Handling And Testing Of Crystal Oscillators

Crystal oscillators are electrostatic sensitive devices. Direct touching of the terminals with the fingers must be avoided. Proper handling according to the established ESD handling rules as in IEC 61340-5-1 and EN 100015-1 is mandatory to avoid degradations of the oscillator performance due to damages of the internal circuitry by electrostatics. If not otherwise stated, our oscillators meet the requirements of the Human Body Model (HBM) according to IEC 61000-4-2.