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H03B

GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

H03B covers oscillator and frequency-conversion circuits using active elements (transistors, vacuum tubes, operational amplifiers) operating in linear or analog modes, as opposed to switching operation. This includes LC oscillators, RC oscillators, crystal oscillators, and parametric amplifiers used to generate sinusoidal or other continuous-wave signals at specific frequencies. The class also encompasses noise generation circuits and frequency conversion techniques such as heterodyning and mixing, but excludes digital oscillators, switching-mode converters, and pulse-generation circuits classified under H03K.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS

CPC: GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS

CPC:

GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H)

Of 18 combined children, 15 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 3 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

9 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • H03B 13/00 Generation of oscillations using deflection of electron beam in a cathode-ray tube IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03B 17/00 Generation of oscillations using radiation source and detector, e.g. with interposed variable obturator IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03B 23/00 Generation of oscillations periodically swept over a predetermined frequency range (angle-modulating circuits in general H03C3/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03B 25/00 Simultaneous generation by a free-running oscillator of oscillations having different frequencies IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03B 27/00 Generation of oscillations providing a plurality of outputs of the same frequency but differing in phase, other than merely two anti-phase outputs IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03B 28/00 Generation of oscillations by methods not covered by groups H03B5/00 - H03B27/00, including modification of the waveform to produce sinusoidal oscillations (analogue function generators for performing computing operations G06G7/26; use of transformers for conversion of waveform in AC-AC converters H02M5/18) since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03B 29/00 Generation of noise currents and voltages IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC