This is a common emitter Colpitts oscillator. R1 and R2 form a voltage divider to provide base bias. the emitter resistor R3 also provides some bias. R4 is the collector resisotr across which the any ...
The two persons above are the geniuses who gave us two classic oscillator circuits as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 The two classic oscillators circuits: Colpitts (left) and Clapp (right). However, a ...