The crystal oscillator circuit sustains oscillation by taking a voltage signal from the quartz resonator, amplifying it, and feeding it back to the resonator. The rate of expansion and contraction of the quartz is the resonant frequency, and is determined by the cut and size of the crystal.
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inâ¢nate. 1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate talents. 2. inherent in the character of something: an innate defect in the hypothesis. 3. arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of good and evil.nnate. adj. 1. existing in a person or animal from birth; congenital; inborn. 2. being an essential part of the character of a person or thing. 3. instinctive; not learned: innate capacities. 4. (Botany) botany (of anthers) joined to the filament by the base only. 5.