Opinions on Book about Crystal Oscillators???

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Tara

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Hi there,

I work for a publishing company and an editor is proposing a book about
crystal oscillators. I thought going to a user group forum would be a
good way to get feedback on market desire for such a book.

The book is organized so that it can be read cover to
cover or used as a quick reference on specific crystal oscillator
types.

If asking for this feedback is against the rules, I apologize in
advance. I am purposely excluding the name of my publishing company to
prevent to the appearance of any spamming effort.

Any feedback you would be so generous to provide would be appreciated.
For example, would you like a book like this? Where do you go now to
find detailed information on the topic? What would you love to see the
book cover?

Thanks so much.

Tara

You can e-mail me directly if you wish at
tara_book_publisher@yahoo.com.
 
Tara wrote...
I work for a publishing company and an editor is proposing a book
about crystal oscillators. I thought going to a user group forum
would be a good way to get feedback on market desire for such a book.

The book is organized so that it can be read cover to cover or used
as a quick reference on specific crystal oscillator types. ...
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Does this proposed book already exist? I think Benjamin Parzen's
book, "Design of Crystal and Other Harmonic Oscillators" is pretty
good, too bad it can't be updated a bit and placed back in print.


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Thanks,
- Win
 
Jim Thompson wrote...
Winfield Hill wrote:

cTara wrote...

I work for a publishing company and an editor is proposing a book
about crystal oscillators. I thought going to a user group forum
would be a good way to get feedback on market desire for such a book.

The book is organized so that it can be read cover to cover or used
as a quick reference on specific crystal oscillator types. ...

Does this proposed book already exist? I think Benjamin Parzen's
book, "Design of Crystal and Other Harmonic Oscillators" is pretty
good, too bad it can't be updated a bit and placed back in print.

Looks like it available as "print on demand" as well as several "good"
level originals. Win, Do you recommend it?
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Yes. It's copyright 1983. I bought my copy new many years ago,
and paid $44. I've not been very happy with the "print on demand"
books I've gotten, VERY expensive, with poor quality printing and
binding, and a poor cover.
...Jim Thompson
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Thanks,
- Win
 
Something that thoroughly covers the Vittoz oscillators that are becoming
popular, would be nice.
 
Hi Steve,

I understand your reluctance to name the book, but you are perfectly
allowed your opinion. People on Amazon do it all the time. I'd love
to know if it was one of ours. This kind of feedback is so valuable to
me. I don't want my publishing company putting out shoddy books.
Perhaps you could e-mail me with the name.
tara_book_publisher@yahoo.com. If it was one of ours, I'll see to it
that you get a copy of another book in the price range at no charge.
Regards,

Tara
 
Jim Thompson wrote...
Maybe I'll track down one of the "good" grade originals.
Looks like $150 is the going price.
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Ouch! That's what Amazon has done to the used book market.


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Thanks,
- Win
 
In article <cpi4p3028f@drn.newsguy.com>,
Winfield Hill <hill_a@t_rowland-dotties-harvard-dot.s-edu> wrote:
[...]
Does this proposed book already exist? I think Benjamin Parzen's
book, "Design of Crystal and Other Harmonic Oscillators" is pretty
good, too bad it can't be updated a bit and placed back in print.
Click to expand...
I'll second that.

Parzen's book from 1983 is over 20 years old today. When it was
published, the SC cut was fairly new. It also really needs to have more
about noise in it. If an updated work was published, I'd certainly
think about buying it.

There are usually only two reasons to design a crystal oscillator: (A) you
can't find one good enough or (B) you can't find one cheap enough. It
would be nice if the new book had sections on making very good oscillators
and making very cheap oscillators.




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Tara wrote:
Hi there,

I work for a publishing company and an editor is proposing a book about
crystal oscillators. I thought going to a user group forum would be a
good way to get feedback on market desire for such a book.

The book is organized so that it can be read cover to
cover or used as a quick reference on specific crystal oscillator
types.
Click to expand...
I doubt the market needs another one. Most of the times I use
a quartz and these 27pF to GND. Then a lot more seldom when no
oscillator is provided, I take a cristal oscillator in a DIP8
or DIP14 case. Now if an application demanded that I built my
own oscillator, then I'd refer to the application notes of the
various quartz manufacturers.

Rene
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Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com
& commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net
 
Ken Smith wrote:
In article <31fpr01dfph08fk0q5cte7i3ljefbq4rpg@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:
[...]

Possible topics:
1. circuit configuration: Butler, Pierce, Colpitts ...

1.1 Limiting vs AGC

2. fundamental and overtone modes;

2.1 Unwanted modes

3. low-power oscillators;
4. oscillators using logic gates;
5. precision / temperature control / phase noise / ageing;

5.1 AVAR

6. voltage control / pulling / VCXO;
7. crystal structure / manufacture / mechanical packaging / cuts;
8. electrical model of crystal / equivalent circuit;
9. series & parallel resonance


That all sounds good. "Cuts" should include the new stuff.
SCs and the
super-thin things.


Also hit on "energy trapping" and the effects of nearby modes on the noise
spectra.


Drive level issues, too. Vibration/G-force might be
mentioned.


I think they certainly be mentioned.

A section on specifications, what they mean and likely ranges for them
should also be included. Ruling out imposible, or very unlikely, design
specifications can save a lot of time.
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...and tell us wether we should ground the can or not!

:)
 
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