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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

piezoelectricity is just simple electric motor

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    piezo crystal is electric motor. you input deformation of the crystal and get potential difference on opposite sides. other way around also works

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    Oh! Gotcha! Makes sense. Forgot about crystal vibrations for clockworks. Thanks!

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    it's a special case there, because for frequencies in question mechanical quartz resonator has much higher Q than any electrical resonator you can practically build. that is, mechanical properties of piezo crystal stabilize voltage oscillations

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