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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1985
Daniel J Healey, III, Baltimore, MD (US);
Hyo K Hahn, Columbia, MD (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed apparatus for determining the acceleration induced changes in the electrical characteristics of a quartz crystal includes all the apparatus necessary for subjecting the crystal to random acceleration forces and simultaneously determining the electrical characteristics of the crystal. More specifically a vibration generator is provided to subject the crystal under test to random vibrations of a predetermined acceleration. A low noise signal generator provides a signal at the resonant frequency of the crystal. The crystal couples the output of the low noise signal generator to a phase detector to determine the phase shift of the crystal. The output signal of the phase shift detector is analyzed to determine the acceleration versus electrical characteristics of the crystal under test.