1 Scope
This part of IEC 60122 has been compiled in response to a generally expressed desire on the part of both
users and manufacturers for guidelines to the use of quartz crystal units for filters
and oscillators so that the crystal units may be used to their best advantage.
It draws attention to some of the more fundamental questions which will be considered
by the user before it places its order for a unit for a new application, and in so
doing will, it is hoped, help ensure against unsatisfactory performance, unfavourable
cost and non-availability. It is not the function of this document to explain theory,
nor to attempt to cover all the eventualities that can arise in practical circumstances.
Lastly, it it is not considered as a substitute for close liaison between manufacturer
and user.
Standard specifications, such as those of the IEC of which these guidelines form a
part, and national specifications or detail specifications issued by manufacturers,
will define the available combinations of the resonant characteristics and the temperature
characteristic. These specifications are compiled to include a wide range of quartz
crystal units with standardized performances. It cannot be over-emphasized that it
is the responsibility of the user , wherever possible, to select the quartz crystal
units from these specifications, when available, even if it can lead to making small
modifications to the circuit to enable the use of standard resonators. This applies
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