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Text Box: Time
Time
f0 - Df              f0 + Df
f0 - Df              f0 + Df
f0 - Df              f0 + Df
f0 - Df              f0 + Df
f0 - Df              f0 + Df
Text Box: Acceleration
Acceleration
Time
Time
Text Box: Voltage
Voltage
Sinusoidal Vibration Modulated Frequency
The above illustration shows how a time varying stress due to a time varying (sinusoidal) acceleration changes the frequency of a resonator, i.e., how the vibration frequency modulates the oscillator’s frequency.


R. L. Filler, "The Acceleration Sensitivity of Quartz Crystal Oscillators:  A Review," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 297-305, May 1988.