RE: Question about oscillators

ruud.baltissen_at_abp.nl
Date: 2006-07-17 12:23:00

HAllo Gabriele,


> I have just a question, not related particularly to any CBM: does  
> anybody ever experimented a strong drift of frequency in old crystal  
> oscillators? Say 5Mhz in place of 4Mhz... Is it possible after some  
> years?

No. I can imagine some drift, but 20% ??? Thinking about it, drift due to aging would be very annoying for any quartz driven time keeper like watches. Imagine, a drift of 0.1% would mean a drift of 3.6 seconds per hour or more then a minute a day!


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