Title :
Circuit for continuous monitoring of quartz-crystal resonators in sensor applications
Author :
Arnau, A. ; Jiménez, Y. ; Sogorb, T.
Author_Institution :
Departamento de Ingenieria Electronica, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
fDate :
4/11/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A phase-locked loop-based circuit for a continuous resonant frequency and motional resistance monitoring of loaded quartz resonators is presented. The results prove the reliability of the proposed system for quartz sensors characterisation
Keywords :
condition monitoring; crystal resonators; electric sensing devices; phase locked loops; piezoelectric transducers; PLL-based circuit; SiO2; continuous monitoring; loaded quartz resonators; motional resistance monitoring; phase-locked loop-based circuit; quartz crystal resonators; quartz sensor characterisation; resonant frequency monitoring; sensor applications;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020253
