Campbell, Calif. — Jackson Labs has unveiled its FireFly product, an extremely small OCXO-based GPS disciplined oscillator (GPSDO) that meets Stratum-1 requirements with very low-power consumption. The OCXO-based Firefly delivers long-term performance similar to Atomic Frequency Standards, and supports both mobile such as vehicle-mounted and airborne applications and stationary applications.
The FireFly GPSDO, which measures 1.25 cubic inches, provides Stratum-1 long-term performance of better than 10 parts per trillion (1E-011) averaged over 24 hours when locked to GPS at less than half the size of the smallest competitive products, said Jackson Labs. The unit generates both an OCXO-driven 1 PPS output that is phase-synchronized to better than 100 ns rms to UTC, and a synchronized low-noise +12 dBm 10-MHz sine-wave output.
The FireFly is easy to integrate in any application that requires a stable and accurate reference clock, and it can be monitored and controlled by an RS-232 port via industry-standard SCPI Commands. The FireFly is said to provide excellent phase noise and spurious suppression, and very low jitter at a power consumption of only 1.4-W typical.
Custom frequencies and other non-standard requirements can be accommodated.
Pricing: Starts at $495.00 each in quantities of 100 units.
Availability: Delivery is six to eight weeks ARO.
Jackson Labs Technologies, Inc., 1-408-596-0600, www.jackson-labs.com
