Product category: Standard Logic Devices
News Release from: Linear Technology Corp | Subject: LTC6905-xxx family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 June 2005
Silicon oscillators promise crystal
replacement
A new family of silicon oscillators aim to provide a simple, compact and robust timing solution for FPGAs, CPLDs, microprocessors and DSPs.
Linear Technology's newest family of silicon oscillators, the LTC6905-xxx, generate a fixed frequency clock output from 20 to 133MHz These oscillators provide a simple, compact and robust timing solution for FPGAs, CPLDs, microprocessors and DSPs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It's a familiar story: just as vacuum tubes, relays and core memory were transformed by solid state technology, silicon oscillators offer big advantages over traditional resonating elements.
Linear Technology's silicon fabrication and assembly ensures that the LTC6905-xxx family is inherently immune to shock and vibration, a key advantage over crystals and ceramic resonators.
Typical canned oscillators are challenged by long startup, duty cycle drift and significant power usage.
The LTC6905-xxx improves on all of these features with a consistent startup (100us typical), low duty cycle variation (+/-2.5%) and half of the power consumption (12mA Max at 100MHz).
Furthermore, the LTC6905-xxx can operate over the full automotive temperature range (-40 to +125C).
The LTC6905-xxx series is offered in a small ThinSOT package.
These parts operate with a single 2.7V to 5.5V power supply and provide a rail-to-rail, CMOS output.
An output enable function is provided to disable the output and eliminate pulse slivers when re-enabled.
"The combination of ruggedness, size, power, and performance addresses a demand in the oscillator market that was previously tough to meet", according to Doug LaPorte, Design Section Lead for Linear Technology.
The LTC6905-xxx family is available with a master clock frequency of 133, 100, 90 or 80MHz.
An internal three-state divider (DIV input) allows for division of the master clock by 1, 2 or 4 providing a wide range of possible frequencies.
For nonstandard frequencies, the LTC6905-xxx can be factory trimmed to any output between 2.2 and 170MHz.
A resistor programmable version is also available for applications requiring factory or field adjustment to any frequency from 17 to 170MHz.
All versions are in full production, with pricing starting at $1.15 each in 1000-piece quantities. Request a free brochure from Linear Technology Corp ...
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