Double-Oven Crystal Oscillators Shrink In Size

Dec. 15, 2006
In the electronics market, it seems that smaller is better—despite rising performance needs. At 17 mm, for instance, the C4700 double-oven crystal oscillator (DOCXO) should offer some space savings. It also promises stability with an available ...

In the electronics market, it seems that smaller is better—despite rising performance needs. At 17 mm, for instance, the C4700 double-oven crystal oscillator (DOCXO) should offer some space savings. It also promises stability with an available frequency range of 4 to 15 MHz and temperature stabilities down to 0.2 ppb from 0° to +70°C. The RoHS-compliant oscillator was designed to meet the frequency stability requirements of CDMA and UMTS applications. Thanks to a surface-mount, low-profile-packaged (LPP) TO-8 crystal, the C4550 oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO) also is available in a smaller size of 25 X 25 mm. The LPP TO-8 crystal vows to deliver better aging, shock and vibration resistance, and stability over temperature. The C4550 with the LPP has an available frequency range of 5 to 100 MHz and temperature stabilities down to 5 ppb from –40° to 85°C. The TO-8 crystal achieves typical aging rates of 30 ppb/year and g-sensitivities of less than 1 ppb/g.

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Nancy Friedrich | RF Product Marketing Manager for Aerospace Defense, Keysight Technologies

Nancy Friedrich is RF Product Marketing Manager for Aerospace Defense at Keysight Technologies. Nancy Friedrich started a career in engineering media about two decades ago with a stint editing copy and writing news for Electronic Design. A few years later, she began writing full time as technology editor at Wireless Systems Design. In 2005, Nancy was named editor-in-chief of Microwaves & RF, a position she held (along with other positions as group content head) until 2018. Nancy then moved to a position at UBM, where she was editor-in-chief of Design News and content director for tradeshows including DesignCon, ESC, and the Smart Manufacturing shows.

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