Crystal Oscillator Tutorials

Tutorial Information

Type	Description
XO	non-compensated crystal oscillators
TCXO	temperature compensated crystal oscillators
OCXO	oven controlled crystal oscillators
VCXO	voltage controlled crystal oscillators
Others	microprocessor, disciplined, multi-crystal

Frequency, Aging, Temperature Stability, and Retrace

Output Level, SWR, Return Loss, and Load Requirements

Phase Noise, Harmonics and Sub-Harmonics

Environmental Disturbances

Package Size and Connectors

Power Requirements and Warm-up Time

Tuning: Mechanical, Electrical, and Phase-locking

Test Data and Special Test Requirements