Title :
A brief review of progress in quartz tuning fork resonators
Author_Institution :
Seiko Epson Corp., Nagano, Japan
Abstract :
The progress in quartz tuning fork resonators brought dramatically an epoch not only to the wristwatch technology but also to the fields of portable equipment and communication equipment in the sense of stable frequency sources with very low power consumption and very small size. This paper gives the historical review of the progress in quartz tuning fork resonators from the view points of both technology and business
Keywords :
crystal resonators; electron device manufacture; marketing; photolithography; quartz; reviews; tuning; SiO2; low power consumption; quartz tuning fork resonators; review; small size resonators; stable frequency sources; Business; Communication equipment; Consumer electronics; Costs; Frequency; Marketing and sales; Mass production; Open wireless architecture; Vibrations; Watches;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3728-X
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.1997.638700
