Is it possible to "burn out" a crystal by hooking it up incorrectly? Does it matter which way you hook it up?
I am attempting to build the 10 MHz crystal oscillator displayed on p. 246 of Joe Carr's Secrets of RF Circuit Design, and must have done something wrong. My 100 MHz scope and my DMM give me nothing but anomylous readings which I can't make any sense out of. Thus my question, above. Decided to consult those more in-the-know than myself, before I take out the crystal and install the spare I bought.
If desired, I think I can probably figure out how to upload the schematic to alt.binaries.schematics.electronic, if anyone wants to see it. It's a simple colpitts crystal oscillator making use of six disc capacitors and a couple of resistors, plus, of course, the crystal and a 2N3904. I am using a LM7812 to drive it, with the heatsink screwed down tight to the metal enclosure, and a 12V wall-wart feeding that (it puts out 18V, and my circuit voltage is +11.91 volts. The scematic says anything between 9 and 12 volts should work.) I did have to make a couple of corrections to misconfigured capacitors, but that is all. The only trace I can get that looks like any kind of sine-wave is approx 10 mV at maybe 1.5 MHz.
Any feedback on proper use and installation of crystals is welcomed. I'm about to scrap the whole thing and start over.
Thanks,
Dave