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There is a drop in freq for Pierce and Colpitt after 1 min of startup. Can
be 100Hz. Serious enough. ------------------------------------- Not true. 100 Hz is a huge variation by crystal standards, especially in the lower frequency ranges. If a crystal oscillator drifts substantially during warmup, it usually implies two things: 1) The oscillator is driving the "so-called" parallel resonance of the crystal, which is very dependent on circuit capacitance. I said "so-called" because the parallel resonance isn't really a true resonance of the quartz, it's a frequency where the crystal appears inductive enough to resonate the combinationo fo the holder capacitance and the circuit capacitance. 2) The circuit is poorly designed. BTW, some here have suggested just purchasing a 'can' oscillator. Be very careful of these, and check the specs carefully. Many 'can' oscillators have an internal programmable RC VCO that is PLL locked to a low frequency crystal. The up-side is that the manufacturer will make any frequency you want (some are even user-programmable). The down side is that RC VCO's have horrible jitter ('phase noise') that isn't corrected by the PLL Joe W3JDR |
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