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What does pulling a crystal mean?

  • A.Driving it beyond its rated dissipation
  • B.Operating it at an overtone rather than its fundamental
  • C.Selecting a crystal from a batch by measurement
  • D.Shifting its frequency with an external reactance

Answer: D

A load capacitance in series or parallel shifts the operating frequency slightly within the narrow window between the two resonances, which is how a crystal oscillator is trimmed to exactness or modulated in a phase-locked loop. Overdriving, overtone operation and selection are all separate matters. The pulling range is small precisely because the quality factor is high, so a crystal that must be tuned over any real range is the wrong component for the job.

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