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Automotive

AEC-Q200 qualified components are designed to meet stringent stress resistance standards for automotive and other harsh applications. These components undergo rigorous testing to ensure reliability in harsh environments, such as extreme temperatures and vibrations.

The qualification process includes tests such as temperature cycling, high-temperature operating life and shock resistance. Our GRX collection of automotive parts including crystals and RTC modules are qualified to AEC-Q200. With operating temperature ranges of up to -40 to +125°C, these parts undergo rigorous testing to make sure they can withstand the harshest vehicular environments.

Audio

When it comes to achieving high-end audio, purity of signal is critical. Our range of Crystal Oscillators and VCXOs help avoid spurious resonances by using only the highest quality quartz and mounting techniques, decreasing the likelihood of unwanted perturbations affecting your tuning curves or control loops.

Our VCXOs deliver wide pullability ensuring ease of locking between audio modules. All our audio-recommended products feature extremely low jitter and phase noise specifications meaning you no longer need to worry about introducing noise into the output of your DAC. We also manufacture ultra-low phase noise OCXOs for those wanting the ultimate in clean audio reproduction.

Bluetooth Technology

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology used for exchanging data between devices over short distances. It operates in the 2.4GHz ISM band and is widely used in Personal Area Networks (PANs). It is one of the global standards of connection and is used in various leading communication technologies including point-to-point, broadcast and mesh communication topologies.

A significant percentage of the world's communication chipset manufacturers, including Qualcomm and Nordic-Semiconductor utilise either Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) or Bluetooth Basic rate/enhanced data rate for data transfer.

Our advanced crystals for Bluetooth pairing with these and other chipsets come in a wide range of circuit conditions and standard frequencies including 12.0MHz, 16.0Mhz, 26.0MHz and 32.0MHz.

Harsh Environments

We offer a comprehensive selection of crystals and oscillators designed for harsh environments such as extreme temperatures, strong vibrations and radiation exposure including options such as MIL-C-3098 and MIL-PRF-55310 qualification. Typical applications include:

• Down-hole drilling

• Harsh industrial use

• High reliability medical

• High shock

• Military & aerospace

• Wildlife tracking

Most standard models offer shock survival levels of 5,000g or 10,000g but specialist models perform up to 125,000g for crystals or 30,000g and beyond for oscillators. This is usually combined with wider operating temperature ranges out to -55 to 210°C and higher.

Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a network of physical devices such as sensors, appliances and vehicles that are connected to the internet and can collect, exchange and analyse data. These devices communicate with each other to automate processes, improve efficiency and enhance user experiences.

Many of our products are specifically designed for IoT applications with compact size, low jitter & phase noise, low power consumption, high stability, environmental resilience and compatibility with common IoT frequencies and standards such as AEC-Q200 qualification for automotive IOT applications.

Smart Metering

Smart metering refers to the use of advanced meters that automatically record and transmit energy consumption data to utility providers. These meters help consumers monitor their usage in real time, optimize energy efficiency, and reduce costs.

We offer a range of competitively priced frequency control products with ultra-low power consumption and industry standard footprints that are ideal for smart metering designs.

Ultra Wide Band (UWB)

Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) is a short-range wireless communication technology that operates across a wide bandwidth, typically >500 MHz. It enables high-speed data transmission, precise location tracking and low-power connectivity.

In Europe UWB technology operates in frequency ranges from 3.1GHz to 4.8Ghz and from 6GHz to 9GHz. In the US the full range of spectrum between 3.1GHz and 10.6GHz is allocated for use with UWB. Unlike some other radio technologies, UWB can operate over frequencies usually dedicated to other technologies because it transmits at such a low power density that it doesn't cause interference and the un-spreading process in the receiver helps filter out signals from other technologies ensuring clean and precise communication. We manufacture a range of parts suitable for UWB applications.

Wearable Applications

Wearable projects present unique challenges demanding the smallest size, lowest power consumption and best value parts.

All the components within our wearables collection have been specially designed to satisfy these requirements and are available within our CAD libraries for use with Autodesk Eagle, Altium Design and Pulsonix along with other industry standard parts from our product range.