previous run
  • B.The amplifier's own offset voltage at its input
  • C.Noise and the switching transient
  • D.A deliberate pulse injected by the bias network

Answer: C

Every circuit contains thermal and shot noise across a wide band, and the supply's own step excites the resonant circuit as well - the loop selects whatever component lies at its frequency and amplifies it repeatedly until limiting sets in. No injected pulse is needed, nothing is stored between runs, and offset is a direct quantity rather than a signal. That an oscillator needs no starting signal, only the absence of anything preventing growth, is what makes an unwanted oscillation so hard to suppress once a loop meets the conditions.

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