Active and Passive Electronic Components 
Volume 23 (2000), Issue 3, Pages 131-136
doi:10.1155/APEC.23.131

New Quartz Crystal Oscillators Using the Current-Feedback Operational Amplifier

Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti and Ahmad Al-Ghazwani

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Box 203, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Received 7 February 2000; Accepted 25 April 2000

Abstract

New crystal oscillators using the current-feedback operational-amplifier (CFOA) are presented. Each circuit uses one CFOA, a crystal and, at most, five externally connected passive elements. Experimental results are included.