Low-Jitter Source Shrinks In Size

Feb. 4, 2010

Oscillator specialist Valpey Fisher has announced the model VFXO302, a complementary-output crystal oscillator with LVPECL or LVDS output and available at frequencies from 25 to 270 MHz or 80 to 270 MHz, respectively. Designed for low-noise, low-jitter communications systems, the source achieves typically 0.3 ps jitter at offsets from 12 kHz to 20 MHz. At an offset frequency of 10 kHz, the compact crystal oscillator features phase noise of -140 dBc/Hz. Measuring just 5.0 x 3.2 mm in a RoHS-compliant surface-mount package, it can operate at +2.5 or +3.3 V.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.