Fascinating. I suppose they can be smaller than quartz crystals?
If you find that fascinating already... did you know that all cellphones use mechanical filters in the GHz range? They combine very good performance with very low energy consumption.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_acoustic_wave
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustische-Oberfl%C3%A4chenwel... (pictures)
Very little uses crystal oscillators, they’re gigantic compared with electronics today and have very wonky performance over temperature and shock.
If you find that fascinating already... did you know that all cellphones use mechanical filters in the GHz range? They combine very good performance with very low energy consumption.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_acoustic_wave
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akustische-Oberfl%C3%A4chenwel... (pictures)