Title :
Thermal transient effect of Y-cut langanite and langatate
Author_Institution :
Dev. & Eng. Center, U.S. Army Commun.-Electron. Res., Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The thermal transient effect of a Y-cut langanite (LGN) resonator and a Y-cut langatate (LGT) resonator is measured with various rates of linear temperature-time ramp. The resonators are vacuum-sealed in two-point-mounted or four-point-mounted enclosures. The nominal frequency of the resonators is 10 MHz 5th overtone (OT) and the modes from the fundamental to the 7th OT are measured. The results show an improvement over AT-cut quartz resonators. The dynamic thermal sensitivity coefficient of the 5th OT two-point-mounted LGT resonator is only 15% of that of 5 MHz 5th OT AT-cut quartz resonators.
Keywords :
crystal resonators; lanthanum compounds; temperature; thermal properties; 10 MHz; 5 MHz; AT-cut quartz resonators; Y-cut langanite resonator; Y-cut langatate resonator; dynamic thermal sensitivity coefficient; four-point-mounted enclosures; linear temperature-time ramp; nominal frequency; overtone; thermal transient effect; two-point-mounted enclosures; vacuum-sealed enclosures; Crystalline materials; Frequency control; Frequency measurement; Material properties; Resonant frequency; Temperature; Thermal engineering; Thermal expansion; Thermal force; Thermal stresses;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8414-8
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2004.1418531