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A number of applications today require electronics to operate in extremely harsh environment conditions. Operation temperature of 150°C and higher are required for energy exploration as well as other emerging applications such as geophysical services, avionics and industrial process control. Environments like these require electronics designed and manufactured specifically to withstand such temperature extremes.
With over 50 years experience in custom design and manufacturing of microelectronics, Vectron encompasses a blend of harsh environment electronic design and packaging expertise not common in the industry today. Our staff are experts in Hybrid Multi-Chip Modules, High Temperature and Harsh Environment Electronics for Deep Space to Deep Earth applications, Wafer Level Packaging, Physical Design Modeling, Finite Element Analysis, RF/signal conditioning, oscillator and digital embedded system designs.
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High Temperature Crystal Oscillators
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Real Time Clock XO
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32.768 kHz
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2.5 or 3.3
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–55 to 200°C
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5 x 7mm &nd SMD
8 x 8.5mm – Leaded
0.5" x 0.5" – ½DIP
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• Low current consumption
• Tight temperature stability
• Reliable performance with bulk acoustic wave quartz resonator
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VX-400
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10 MHz to 30 MHz
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3.3 or 5.0
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–55 to 180°C
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0.8" x 0.5" x .2" DIP
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• Low jitter and phase noise
• Absolute VCXO Pull Range of ±25ppm or better for entire operating temperature range
• Compliant crystal mount for high shock & vibration
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PX-420
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32.768 kHz to 40 MHz
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3.3 or 5.0
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–55 to 230°C
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0.5" x 0.5" x .2" ½DIP
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• Low jitter and phase noise
• Compliant crystal mount for high shock & vibration
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PX-570
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32.000 kHz to 40 MHz
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1.8, 2.5, 3.3 or 5.0
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–55 to 230°C
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8 x 8.5 x 2.9 mm
Leaded Ceramic Package
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• Low jitter and phase noise
• Compliant crystal mount for high shock & vibration
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PX-702
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32.768 kHz to 40 MHz
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1.8, 2.5, 3.3 or 5.0
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–55 to 230°C
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5 x 7 x 1.8 mm
SMD Ceramic Package
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• Small footprint and low profile
• Design for high shock & vibration
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Vectron offers several High Temperature Crystal Oscillator product platforms for extreme environment applications. Typical operating temperature range is from –55°C to +200°C. In addition, Vectron offers 0°C to 250°C High Temperature Crystal Oscillators for ultra HT applications to meet today's and future downhole tools requirements. Vectron's vertical integration in the following technical areas ensures the ability to design and manufacture state of the art High Temperature frequency control products:
• BAW & SAW Design & Fabrication to product
high quality Quartz Resonators
• RF Oscillator Circuit Design
• High Temperature Packaging Expertise
• High Temperature Assembly & Test
Expertise
• Environmental Screening
High Temperature Packaged Quartz Crystals
XR-R
(HC35/TO-5)
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7 to 225
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–55 to 200°C
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100g, 6ms
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20g, 10 to 2kHz
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0.200" to 0.265" tall / Thru-hole
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XR-U
(HC37/TO-8)
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2.5 to 140
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–55 to 200°C
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100g, 6ms
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20g, 10 to 2kHz
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0.155" to 0.265" tall / Thru-hole
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XR-B
(HC43)
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2.2 to 210
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–55 to 200°C
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100g, 6ms
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20g, 10 to 2kHz
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Cold Weld / 0.440" to 0.530" tall / Thru-hole, SMD
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XR-A
(HC49)
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2.2 to 210
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–55 to 200°C
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100g, 6ms
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20g, 10 to 2kHz
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Resistance Weld / 0.440" to 0.530" tall / Thru-hole, SMD
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XR-P
(SM1/SQ580)
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4.2 to 30
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–55 to 200°C
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100g, 6ms
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10g, 10 to 2kHz
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8.2 x 8.2 x 2.5mm / SMD
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• Frequencies from 2.20 MHz to 210 MHz
• Standard Operating Temperature Range:
–55°C to 200°C (higher temperature ranges
available)
• AT, SC, FC, AC and IT–cuts
• Swept Quartz–Lot Traceability available
• HFF Inverted Mesa AT–cut (NaOH Etch)
• All standard leaded cold weld and resistance
weld holders
• Commercial and military operating
environment
• Special shock and vibration capabilities
available
• Low aging – world leader in some
applications
• Low phase noise
• Low G–Sensitivity (<=2x10–10/g possible) :
QRM Crystal
High Temperature Packaged Quartz Crystals
Let Vectron help to turn your product development project from circuit schematic that you provided into a fully functioning and high temperature capable end products to meet your application needs.
Extreme environment applications require electronic systems that are capable of surviving beyond the MIL–STD operating temperature range of –55°C to +125°C. Applications such as Deep Well Logging Tools (sensor, gauge and data acquisition etc.), Geothermal Logging, Light Weight Ground and Air Vehicles and Industrial Process Monitoring require robust electronic systems that can operate at 200°C and beyond. In addition, some of these applications also require survivability under high shock and vibration environments. Vectron's expertise readily handles such harsh environments. For example, our custom engineered High-temperature electronic modules have been qualified and deployed for 250°C+ "down hole" drilling/exploration applications.
• Extending device reliability and operating
life at the field
• Eliminating the need for auxiliary cooling
techniques such as massive heat sinks or
elaborate heat pipe designs
• Lighter Weight and Smaller Size
• Integration of sensors and transducers along
with electronics to operate reliably in
high temperature environments
