Valpey Fisher Announces Miniature Hi-Rel/COTS Oscillator For Military Applications

Delivers industry's highest frequency in smallest package for reliability amid extreme conditions

HOPKINTON, MA & BALTIMORE, MD – Valpey Fisher Corporation (NASDAQ: VPF), a leading provider of high performance integrated products for timing and frequency control today announced its latest product offering: the VFH3225 ,the industry's smallest size High Reliability/Commercial off the shelf (COTS) oscillator which offers outstanding performance for military applications. The device delivers frequency stability of ±50ppm over -55°C to +125°C in a miniature 3.2 x 2.5 mm SMD package meeting the military requirements for Group A, B, or C testing in a small form factor for a wide range of military communications applications.

Introduced today and showcased at the Valpey Fisher booth (#1633) at the IEEE IMS 2011 Conference, the VFH3225 offers output frequencies up to 160 MHz in the low-power CMOS output with supply voltages of 3.3V, 2.8V, 2.5V or 1.8V. Typical current consumption is as low as 8 mA and to minimize battery drain the device also has an output enable/disable option. Its miniature size, 3.2 x 2.5 mm, allows for efficient use of board space and product designs expansion.

"Today's demanding military applications require higher frequencies and smaller package sizes," says John Fortune, Director of Sales and Marketing for Valpey Fisher. "The VFH3225 is the only part in the industry with frequencies up to 160MHz in a miniature package that can withstand tough environmental conditions like high temperature, vibration and shock."

Valpey Fisher: Eight Decades of Innovation in Oscillators

HiRel/COTS oscillators are quartz oscillators that work in tough, environmentally challenging applications typically associated with mission-critical military uses. Valpey Fisher offers a complete line of HiRel/COTS oscillators (XO and VCXO) available in industry standard packages including the latest 3.2 x 2.5mm design. By supporting wide temperature ranges and high frequencies, Valpey Fisher's HiRel/COTS products offer a competitive advantage to our customers when confronted with extreme conditions. Customers worldwide use Valpey Fisher HiRel/COTS products to enable a wide range of applications for military communications, munitions and guidance systems.

Please visit Valpey Fisher 's website for more information on our Military and Hi-Rel/COTS products. Samples are available upon request. Please contact your local representative or email sales@valpeyfisher.com for datasheets, samples and pricing.

About Valpey Fisher
Valpey Fisher Corporation (NASDAQ: VPF) is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of high-accuracy subsystems integrated into digital and optical telecommunications systems in use throughout the world for voice, data and military communications. For more than 80 years, customers have chosen Valpey Fisher as their preferred supplier of the electronic components and subsystems that drive their business. Companies pick Valpey Fisher for its long history of technology innovation, its high-quality precision products, and its top-to-bottom commitment to customers to provide and support custom solutions that meet their evolving needs. The Company's products enable communications system vendors to increase network data capacity and improve voice and video quality. Through its broad range of timing, control and measurement solutions that deliver high performance, uncompromised precision, and consistent reliability-- Valpey Fisher partners with customers to help them succeed in the markets they compete in including wireless and wireline infrastructure, microwave radio, military communications, instrumentation, imaging and industrial applications. Valpey Fisher's global customer base of original equipment manufacturers (including Alcatel-Lucent, BAE Systems, Google, IBM, Juniper Networks, and Raytheon) and electronics manufacturing services companies are served by direct sales personnel, independent manufacturers' representatives, and distributors worldwide. For more information on Valpey Fisher's innovative products please visit www.valpeyfisher.com.

SOURCE: CTS Electronic Components