Condition determining when a linear electronic circuit will oscillate
For the noise in the output of a ferromagnet upon a change in the magnetizing force, see Barkhausen effect.
Block diagram of a feedback oscillator circuit to which the Barkhausen criterion applies. It consists of an amplifying element A whose output vo is fed back into its input vf through a feedback network β(jω).To find the loop gain, the feedback loop is considered broken at some point and the output vo for a given input vi is calculated:
^Barkhausen, H. (1935). Lehrbuch der Elektronen-Röhren und ihrer technischen Anwendungen [Textbook of Electron Tubes and their Technical Applications] (in German). Vol. 3. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. ASINB0019TQ4AQ. OCLC682467377.