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They’re everywhere – Quartz Crystals and Oscillators in Everyday Life
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Right at the beginning of this article I have to make a confession: When I joined Jauch’s marketing team almost five months ago, I didn’t have the slightest idea about frequency components. I didn’t know what a quartz was, what it looked like or how it differed from an oscillator. Of course, this has now
- Published in Frequency Control Products
Why Do Tuning Fork Crystals Always Have A Frequency of 32.768 kHz?
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
The tuning fork crystal as it is used in watches is something like the “classic” among the quartz crystals. Its frequency is always exactly 32.768 kHz. But why this value? The answer to this question can be found in the history of quartz crystals. Bell Telephone Laboratories, the former research department of today’s telecommunications group
- Published in Frequency Control Products