askelectronics Ask Electronics How could a DC oscillator produce AC after a capacitor?
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    FearlessPhoenix
    1 year ago 100%

    True AC is sort of "balanced" in that it has just as much positive as negative. The positive area of the waveform is the same size as the negative area. For waveforms that are sort of symmetric across the 0V with a time offset, such as a sine or square wave, this means that it is centered along the 0V line. A DC source, on the other hand, never changes voltage.

    The 0V to +10V source you have is actually a -5V to +5V square AC plus a +5V DC. The capacitor is getting rid of the DC component leaving just the AC, which happens to be the -5V to +5V AC that you are getting.

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