• DocumentCode
    874495
  • Title

    Thermal compensation in GaPO4 beam resonators: experimental evidence for length extensional mode

  • Author

    Sthal, Fabrice ; Bigler, Emmanuel ; Bourquin, Roger

  • Author_Institution
    Dept Lab. de Chronometric, Electronique et Piezoelectricite, Ecole Nat. Superieure de Mecanique et des Microtechniques, Besancon
  • Volume
    54
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    1/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    196
  • Lastpage
    197
  • Abstract
    Temperature effects in gallium orthophosphate (GaPO4) vibrating beams are reported. In addition to the well-known, thickness-shear AT-cut, temperature-compensated cuts exist in GaPO4 for length extensional modes. Experimental evidence of a temperature-compensated cut in GaPO4 rectangular beam resonator vibrating in length extension is given
  • Keywords
    compensation; crystal resonators; gallium compounds; GaPO4; beam resonators; gallium orthophosphate vibrating beams; length extensional mode; rectangular beam resonator vibrating; temperature-compensated cut; thermal compensation; thickness-shear AT-cut; Analytical models; Crystalline materials; Electrodes; Gallium; Piezoelectric effect; Piezoelectric materials; Resonant frequency; Silicon; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Acoustics; Computer Simulation; Computer-Aided Design; Electronics; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Gallium; Models, Theoretical; Phosphates; Temperature; Transducers; Vibration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-3010
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TUFFC.2007.225
  • Filename
    4037314