An ultra-compact and low-power oven- controlled crystal oscillator design for precision timing applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1906-1914

  Lim, Jaehyun ^a   Kim, Hyunsoo ^a   Jackson, Thomas N ^a   Choi, Kyusun ^a   Kenny, David ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Pletronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; CHIP-SCALE; CMOS CHIPS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW POWER; MAIN COMPONENT; MAXIMUM POWER; NOVEL DESIGN; PACKAGE SIZE; POWER CONSUMPTION; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; QUARTZ RESONATORS; START-UPS; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UP TIME;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; CRYSTAL RESONATORS; DESIGN; OVENS; QUARTZ; STOVES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77957562356     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1638     Document Type: Article

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