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Sensors 2012, 12, 3105-3117; doi:10.3390/s120303105 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article New Quartz Oscillator Switching Method for Nano-Henry Range Inductance Measurements Vojko Matko * and Karel Jezernik Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia; E-Mail: karel.jezernik@uni-mb.si * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: vojko.matko@uni-mb.si; Tel.: +386-2-220-7111; Fax: +386-2-220-7272. Received: 7 February 2012; in revised form: 27 February 2012 / Accepted: 2 March 2012 / Published: 6 March 2012 Abstract: This article introduces a new method for nano-Henry inductance measurements at the frequency of 4.999 MHz with a single quartz crystal oscillating in the switching oscillating circuit. The real novelty of this method, however, lies in a considerable reduction of the temperature influence of AT-cut crystal frequency change in the temperature range between 0 °C and 50 °C through a switching method which compensates for the crystal’s natural temperature characteristics. This allows for the compensation of any influences on the crystal such as the compensation of the non-linear temperature characteristics and the ageing of both the crystal and other oscillating circuit elements, as well as the reduction of the output frequency measurement errors with the help of an