Activities Time-Frequency:
Workforce: 7with: 6 permanents, 1 non-permanent
SAINTE HELENE DU LAC, France
1/ Piezoelectric crystal synthesis, including :
- QUARTZ (different grades)
- LGT (langatate)
2/ Crystal (micro)machining services + oriented components :
- blanks (SC / AT-cut)
- wafers
- rings
3/ co-innovation and prototyping for BAW and SAW devices, including :
- quartz resonators
- SAW sensors & filters
4/ Material characterization, including :
- elemental analysis for purity measurement
- piezoelectric properties
Contribution to:
Filière QUARTZ européenne
International collaborations:
ESA (European Space Agency) - EDA (European Space Agency) - partenaires suisses et japonais
Crédit photo : Hubert RAGUET / CRISTAL INNOV / FIRST-TF / CNRS Photothèque.
Crédit photo : Hubert RAGUET / CRISTAL INNOV / FIRST-TF / CNRS Photothèque.
Crédit photo : Hubert RAGUET / CRISTAL INNOV / FIRST-TF / CNRS Photothèque.
Crédit photo : Hubert RAGUET / CRISTAL INNOV / FIRST-TF / CNRS Photothèque.
Crédit photo : Hubert RAGUET / CRISTAL INNOV / FIRST-TF / CNRS Photothèque.
Expertise :
- Oscillators
- RF and microwave oscillators and synthesis
- Piezoelectric technologies• Quartz crystal for oscillators => different grades, enabling Ultra Stable Oscillators, (USO) and low noiseother piezoelectric crystals with high Q factor
- MEMS technologies• Substrates for PiezoMEMS
- RF and microwave oscillators and synthesis
- Specific methods of time-frequency metrology
- Noise
- Short term stability, long term stability• Tests on Quartz material for high stability (short and long term)
- Noise
- Techniques for time-frequency metrology and applications
- Sensors
- Piezoelectric, MEMS inertial sensors• Piezoelectric crystals for inertial sensors (accelero, gyro...)
- Pressure sensors
- Sensors