Outline for Oscillators:

1. L-C Negative Grid
   1. Armstrong
   2. Hartley
   3. Colpitts
   4. Clapp-Gouriet (Colpitts)
   5. Ultra-Audion   (Colpitts)
   6. Butterfly          (Colpitts)
   7. Franklin
   8. Meissner (Link-Coupled Armstrong)
      
2. Resistive-Capacitive
   1. Phase-Shift
   2. Bridge Phase-Shift
   3. Bridge-T
   4. N.B.S. Bridge-T
   5. Resistive Bridge
   6. Wien-Bridge
   7. Multivibrator
      1. Mono-Stable ("One-Shot")
      2. Bi-Stable (Eccles-Jordan)
      3. A-Stable (Free-Running)
         
3. Cascade
   1. Franklin
   2. Multivibrator
   3. Wien Bridge
   4. Resistance Bridge
   5. Bridge-T
      
4. Negative Resistance
   1. Tuned-Plate Tuned-Grid (TPTG)
   2. Dynatron (Secondary Emission)
   3. Transitron (Secondary Emission with Coupling)
   4. Tunnel Diode
      
5. Relaxation Oscillator (Non-Sinusoidal)
   1. Neon R.O.
   2. Thyratron
   3. Miller Integrator
   4. Multivibrator ("A-Stable" Eccles-Jordan)
   5. Grid-Blocking
      
6. Crystal
   1. Pierce
   2. Hot-Cathode Pierce
   3. Miller
   4. Tri-Tet
   5. Miller Tri-Tet
   6. Jones
   7. Tuned-Plate
   8. Cathode-Follower
   9. Colpitts Harmonic
   10. Renerative Harmonic
   11. Butler
   12. Capacitance Bridge
       
7. Feedback
   1. Series (Current)
   2. Shunt (Voltage)
      
8. Special Types
   1. Positive Grid (Retarding Field/Transit Time)
      1. Barkhausen-Kurtz
      2. Gill-Morrell
   2. Phantastron
   3. Butterfly
   4. Resnatron
   5. Reflex Klystron
   6. Magnetron
   7. Magnetostrictive
   8. Tuning-Fork
   9. Carcinitron
   10. Meissner
   11. Ring
   12. Negative Transconductance
   13. Electron Coupled Oscillator (ECO)
   14. Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA)
   15. Mechan Bridge
   16. M.T. I. (Radar)
       1. C.O.H.O.  (Phase Ref.)
       2. S.T.A.L.O.  (Local Osc.)
   17. Linear Master Oscillator (LMO)
   18. Beat-Frequency Oscillator (BFO)

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Oscillators - SfE-DCS, ddf - 08/21/2001