# CHARACTERISTICS OF CRYSTALS

Department of Defense PIN 39950 CHARACTERISTICS OF CRYSTALS STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF FREQUENCY STABILITY AND INTRODUCES THE CRYSTAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AS A POSSIBLE DEVICE USED TO OBTAIN THIS STABILITY. EXPLAINS THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT OF A CRYSTAL, LISTS TYPES OF CRYSTALS HAVING THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT, AND POINTS OUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRYSTAL THICKNESS AND FREQUENCY. VARIOUS CRYSTAL CUTS ARE EXPLAINED AND SHOWN GRAPHICALLY. THE Q OF THE CRYSTAL CIRCUIT IS EXPLAINED, AND BOTH THE PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A TYPICAL CRYSTAL ARE DISCUSSED.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1964
- By: Department of Defense
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.39950)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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