Fox Electronics has released the FXO-HC32, a 2.5V version of the 3.2x2.5mm XpressO XO HCMOS oscillators. The oscillators offer a stability of ±25ppm and a frequency range of 0.75 to 180MHz. With the operation temperature range options of -20 to +70°C or -40 to +85°C and frequency resolution to six decimal places, the oscillator is suitable for applications that require low jitter including Ethernet, broadband access, SATA and SAS hard disk drives, industrial controllers, fibre channel, storage area networks and microprocessors, DSPs, and FPGAs. The crystal oscillators use the company's ASICs, which focus on noise reduction. These ASICs are claimed to enable the selection of the optimum combination of output type, input voltages and temperature performance features. The company claims that the oscillators have reduced noise levels by using the third order DSM (delta sigma modulator). The oscillators also offer a low jitter of less than 1pS. The RoHS- and REACH-compliant oscillators feature a tri-state enable or disable feature that enables turning off the output and thus reduce power consumption, claims the company. The oscillators' contacts are built with a gold over nickel termination finish.
