Crystal & Circuit Testing

Introducing Crystal & Circuit Testing Services

Telcona is expanding its portfolio with two new technical services, developed and delivered in direct collaboration with our manufacturing partners. These services are designed for design engineers, hardware teams, and procurement managers who work with quartz crystal components - across any industry or application.

The Gap Between Datasheet and Reality

Both services address a straightforward but frequently overlooked engineering reality: the nominal specifications on a crystal datasheet are general values - not measurements of the specific component in your circuit.

When you purchase a quartz crystal, it comes with nominal parameters - frequency, tolerance, load capacitance, drive level, and ESR. These define an acceptable range of behavior across an entire production batch. They do not define the precise equivalent circuit of an individual sample, nor how that sample will interact with your specific IC, external passives, and PCB layout.

From Measurements to a Verified Specification

Once the true equivalent circuit parameters of a quartz crystal and its oscillation circuit have been measured and documented, a tight, application-specific specification can be written. This becomes the definitive electrical reference for your design - and, critically, it enables confident component replacement and supplier qualification based on verified data rather than datasheet estimates.

For hardware and procurement teams, a verified specification directly supports:

What Telcona Is Offering

With decades of experience in the frequency control industry, Telcona now offers two complementary services in collaboration with its manufacturing partners. Together, they address both the component and circuit levels of characterisation.