Title :
Quartz Crystal Parameters Measurement System
Author :
Pegeot, Claude ; Gagnepain, Jean-Jacques
Abstract :
A device for measurement of quartz crystal resonator parameters is presented. This device is using a synthesizer, the frequency of which is swept step by step to find the resonance of the crystal. With a phase loop, which controls the synthesizer´s interpolator, the resonance frequency and the bandwidth of the crystal can be measured. A low-cost computer gives the values of the resistance and the Q factor. The time constants of the crystal and of the phase loop are studied to determine the best measurement speed of this automatic device.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Phase measurement; Q factor; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Time measurement; Velocity measurement;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.1977.4314563