A review of the recent development of mems and crystal oscillators and their impacts on the frequency control products industry

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 694-704

  Lam, C S ^a  

^a Epson Electronics America   (United States)

Author keywords

frequency control products, MEMS oscillator, crystal oscillator

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ASPECTS; CLOCK SOURCE; FREQUENCY CONTROL; FREQUENCY CONTROL PRODUCTS, MEMS OSCILLATOR, CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR; MILITARY PRODUCTS; MOVING PARTS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; SILICON MEMS; SILICON OSCILLATOR; SILICON-BASED; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE STABLE;

COMMERCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RESONATORS;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 67649382733     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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