Measurement of the equivalent circuit of quartz crystal II

This example shows the versatility of Bode 100

A teacher at a technical college shared his documentation for his quartz crystal lesson, part II. In this documentation you can see the theory and the practical measurement with a Vector Network Analyzer.

Where is quartz used in modern electronics? What do you think is the reason quartz is used so often?
Quartz is used in electronic circuits to get a high accuracy time standard. Accuracy you need in clocks, computers, controllers, game boys, toys and many more.

After this lesson, you can answer the following questions:

  • What is the serial resonance?
  • What is the parallel resonance?
  • What is the anti-resonance?
  • How does the Q range of quartz compare to a RLC resonance circuit?
  • Why is the quartz frequency 32.768KHz so popular?
  • For details on this application, download the complete manual.

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