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MEMS GENERATION TAKES ITS PLACE BESIDE QUARTZ.

Publication: Electro Manufacturing
Publication Date: 01-APR-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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For decades an accurate oscillator utilizing a silicon resonator remained an elusive technological dream as research revealed its potential as an alternative to quartz oscillators without actually proving its worth. Recent MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) resonator breakthroughs, such...

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...as improved long-term frequency stability and thermal hysteresis, have convinced some design engineers and management teams that the new technology's day has come. Since World War II, quartz crystal resonators have been the standard in the frequency control arena because of their piezoelectric and mechanical properties. There have been other contenders, such as ceramic, silicon and RLC resonators. However, none could match quartz resonators due to their superior temperature stability, thermal hysteresis,...

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