hi liang, You can't do that, or the crystal would not oscillate. There are single output crystals such as VCO(voltage control oscillator) . If possible, you'd better ask your chip vendor to give you verified part number of crystal. BTW, you are a student, but not an EE guy, right? XiaoLiang Tan <tanxiaoliang1987@xxxxxxxxx>编写: >Dear Experts, > I am using a clock generator chip which accepts single ended crystal >input. Since the crystal in the market have two outputs. So may I know that >whether I could connected another output end to ground? > Will it affect the frequency? > Thanks and happy new year. >-- >Best Regards > >================================== >*Xiaoliang, Tan* >*Nanyang Technological University, Singapore* >*H/P: 93276589* > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > >List forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu