To complete the oscillator circuit, you add an LC-resonant tank to the amplifier stage; the result is a Colpitts oscillator

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• Figure 1. You can configure an amplifier stage, based on a JFET transistor, as a common drain
• Figure 2. To complete the oscillator circuit, you add an LC-resonant tank to the amplifier stage; the result is a Colpitts oscillator
• Figure 3. You can develop a Hartley oscillator based on a JFET transistor
• Figure 4. With C₁ having a value of 50 nF and C₂ having a value of 114 nF, the circuit oscillates