Four-Point Mounting Configuration for Resonators Subjected to Severe Environments.

Abstract

AT-cut quartz plate resonators are usually edge mounted. For precision applications, and especially where ruggedness is required, a four-point mount is necessary. This report investigates those mounts consisting of two pairs of diametric attachments. For this class of mount a locus is found for the angles of attachment of the circular plate with respect to the crystallographic axes such that radially directed edge forces are compensated. One point on the locus is found to be particularly frequency insensitive to mounting errors, and defines the optimum setting for the four-point mount. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048069

Entities

People

  • Arthur D. Ballato

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Climate Change
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystals
  • Diameters
  • Elastic Waves
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Geometry
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Position (Location)
  • Precision
  • Quartz Resonators
  • Resonators
  • Security
  • Thermal Expansion

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.