About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 111. Chapters: Resistor, Cavity magnetron, Switch, Waveguide, Electronic color code, Varistor, Crystal oscillator, Back-to-back connection, Memristor, Crystal oscillator frequencies, Opto-isolator, Fuse, Non-Radiative Dielectric waveguide, Commutator, Circuit breaker, Electronic component, Leaky wave antenna, Gas-filled tube, Preferred number, High voltage cable, Halogen lamp, Resonant Cavity Enhanced Photo Detector, Distributed temperature sensing, Passivity, Crossbar latch, Current divider, Contactor, List of sensors, Nullor, Cable tray, Fuse cutout, Electric bell, Pro Electron, Barnacle, Cam timer, Tipping point, Photodetector, Digital phase converter, Transient voltage suppressor, Planar Hall sensor, Surge arrestor, Voltage detector, Quantum tunnelling composite, Fault indicator, Infrared lamp, Inrush current limiter, Ceramic resonator, Conductive ink, Thermopile, Force-Sensing Resistor, Drum sequencer, Battery isolator, Glass-coated wire, DC circuit, Nullator, Thin film bulk acoustic resonator, Fuzz button, Norator, Helical resonator, Rectiformer, Instabus, Zetatron, Mating connection, Current sensor, Lead, DC block, Terminal, Electric switchboard, Discrete device, Uncore, Multilayer varistor. Excerpt: A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal of piezoelectric material to create an electrical signal with a very precise frequency. This frequency is commonly used to keep track of time (as in quartz wristwatches), to provide a stable clock signal for digital integrated circuits, and to stabilize frequencies for radio transmitters and receivers. The most common type of piezoelectric resonator used is the quartz crystal, so oscillator circuits designed around them became known as "crystal oscillators." Quartz crystals are manufactured for frequencies from a ...
