how to select capacitor for a crystal oscillator
So, for a crystal rated with a 10pF load, Cl = (10pF-Cp)$cdot$2, so if we use 4pF for Cp, we get 12pF for the load capacitors. For the 16pF crystal, Cl = (16-Cp)$cdot$2, so using 4pF for Cp we get 24pF, using 3pF we get 26pF. Share. Cite. Follow edited Jul 17, 2014 at 14:54. answered Jul 17 ...