Quartz Precision Frequency Control Devices

Precision frequency control devices are required in a broad array of applications including radios, radars, cellular communications, test equipment, and guided ordinance.  Numerous different technologies are used to generate frequencies in the HF, UHF and VHF regions.  This presentation will provide an in depth review of how quartz is utilized to create signals within these spectra with fractional frequencies errors as low as 1E-10.  The discussion will include the basic piezoelectric principles used in bulk acoustic wave (BAW) and surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators, and will focus on the sources instabilities that occur during sustained operation in electronic oscillators.  Means of improving these instabilities through temperature compensation, oven controlled enclosures, and disciplining to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)   will be covered.  The presentation will conclude with a brief comparison to other available frequency control sources in including atomic resonators and microelectromechanical (MEMS) resonators.

Speaker(s): Mr. David Chandler,

Agenda:

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM:  Arrive, mingle, eat

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM:  Presentation

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM:  Q&A, Continued discussions, etc. 

Location:
Room: Timber Room
Wegmans East Avenue
Rochester , New York
14610