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Crystal Oscillator Fundamentals and Operation—Part III

In the previous segment of this article series, we discussed in detail the operation of a crystal oscillator. We’ll now extend the discussion to various parameters associated with crystal oscillators ...
Business Insider

Epson Announces New Efficient and Energy-Saving Quartz Crystal Families Delivering Low ESR and Tight Frequency Tolerance in Ultra-Compact Packages

Epson FC2012AN and FC3215AN Families Provide Developers with Broader Market Opportunities with Trusted Technology in Smaller Form Factor LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson today ...
Electronic Design

A Simple Method for a Capacitor’s ESR Measurement

Capacitors are classified according to their dielectric’s type. Electrolytic capacitors are popular in power electronic circuits, due to their high volumetric efficiency and excellent price ...
AZOM

Using LAMBDA 1050 UV/Vis/NIR Spectrometer and URA Accessory to Measure Enhanced Specular Reflector (ESR) Films

Enhanced specular reflectors (ESR) like 3M Vikuiti™ are highly reflective, mirror-like optical enhancement films that are mainly used in light recycling liquid crystal display (LCD) applications for ...
Electronic Design

Simple Tester Provides Readout of Crystal Frequency

Using this Pierce-oscillator circuit, users can test and verify the basic operation of a crystal in parallel-resonance mode. It allows the user to calculate and set the critical external capacitor ...
EDN

CMOS Crystal Frequency Multiplier

Crystals usually operate at fundamental frequencies up to about 15 MHz. Whenever higher frequencies are required a frequency multiplier is placed after the crystal oscillator. The resulting output ...