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323 Lab 2

The document describes the 4 assignments for ECE323 Lab 2 which are due on May 11, 2020. The lab involves using a quartz crystal resonator in a variable frequency crystal oscillator (VXO) circuit. Students will calculate component values for a custom crystal, simulate the oscillator circuit in LTspice to obtain resonant frequencies and the oscillation frequency, and plot the oscillation frequency versus a variable capacitor and varactor diode voltage.

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323 Lab 2

The document describes the 4 assignments for ECE323 Lab 2 which are due on May 11, 2020. The lab involves using a quartz crystal resonator in a variable frequency crystal oscillator (VXO) circuit. Students will calculate component values for a custom crystal, simulate the oscillator circuit in LTspice to obtain resonant frequencies and the oscillation frequency, and plot the oscillation frequency versus a variable capacitor and varactor diode voltage.

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ECE323 Lab 2 The 4 assignments in this lab are due to the TA on May 11 2020

Using a Quartz Crystal Resonator in a Variable Frequency Crystal Oscillator VXO

For this lab you will need some measurements that I have done in my home lab, and some equations
from these web pages:

http://www.mtronpti.com/sites/default/files/files/understanding-quartz-crystals.pdf

https://www.st.com/resource/en/application_note/cd00221665-oscillator-design-guide-for-stm8af-al-s-
stm32-mcus-and-mpus-stmicroelectronics.pdf

https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/oscillator/crystal.html

50 Rs Lm Cm
Vout

ac 50
Cp

I measured two crystals in the above circuit.

Crystal #1 Series Resonant Frequency 21.0500 MHz


Parallel Resonant Frequency 21.0868 MHz
Parallel capacitance Cp 4.5 pF

Crystal #2 Series Resonant Frequency 24.0346 MHz


Parallel Resonant Frequency 24.0886 MHz
Parallel capacitance Cp 4.25 pF

Each of these crystals has an equivalent series resistance Rs of less than 20 ohms.

Using the equations in the references, find Cm and Lm for my two crystals.

Lab 2 assignment 1. Using your understanding of how a quartz crystal resonator works, start with the
calculated values for crystals #1 and #2 and select Cm and Lm for a similar new crystal that operates
at:

Custom Crystal Series Resonant Frequency 23.xxxx MHz


Parallel Resonant Frequency 23.yyyy MHz

where .yyyy = .xxxx + .0450


and xxxx is the last four digits of your student number

Your Custom Crystal Cm _____________

Your Custom Crystal Lm ___________

Your Custom Crystal Cp ___________


ECE323 Lab 2

Varying the Oscillator Frequency

Put your custom crystal in the circuit below:

3k Vin Rs Lm Cm
Vout

ac 3k
Cp
220p 15p

Using LTspice and a very narrow linear ac simulation with 800 points over about 200 kHz that display
your series and parallel resonant frequencies, find the frequency at which the phase shift from Vin to
Vout is exactly 180 o.

Lab 2 Assignment 2: Expected oscillation frequency of a basic oscillator using your custom crystal.

Now add one component to your simulation, a series variable capacitor Cvar, set up as a variable in
your LTspice simulation so you can vary it from 2pF to 200pF

3k Vin {Cvar} Rs Lm Cm
Vout

ac 3k
Cp
220p 15p

o
Make a plot of Parallel Resonant Frequency, and the 180 phase shift frequency, versus capacitor
value Cvar.

Lab 2 Assignment 3: plot of expected oscillator frequency versus Cvar capacitance from 2pF - 200pF

Finally, replace the ideal variable capacitor Cvar with the capacitance vs voltage curve for a BBY40
varactor diode:

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/BBY40.pdf
o
and plot the 180 phase shift frequency versus varactor diode reverse voltage.

Lab 2 Assignment 4: plot of expected oscillator frequency versus BBY40 diode reverse voltage.

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