A 16mhz Crystal Oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal of piezoelectric material to create an electrical signal with a precise frequency.This frequency is often use to keep track of time, as in quartz wristwatches, to provide a stable clock signal for digital integrated circuits, and to stabilize frequencies for radio transmitters and receivers.

The most common type of piezoelectric resonator use is the quartz crystal, so oscillator circuits incorporating them became known as crystal oscillators, but other piezoelectric materials including polycrystalline ceramics are use in similar circuits.

A crystal oscillator, particularly one made of quartz crystal, works by being distorted by an electric field when voltage is applied to an electrode near or on the crystal. This property is known as electrostatics or inverse piezoelectricity.

When the field is remove, the quartz - which oscillates in a precise frequency - generates an electric field as it returns to its previous shape, and this can generate a voltage. The result is that a quartz crystal behaves like an RLC circuit.

Quartz crystals are manufacture for frequencies from a few tens of kilohertz to hundreds of megahertz. More than two billion crystals are manufacture annually. Most are use for consumer devices such as wristwatches, clocks, radios, computers, and cellphones. Quartz crystals are also found inside test and measurement equipment, such as counters, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.

Applications

• Used in frequency synthesizers
• Used in special types of receivers
• Used as crystal clock in microprocessors
• Colpitts Crystal Oscillator Application
• Armstrong Crystal Oscillator
• Military and Aerospace
• Radio and TV transmitters

Specification of 16mhz Crystal Oscillator:

• 18pF of Load Capacitance
• Frequency Tolerance(Ƹf/f) range is ± 30ppm
• Frequency Temperature Stability range is ±50ppm
• Resonance Resistance 40ohms (max)
• Oscillation mode: Fundamental mode
• Shunt Capacitance less than 7pF
• Drive Level less than 100µW
• Operating Temperature Range: -20 to + 70°C
• Operable Temperature Range: -25 to + 85°C
• Storage Temperature Range: -55 to + 125°C
• Insulation Resistance: 500 M ohms

Package includes :

1 x 16mhz Crystal Oscillator in Pakistan