[ntp:questions] Re: drifting on crystal

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 13 16:56:05 UTC 2005


David J Taylor wrote:

>Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
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>>There is also something called a Temperature Controlled Crystal
>>Oscillator or TCXO.  I'm not certain exactly how it differs, other
>>than the name, but the basic idea is the same; to increase the
>>frequency stability by stabilizing the temperature.
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>No - TCXO is temperature Compensated crystal oscillator.  There is no 
>temperature stabilisation, but the design includes components to offset 
>the measured drift of the crystal with temperature.
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>Cheers,
>David 
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Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Does it ever seem to you that we are slowly being buried in acronyms?



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