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(jì)70年代石英被引入鐘表，21世紀(jì)初收音機(jī)鐘的出現(xiàn)，使我們能夠比以前更準(zhǔn)確地知道時間。從那時起，平板電視出現(xiàn)在市場上，并于2003年在日本開始了數(shù)字地面廣播，使觀眾能夠在大屏幕上觀看電視節(jié)目。數(shù)碼相機(jī)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(yè)中，電子技術(shù)在動力傳動系、車輛控制和車身控制應(yīng)用中也取得了進(jìn)展。這些發(fā)展，再加上信息和通信技術(shù)，包括汽車導(dǎo)航技術(shù)，正在導(dǎo)致向自動駕駛汽車技術(shù)的顯著演變。石英晶體元件促成了這些不斷發(fā)展的電子學(xué)實例，在上述設(shè)備中發(fā)揮了重要作用。自高可靠性信息和通信技術(shù)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的發(fā)展以來，信息通信技術(shù)正在向醫(yī)療保健、護(hù)理和農(nóng)業(yè)領(lǐng)域擴(kuò)展。石英晶體元件，作為電子產(chǎn)品中的關(guān)鍵元件之一，正變得越來越重要。