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This is the symbol for load capacitance. See "load capacitance".
Reference : Load capacitance |
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| CMOS |
Abbreviation for "Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor", which is a type of LSI structure. This is the main type of LSI used today. |
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| CMOS load |
This refers to a circuit that includes a CMOS structure (a type of IC structure) and that has a load circuit connected to the output. The high/low threshold is 50% Vcc.
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| CMOS timing chart |
Test circuit |
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| Cap |
This refers to the lid used on metal can crystal units (at left, the cap is part of a disc-shaped metal package). In cylinder crystal oscillators, the cap is called the case.
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| Structure of AT cut crystal unit |
Structure of cylindercrystal unit |
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| Ceramic package |
A ceramic package uses ceramic as part of its package material. To maintain the characteristics of a crystal device over a long period of time, the container must be hermetically sealed. This is why metal materials have been used in the past for packages. Today, ceramic materials are used for compact SMD products.
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| Example of ceramic package product |
Structure of ceramic package product |
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| Clock Oscillator |
A clock oscillator is a type of crystal oscillator that provides the square wave pulse required by computers and other digital equipment. Although a clock oscillator has the same configuration as a crystal oscillator that generates accurate frequencies, it is used for different applications. EPSON TOYOCOM offers clock oscillators in SG series.
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| Convex processing |
Convex processing creates curved surfaces on both ends of an AT cut crystal chip. To obtain a lower frequency for thickness shear vibration, the chip's thickness must be greater. Larger energy is required to vibrate larger mass.
Rounding out the ends of the crystal chip makes the chip's vibration become concentrated in the middle, which enables efficient oscillation using less energy. This process is employed not only for low-frequency crystal chips but also for compact crystal chips.
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| Convex processing |
Reference : AT crystal unit, Thickness shear vibration |
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| Crystal filter |
A crystal filter is a crystal device that is used to pass through and or cut off frequency range within a frequency band. The crystal filter has superior temperature characteristics when compared to filters that use other materials. Currently, the crystal filters cover up to about 100 MHz, and SAW filters are used at any higher frequency band.
Reference : SAW filter |
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| Crystal oscillation circuit |
A crystal oscillation circuit is used to drive a crystal unit. The drawing at right shows a crystal oscillation circuit typically used with CMOS ICs.
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| CMOS crystal oscillation circuit |
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Reference : Oscillation circuit parameter |
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| Crystal oscillator |
A crystal oscillator is a crystal device that is able to output a specified frequency because a crystal oscillator and a crystal oscillation circuit (IC) are incorporated into a single package. A stable frequency can be obtained because matching adjustments between the crystal unit and crystal oscillation circuit has been completed. Epson Toyocom recommends using crystal oscillators rather than crystal units.
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| Crystal unit |
This is a crystal device that a crystal chip is enclosed in a package. Crystal units can be classified into tuning fork crystal units, AT crystal units, or SAW resonators, depending on the type of crystal chip used.
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| Cylinder package crystal unit |
This type of crystal unit uses a cylinder package. Since the cylinder package is compact and easy to hermetically seal, it was developed for application in the tuning fork crystal units used in some wristwatches. Some of these packages are also used with compact AT crystal units. Epson Toyocom currently offers the C Series of cylinder crystal units.
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| Cylinder-package crystal unit with a higher soldering heat resistance |
When compared to ordinary cylinder-package crystal units, this type of cylinder-package crystal unit has greater resistance to solder reflow temperatures used when mounting components. This type of cylinder-package crystal unit can be used stably in a wider range of use environments due to this higher temperature resistance, which has a weak point for other types of crystal oscillators. Among Epson
Toyocom products, this type of cylinder-package crystal units are built in MA/MC Series crystal units and SG Series oscillators with a plastic SMD package. Epson Toyocom offers plastic SMD package crystal unit with a higher soldering heat resistance under the MA/MC series, and plastic SMD package crystal oscillator with a higher soldering heat resistance under the SG series
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| C-type wave plate |
It is a single layer as a zero-order (N = 0) mode type if phase difference is defined as δ+N x 360°. The optical axis of this type is tilted in the thickness direction so that the thickness is about 0.4 or 0.5 mm for facilitating processing and handling. This plate has a large variation in phase difference depending on the angle of incident light, but excellent Wavefront aberration for transmission (uniform wavelength) due to a smooth surface of single-layer structure.
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