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OCVCXOs Run 5 To 130 MHz

June 10, 2013
A line of oven-controlled crystal oscillators offers stable output signals from 5 to 130 MHz.

The “Poseidon” series of oven-controlled, voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (OCVCXOs) from Bliley Technologies is designed for vibration-prone environments requiring outstanding oscillator phase noise. These sources are available with frequencies from 5 to 130 MHz, with typical acceleration sensitivity of better than 2 x 10-11/g. Suitable for mobile, ground-based, airborne, and shipboard applications, these hermetically sealed oscillators are supplied in rugged nickel-plated machined 6061-T6 aluminum housings with field-replaceable SMA output connectors and EMI feed-through DC pins. They deliver +7 dBm typical output power with -30-dBc typical harmonic levels and -80-dBc typical spurious levels. Phase noise differs between Options A, B, C, and D), with the optimum phase-noise performance for Option A at typically -165 dBc/Hz offset 1 kHz from a 10-MHz carrier and -168 dBc/Hz offset 10 kHz from a 10-MHz carrier. The OCVCXOs are available for operation with a +12- or +15-VDC supply, with power consumption of 7 W at turn-on and 3 W under steady-state conditions.

Bliley Technologies, Inc., 2545 West Grandview Blvd., Erie, PA 16506; (814) 838-3571.

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

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.

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