What is a crystal oscillator?
| A crystal oscillator is a device in which the principal frequency-determining factor is the mechanical resonance of a piezoelectric crystal. |
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| 2011-08-15 | NFC transceiver supports peer-to-peer comm TI's new low-power NFC transceiver comes with easy-to-configure software, supports card emulation and works in two crystal oscillator frequencies—13.56MHz or 27.12MHz. |
| 2011-08-16 | Reference oscillator crystal requirements for transceivers Reference oscillator crystal requirements for transceivers |
| 2011-07-29 | ST launches smallest RTC IC STMicroelectronics has rolled out a combined crystal and real-time clock IC that is touted as the world's smallest at 3.2 x 1.5mm. |
| 2011-02-02 | TCXO targets femtocells, base stations The TS05 temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) from Precision Devices covers the frequency range of 10MHz to 52MHz in a 5mm by 3.2mm by 1.5mm package. |
| 2010-07-16 | VCXOs beat price, performance of SAW, quartz VCOs A new PureEdge family of silicon-based voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs) rolls from ON Semiconductor. |
| 2010-07-14 | Cut-to-style crystals handle 1MHz—150MHz range Bliley Technologies Inc. is offering an AT cut crystal series allowing design engineers to specify custom frequencies (to six decimal places) for maximized frequency pull range. |
| 2010-05-18 | MEMS oscillators break into mass market After years of R&D and manufacturing capacity build-up, MEMS oscillators appear to be taking off. |
| 2010-05-05 | CMOS oscillators operate up to 133MHz IDT is rolling out a line of CMOS oscillators that obsolete the ubiquitous quartz crystal that maintains a time base in most electronic devices today but without having to resort to MEMS. |
| 2010-04-19 | Pericom frequency control plant rises in Shandong Pericom Semiconductor Corp. has inaugurated its new crystal factory for their frequency control products located in the hi-tech zone of Jinan, Shandong, China. |
| 2010-04-14 | ASSP crystal oscillators handle 2-159MHz frequency ASSP crystal oscillators handle 2-159MHz frequency |
| 2010-01-04 | Oscillators offer reduced noise levels, low jitter Offering frequency resolution to six decimal places, the oscillators use a family of proprietary ASICs to reduce noise. |
| 2009-12-22 | Clock generator fits Ethernet, Fibre Channel The device eliminates the crystal oscillator and fanout buffer found in other solutions, requiring only an external, AT-cut fundamental-mode crystal. |
| 2009-11-27 | Sine-wave clock buffer replaces three TCXOs The sine-wave clock-buffers are suited for UMTS/WCDMA/GSM cellphones and smart phones, MIDs, UMPCs, PNDs and GPS. |
| 2009-11-04 | Crystal oscillator offers dual-output-frequency Crystal oscillator offers dual-output-frequency |
| 2009-09-29 | TCXOs deliver ±0.5ppm frequency stability AVX Corp. has expanded its SMD temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) series to include AEC-Q200 approved versions. |
| 2009-09-28 | Crystal oscillators deliver ±50ppm frequency stability Crystal oscillators deliver ±50ppm frequency stability |
| 2009-06-16 | MEMS oscillators tout ±25ppm frequency stability Discera has expanded its PureSilicon product offering to include industrial temperature ranges (-40°C to +85°C) with ± 50ppm and ±25ppm frequency stability. |
| 2009-06-04 | Unbuffered gates for crystal oscillators Unbuffered gates for crystal oscillators |
| 2009-05-29 | How to test the crystal's power level in the MAX9485 How to test the crystal's power level in the MAX9485 |
| 2009-04-29 | 'Smallest' VCXOs fit tuner modules MSC Vertriebs GmbH has introduced the DSV211AR voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO) from KDS Daishinku Corp. |
| 2009-04-28 | Clock generators achieves 500fs RMS jitter Texas Instruments Inc. has unveiled three new precision clock generators that have a crystal input, replacing up to four discrete high-frequency crystal oscillators with a single device. |
| 2009-04-02 | MEMS oscillator offered in smaller packages MEMS oscillator offered in smaller packages |
| 2009-03-23 | Miniature crystal oscillator offers massive performance Miniature crystal oscillator offers massive performance |
| 2009-03-09 | Oscillator touts low BER at high-speed transfers Oscillator touts low BER at high-speed transfers |
| 2008-11-25 | Epson Toyocom heralds QMEMS process Epson Toyocom reports it has perfected a semiconductor-like photolithography process called Quartz MEMS that it claims will keep it ahead in the silicon MEMS oscillator market. |
| 2008-11-20 | Frequency synthesis and planning for PLL architectures In many applications, it is desired to generate a set of frequencies from a single source frequency. This source could be a temperature controlled crystal oscillator, a clock recovered from data, a recovered signal from GPS, or anything else that generates a fixed frequency. |
| 2008-09-25 | Slim MEMS oscillator targets memory modules Slim MEMS oscillator targets memory modules |
| 2008-09-10 | Oscillators provide widest RF to consumer apps With an objective to replace crystal oscillators, Silicon Laboratories Inc. has ventured into the consumer timing market with the release of the Si500 silicon oscillators. |
| 2008-09-05 | Crystal oscillators upgrade functionality of bus interfaces Crystal oscillators upgrade functionality of bus interfaces |
| 2008-08-05 | DIP, SMT packages house precision OCXOs Connor-Winfield has introduced an oven stabilized crystal controlled oscillator series and voltage controlled oven stabilized crystal controlled oscillator series. |
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