Rakon Releases 32 kHz Space VCXO With Extreme Pulling Range Of ±375ppm

Rakon India (RI) has launched the RVX2213S; a space grade VCXO offering an extremely high pulling ability of ±375 ppm and a low frequency of 32 kHz. In comparison, the majority of space VCXOs available in the market have a pulling range of ±100 ppm. The RVX2213S utilises a swept quartz crystal resonator as its core, guaranteeing the space VCXO to deliver a stable frequency over its lifetime – including within the harshest of radiation environments.

With a conventional 14-pin DIL, the RVX2213S is designed specifically for space transmitter and receiver models. The open blank structure design enables the crystal and oscillator to share one cover, significantly reducing the product model’s package size to just 22 x 13 x 4.8 mm. Typically comparable space VCXOs come with a 24-pin DDIP in a bigger package size of 35 x 20 x 10 mm.

The RVX2213S is 100% screened and meets MIL-PRF-55310 Level ‘S’ standard. With less pins, a smaller package size and lower mass, The RVX2213S is suitable for a wide range of space applications. It is an optimised size and weight, VCXO solution.

Key Features

• Extended pulling range: >±375 ppm
• Low input supply voltage: 5V
• 14-pins small DIL package: 22 x 13 x 5 mm
• Unipolar control voltage: 0 to 5 V
• Controlled voltage (Vc) positive transfer function
• Frequency stability: <±50 ppm over -30 to +60°C

Applications

• Space Transmitter and Receiver modules
• Space clocks
• Gyroscopes and Frequency Generation Units (FGU)

High Reliability Space Products – Rakon France (RF) and Rakon India (RI) Heritage
Rakon France (RF) has a long history of providing high-reliability products, with some customers having an association with Rakon for 30 years or more. Many government and commercial programmes use Rakon oscillators across the globe, in systems where high performance is required under the most demanding conditions.

Rakon India (RI) has been providing high reliability space-grade XOs, VCOs, VCXOs, TCXOs and OCXOs to the Indian market for more than ten years, and has helped to build India’s domestic heritage in space missions. Our VCXO products will meet your application’s most demanding stability and low phase noise requirements; featuring wide tuning bandwidth up to an octave. RI has in-house assembly, testing, screening and qualification testing capability for oscillators and in accordance with a wide variety of classes and levels required by aerospace agencies

About Rakon
Rakon is a technological leader in the frequency control industry with a 53-year heritage. The company designs and manufactures world-leading frequency control and timing solutions, enabling connectivity for a wide range of applications. Its core markets are telecommunications, global positioning and space & defence. Rakon has three manufacturing plants and six research and development centers. Customer support personnel are located in 16 offices world-wide. Rakon is proud of its New Zealand heritage; it was founded in Auckland in 1967. For more information, visit www.rakon.com