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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

piezoelectricity is just simple electric motor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

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