Low temperature coefficient of frequency in a lithium tantalate resonator

1 March 1967

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 55 (3) , 450
https://doi.org/10.1109/PROC.1967.5537

Abstract

Lithium tantalate, a clear single crystal material that is both ferroelectric and piezoelectric, has been found to have a low temperature coefficient of frequency and an electromechanical coupling factor of 0.50 when x-cut plates are driven piezoelectrically in thickness shear.

Keywords

TEMPERATURE
FREQUENCY
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
CIRCUITS
VARACTORS
POWER HARMONIC FILTERS
CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS
TELEPHONY