Research/Patents/US 4918372
US 4918372Tier 3 — General Defense

METHOD OF MEASURING THE THERMAL HYSTERESIS OF QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATORS

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

Filed

Aug 29, 1988

Granted

Apr 17, 1990

Location

LEBANON NJ US

Abstract

The thermal hysteresis of quartz crystal resonators is measured by exciting two modes of a quartz crystal of interest with an external frequency source at a preselected temperature, calculating the difference frequency as between the modes, resetting to the original set temperature after temporarily altering the temperature, remeasuring the frequencies while maintaining the temperature and the difference frequency at the same respective values as the original values, and taking the mode frequency difference as representative of the thermal hysteresis of the crystal.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Dec 22, 1988

Rescinded

May 5, 1989

Duration

4 months

Inventor

  • 1RAYMOND L. FILLER
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