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Technical Details - Crystals, Oscillators and Filters

This page details technical information available on this website. Subjects covered are:-

  • crystal and oscillator theory,
  • brief notes on the derivation of crystal part numbers and
  • an explanation of crystal and oscillator terms.

 

 Additionally, an extensive application notes section is available.

Crystals and oscillators technical specs  

Further explanation of contents is given below.

Technical Notes

If you are an engineer working mostly within digital techniques these notes may help with analogue theory relating to crystals and oscillator design. The subject is treated non-mathematically. Among the subjects covered are:

  • Determination of an oscillator circuit as series or parallel resonant.
  • Crystal Equivalent Circuit
  • Network Transformations
  • Crystal Calibration
  • Crystal Impedance Meter
  • Oscillator Theory (conditions for oscillation, phase-shift etc.)
  • Gain and drive-level
  • Basic oscillator circuits with component values for frequencies <150MHz
  • Designing CMOS and TTL circuits
  • Approximate formulae
  • Click here to download Euroquartz Technical Notes (pdf)

Application Notes

The application notes .PDF file contains several practical circuits and examples including:

  • IC compatible oscillators
  • Low-noise crystal oscillators
  • Schmitt-Trigger oscillators
  • Overtone oscillators
  • Easy start-up oscillators
  • Temperature-compensated crystal oscillators
  • Voltage-controlled crystal oscillators
  • Click here to download Euroquartz Application Notes (pdf)

Crystal Specification

This is a HTML page containing basic information on crystal parameters, including an explanation of the method used to determine a crystal specification.

Click on the link to view Euroquartz Crystal Specification Notes

Oscillator Specification

An HTML page containing basic technical information relating to packaged oscillators.

Click on the link to view Euroquartz Oscillator Specification Notes

Specification of Filters

A basic explanation of filter technical terms. FILTER SPECIFICATION NOTES
For custom filter specification information see our separate page Euroquartz Filters.