Learning More About Quartz Technology: How Temperature-Sensitive Are Quartz Crystals?

ECS Inc.’s Quartz Crystal Oscillators Are Customized to Ensure Your Product Works Effectively at Your Desired Temperature

As an engineer designing a product that requires a quartz crystal oscillator, you know precisely where this product will be used and what temperatures it will likely experience – and you want to be absolutely certain that your design specifications take this environmental factor into account to ensure high-quality performance.

For instance, if your product is going to be placed in a high temperature environment (e.g. on the asphalt roof of a building) you are likely to do research on products such as quartz crystal resonators and quartz oscillators that can operate under these conditions and provide the desired frequency your product requires with minimal frequency drift.

To do this, an engineer needs the expertise of a company with a high level of knowledge in analyzing and designing crystal oscillators that can meet or exceed these benchmarks. ECS Inc., a leader in quartz technology, can pair your needs for temperature stability with one of our innovative quartz products to secure your product’s performance in spite of temperature conditions.

The Temperature Sensitivity of Quartz Technology, Including Quartz Crystal Resonators and Crystal Oscillators

Guaranteeing that your quartz oscillator can operate under the conditions where it will be used is essential to your product’s design. That’s why at ECS Inc. we can engineer an oscillator to your specifications for temperature, including specifically tailored oscillator products which can apply correction and maintain an acceptable deviation, or stability, over the expected temperature range.

Quartz is a reliable and effective circuitry component. It is the overall best-performing resonator for its precision, durability and high level of performance. However, a quartz crystal resonator’s frequency is sensitive to temperature when operated outside of its temperature range.

In addition, it is important to note that while an oscillator can create a desired frequency outside of its normal temperature range, the further outside the range, the less reliable the signal will be. Therefore, quartz’s temperature sensitivity has necessitated the creation of oscillators that can maintain stringent temperature parameters to yield a minimal deviation in frequency.

Two ECS Inc. quartz oscillator products are highly effective in ensuring that temperature requirements are met and maintained in a narrower temperature range to prevent frequency drift: TCXOs and OCXOs.

TCXOs: Temperature Compensated Oscillator Crystals include a temperature sensor inside the chip, which can monitor temperature and apply correction to the frequency output by self-calibrating. This ultimately provides a high-performing component for your design.

OCXOs: Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators use a thermistor to maintain a temperature environment that is higher than a product’s requirements, so that the engineer does not need to worry about frequency deviation.

ECS Inc.’s state-of-the-art quartz technology allows engineers in the design community to find solutions that will ensure their products operate as efficiently and effectively as possible. Learn more about the effects of temperature on quartz crystals in this ECS Inc. video resource.

How ECS Inc. Can Meet Your Temperature Stability Needs with Quartz Technology

ECS Inc.’s goal is to ensure high performance for your application’s needs at the right price point. To that end, ECS Inc.’s team can provide resources and technical support to help you choose the least technically advanced product on the market that will still allow your product to perform as expected.

To that end, ECS Inc. is a reliable technical partner as you develop innovative products for your industry. When you connect with ECS Inc., the team of engineers will find out all of the requirements for your product and recommend a quartz crystal oscillator – including quartz oscillators with high temperature stability, such as the TXCO and OCXO – that will ensure your design is a success. Feel free to reach out to the Engineering Support team.

You can also use ECS Inc.’s parametric search page to select the temperature range at which you expect your quartz crystal oscillator to operate. Then, within that specific parameter, this search tool will provide possible options for part numbers that will match your needs. An engineer can even include additional constraints – a particular frequency, for example – to narrow those options further. In addition, a product designer may choose to loosen requirements to broaden the range of options. If you already know what you need, however, feel free to look up a part number by searching the ECS Inc. inventory.

ECS Inc.’s ample inventory gives engineers the power of selection and a high level of specification. ECS Inc., a leader in quartz technology, looks forward to being able to ensure your quartz crystal resonator, crystal oscillator or any of our frequency or timing solutions are effectively matched to the scope of your project.

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