石英晶體元件與我們的生活息息相關

The introduction of quartz/crystal into clocks and watches in the 1970s and the emergence of the radio clock in the 2000s enabled us to know more accurate time than before. Since then, flat-screen TV sets appeared on the market and in 2003 digital terrestrial broadcasting began in Japan enabling audiences to enjoy TV programs on a large thin screen. Digital cameras have freed photographers from concerns about films and enabled them to enjoy their photos in a variety of ways. Furthermore, in the automotive industry, the use of electronics advanced in power train, vehicle control and body control applications. These developments, in conjunction with information and communication technologies, including automotive navigation, are leading to a remarkable evolution into autonomous car technology. Quartz devices have contributed to these examples of evolving electronics, playing an important role in the aforementioned equipment. Since the development of high-reliability information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures, ICT is spreading into the areas of medical care, nursing care and agriculture. Quartz devices, a key element in electronic products as described above, are increasingly gaining importance.

20世紀70年代石英被引入鐘表，21世紀初收音機鐘的出現，使我們能夠比以前更準確地知道時間。從那時起，平板電視出現在市場上，并于2003年在日本開始了數字地面廣播，使觀眾能夠在大屏幕上觀看電視節目。數碼相機將相片從膠片模式的局限中解放了出來，使攝影師們能夠以各種方式欣賞自己的照片。此外，在汽車工業中，電子技術在動力傳動系、車輛控制和車身控制應用中也取得了進展。這些發展，再加上信息和通信技術，包括汽車導航技術，正在導致向自動駕駛汽車技術的顯著演變。石英晶體元件促成了這些不斷發展的電子學實例，在上述設備中發揮了重要作用。自高可靠性信息和通信技術基礎設施的發展以來，信息通信技術正在向醫療保健、護理和農業領域擴展。石英晶體元件，作為電子產品中的關鍵元件之一，正變得越來越重要。