EDN

CMOS-clock chip replaces crystal, PLL circuit

Stable, accurate reference frequencies are basic to almost all digital electronics. The most common references combine quartz crystals with clock-generator circuits, often employing a PLL ...
EDN

Crystal oscillator IC uses ten times less power

EM Microelectronic, an electronic systems company of the Swatch Group, introduces the EM7604, a low-power CMOS crystal oscillator circuit. The EM7604 is intended to be used with a 32.768 kHz tuning ...
Hackaday

oven controlled crystal oscillator

Our hacker [Wil Carver] has sent in his submission for the One Hertz Challenge: Precise Time Ref via 1 Pulse-Per-Second GPS Signal. This GPS Disciplined Oscillator (GPSDO) project uses a Piezo 2940210 ...
Electronic Design

Clock Generators Bring Stability to Timing-Circuit Designs

Clock speed is equivalent to data movement in applications that receive and process hundreds of megabytes of data each second. Applications involved in moving enormous volumes of data include cellular ...
Electronic Design

Timing Decisions 101: Oscillator or Clock?

The basic considerations when choosing a timing solution for today’s technologies. The difference between a crystal oscillator and an integrated clock device. Use cases and performance factors for ...
Circuit Digest

Microchip Adds the LX-820 Quartz Oscillator to its L-Series Timing Portfolio Developed for Low Earth Orbit Applications

Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announces the expansion of its L-Series of timing devices with the launch of its LX ...
GlobalSpec

Chapter 11: Quartz Crystal Oscillators

Oscillators using quartz crystal resonators are the epitome of phase noise and stability performance. Marvelously high loaded Q oscillators of small size and low cost are easily designed and built ...