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UFFC-S History

This page contains links to documents that are of historical interest to the UFFC Society.

History of the IEEE and the UFFC Society

Topics in Ultrasonics

A History of Crystal Filters, by Robert G. Kinsman
The History of Ceramic Filters, by Satoru Fujishima
A History of the Quartz Crystal Industry in the USA, by Virgil E. Bottom
The Influence of Amateur Radio on the Development of Commercial Market for Quartz Piezoelectric Resonators in the United States, by Patrick R. J. Brown

History and Operations of IEEE TUFFC

Information, History, and Operations of IEEE TUFFC 🔗 (Contain Bookmarks) | On IEEE Xplore 🔗 (132 pages)

UFFC-S Conference Historical Data and Conference Organizations

Fillable Conference Data Collection Form for IEEE UFFC-S Conferences to collect historical data 🔗 (download first before filling in)
Organization of IEEE UFFC-S Conferences 🔗 (including IEEE IUS history since 1959) (590 pages)
A Sample Calendar of Events for IEEE UFFC-S Conferences 🔗 (16 pages)
Tutorial of Mira Software for IEEE UFFC-S Conferences 🔗 (182 pages)
A Sample Meeting Schedule for IEEE UFFC-S Conferences 🔗 (9 pages) | Excel Version 🔗
IEEE IUS Historical Data Plots Since 1959 (PDF) 🔗 | Excel Version 🔗
IEEE ISAF Historical Data Plots Since 1968 (PDF) 🔗 | Excel Version 🔗
IEEE IFCS Historical Data Plots Since 1947 (PDF) 🔗 | Excel Version 🔗

UFFC-S Historical Membership Charts and Data

IEEE UFFC-S Membership Historical Data Plots Since 1953 (PDF) 🔗 | Excel Version 🔗

UFFC-S Historical Finance Charts and Data

IEEE UFFC-S Historical Finance Data Plots Since 1994 (PDF) 🔗 | Excel Version 🔗

Topics in Ferroelectrics

Memories of the Early Days of BaTiO3 by R.E. Newnham and L.E. Cross (with chapters by H. Megaw, W. Cook, Jr., N. Coda, and W. Buessem) from Murata Mfg. Co., Ed., ” Kyoui no Chitabari”, Maruzen Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan (1990) (ISBN 4 – 621 – 03439 – 1)
Pyroelectricity: From Ancient Curiosity to Modern Imaging Tool 🔗, by S.B. Lang, Physics Today, 58 (8), 31-36 (2005).
Joseph Valasek and the discovery of ferroelectricity 🔗
A 2400 year history of pyroelectricity: from Ancient Greece to exploration of the solar system 🔗
S.B. Lang, British Ceramic Transactions 103 (2), 65-70 (2004). Link courtesy of Maney Publishing, London
History of Ferroelectrics by L. E. Cross and R. E. Newnham
PMN-PT Discovery, by V.A. Bokoff
Personal Recollections of the Early Days of the UFFC-S by A. H. Meitzler
First use of the term “ferroelectric” (ferroelektrisch in German) was on page 1945 (highlighted in yellow) in “Studien über Kinetik der Dielektrika, den Schmelzpunkt, Pyro- und Piezoelektrizität” by Erwin Schrödinger, in Sitzungsberichten der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathem.-Naturw. Klasse; Bd. CXXI, Abt. Iia, November 1912. Reproduced with permission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences http://verlag.www.oeaw.ac.at/ 🔗

Topics in Frequency Control

Historical Session at the 1996 IEEE Frequency Control Symposium
Proceedings of Two Crystal Conferences During World War II
Proceedings of Crystal Conference, US Army Signal Corps Inspection Agency, 7-8 May, 1944 (705 kB PDF file)
Proceedings of Chicago Crystal Conference, 11-12 July, 1944 (20 MB PDF file)
Short-Term Frequency Stability, IEEE-NASA Symposium on, November 23-24, 1964 (17 MB PDF file)
Harnessing Nature’s Timekeeper: A History of the Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Technological Community (1880–1959) by Christopher Shawn McGahey, (5.56 MB PDF file)
A History of the Quartz Crystal Industry in the USA, by Virgil E. Bottom
IEEE.tv Video of the author, Richard J. Thompson 🔗, talking about his book, “Crystal Clear: The Struggle for Reliable Communications Technology in World War II.”
Crystals Go to War, 1943, Reeves Sound Laboratories; Piezoelectric Quartz Crystals for Radio 🔗 (YouTube video)
Quartz Crystal Growing, 1962, Western Electric 🔗 (YouTube video)
Fifty Years of Progress in Quartz Crystal Frequency Standards, by Marvin E. Frerking
The Evolution of the Quartz Crystal Clock, by Warren A. Marrison
A History of the Rubidium Frequency Standard, by William J. Riley
A Historical Review of Atomic Frequency Standards Used in Space System, by Natarajan D. Bhaskar, Joseph White, Leo A. Mallette, Thomas A. McClelland , and Capt. James Hardy
The Influence of Amateur Radio on the Development of Commercial Market for Quartz Piezoelectric Resonators in the United States, by Patrick R. J. Brown
Historical Series of the Leap Second Records 🔗 – all dates of UTC and TAI time, since 1972.
A History of Crystal Filters by Robert G. Kinsman
The History of Ceramic Filters, by Satoru Fujishima
Engineering Time: Inventing the Electronic Wristwatch, by Carlene Stephens and Maggie Dennis
Design and Performance of Ultraprecise 2.5-mc Quartz Crystal Units, a classic paper by Arthur W. Warner, 1960 (3.8 MB PDF file)
Past Rabi, and Chairmen of Past Frequency Control Symposia
Archive of IEEE International Frequency Control Symposia Websites