Appropriately cut quartz crystals can be used as high-quality electromechanical resonators. Their piezoelectric properties (voltage across the crystal deforms it; deforming the crystal generates a ...
Abstract: Many industrial/scientific/medical (ISM) band radio frequency (RF) products use crystal oscillators to generate a reference for the phase-locked loop (PLL)-based local oscillator (LO). This ...
In the previous part of this series, we had discussed some of the important specifications of a crystal such as crystal pulling range, drive level and crystal stability with respect to temperature ...