Quartz crystal oscillator circuit for high resolution microgravimetric sensors in fluids

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1065-1067

  Rodriguez Pardo, L ^a   Farina J ^a   Gabrielli, C ^b   Perrot, H ^b   Brendel, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; DAMPING; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; STABILITY;

HIGH RESOLUTION MICROGRAVIMETRIC SENSORS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR; RESONATOR QUALITY FACTOR; STANDARD CRYSTAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33748115317     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20061854     Document Type: Article

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