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Frequency-temperature behavior of Langasite rectangular beam resonators vibrating in length extension.

Fabrice Sthal, Emmanuel Bigler, Jérôme Maisonnet

    IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
    |February 16, 2008
    PubMed
    Summary

    A specific cut in Langasite rectangular beams vibrating in length extensional mode exhibits first-order temperature compensation. This finding is supported by both theoretical and experimental frequency-temperature effect investigations.

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