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Helpful Documents From Pletronics

  • 3rd OT vs SAW Oscillator Performance - Comparison of a 3rd Overtone oscillator design and a SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) resonator design.
    The differences in phase noise and temperature characteristics of these two technologies used to obtain high frequency references are covered.
  • Determining Peak to Peak Frequency Jitter - Given RMS Jitter, how is Peak to Peak Jitter determined.
  • Estimate the Crystal Load Capacitance of an Oscillator - The estimation of the Cload of a crystal oscillator is covered in this document.

    This is a preliminary estimate and should not be used for final specification. The gain stage\'s output buffer will change the impact of the capacitor on the output so the effective Cload value will become smaller

    The most accurate solution is to use a crystal with known parameter in the oscillator circuit, measure the frequency and compute the Cload value.
  • Pletronics Catalog - This obsolete Pletronics catalog of devices is being provided to help in obtaining details of older and obsolete devices. The device specifications and information is not current.
    Last printed in late 2004.
  • Quartz Resonator & Oscillator Tutorial - A tutorial about many of the devices and terms used in the Frequency Control Industry.
    Written by Dr. John Vig, US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development & Engineering Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA, J.Vig@IEEE.org

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