Right at the beginning of this article I have to make a confession: When I joined Genuway’s marketing team almost five months ago, I didn’t have the slightest idea about frequency components. I didn’t know what a quartz was, what it looked like or how it differed from an oscillator. Of course, this has now changed, thanks to the patient and detailed explanations of my technical colleagues.
在本文的开头，我不得不坦白：大约五个月前，当我加入晶诺威科技 的营销团队时，我对频率分量没有丝毫概念。我不知道石英是什么，它长什么样子，也不知道它与振荡器有何不同。当然，由于我的技术同事耐心而详细的解释，这种情况现在已经改变。
The more I learned about crystals and oscillators over the last few months, the more I became aware that frequency products can actually be found everywhere in our everyday lives! A typical daily routine without frequency generators? Hard to imagine. Let me give you a few examples from my personal everyday life.
在过去的几个月里，我对晶体和振荡器了解得越多，我就越意识到频率产品实际上在我们的日常生活中随处可见！没有频率发生器的典型日常生活？很难想象。让我举几个我个人日常生活中的例子。
The Quartz Guarantees Precise Time Measurement 石英保证精确的时间测量
My day starts with the ringing of my alarm clock. And that’s already the most classic field of application for quartzes: The clockwork. The transition from mechanically operated clockworks to electrically operated quartz watches in the 1970s was the first time that quartz-products entered the mass market.
我的一天从闹钟的响声开始。这已经是石英最经典的应用领域：时钟。1970 年代从机械发条到电动石英表的转变是石英产品首次进入大众市场。
When connected to an external power source, the quartz oscillates at a stable frequency that determines the rhythm of the clockwork. Put simply, the quartz ensures that the watch “knows” how long a second lasts. Since the generated frequency always remains exactly the same, quartz crystals are considered as guarantee for the highest precision in time measurement.
当连接到外部电源时，石英晶体以稳定的频率振荡，这决定了发条的节奏。简而言之，石英晶体确保手表“知道”一秒钟的持续时间。由于产生的频率始终保持完全相同，因此石英晶体被认为是时间测量最高精度的保证。
Intelligent Control Electronics 智能控制电子
Just half an hour after getting up I sit in the car on my way to work. A short time later the first raindrops fall. The rain sensor strikes and the rain-sensing wipers do their work in a regular rhythm. Depending on the amount of water, slower or faster, just as the quartz used in the control electronics dictates. But it’s not just the rain sensor: The turn indicator blinker, the comfort seat adjustment also depend on quartz crystals as frequency generators.
起床刚半个小时，我就坐在上班路上的车里。不久之后，第一滴雨滴落下。雨量传感器触发，雨量感应雨刷器以规律的节奏工作。根据水量，慢速或快速，就像控制电子设备中使用的石英晶体所指示的那样。但这不仅仅是雨量传感器：转向指示灯闪光灯、舒适座椅调节等电子设备也依赖于石英晶体作为频率发生器。
The heavy rain depresses me, I need music. I connect my mobile phone via Bluetooth to the car’s sound system and start my own playlist. For the exchange between mobile phone and car to function smoothly, they have to communicate with each other on exactly the same radio frequency. You probably already suspect that a quartz is taking care of that.
大雨让我郁闷，我需要音乐。我通过蓝牙将手机连接到汽车的音响系统并启动我自己的播放列表。为了使手机和汽车之间的交换顺利进行，它们必须在完全相同的无线电频率上相互通信。您可能已经猜到正是石英晶体正在解决这个问题。
Wireless: The Quartz Ensures the Correct Frequency 无线：石英确保正确的频率
The wireless exchange of data and information has become one of the most important application areas for frequency components. This applies to wearables such as fitness wristbands and smartwatches, which transmit their data to the wearer’s smartphone, as well as to intelligent production machines that communicate with each other as part of IoT applications. In all these cases, quartz crystals provide precise radio frequencies and ensure that the transmitter and receiver are literally on the same wavelength.
数据和信息的无线交换已成为频率最重要的应用领域之一。这适用于健身腕带和智能手表等可穿戴设备，它们将数据传输到佩戴者的智能手机，以及作为物联网应用的一部分相互通信的智能生产机器。在所有这些情况下，石英晶体都能提供精确的射频，并确保发射器和接收器实际上处于同一波长上。
When I arrive at the office, the first thing I do is start my computer. Windows 11 shows me a picturesque volcanic landscape and above it the time: 8:20. Once again the time measurement is controlled by a quartz.
当我到达办公室时，我做的第一件事就是启动我的电脑。Windows 11 向我展示了风景如画的火山景观，其上方的时间是：8：20。时间测量再次由石英晶体控制。
You see: Despite their low profile, there is hardly a way around quartz crystals and oscillators in everyday life. Only a few millimeters in size, they are an indispensable part of numerous electronic applications – from radio alarm clocks to computers.
你看：尽管石英晶体和振荡器低调，但在日常生活中几乎没有办法绕过石英晶体和振荡器。它们的尺寸只有几毫米，但是不管从收音机闹钟还是到计算机，它们是是众多电子应用中不可或缺的一部分。
