A crystal is a bare resonator that needs a load capacitance and an oscillator circuit in your MCU. An oscillator already contains the circuit and drives a clean square wave, so no matching, no trimming, and no start-up risk.

A plain XO is the cheapest option and holds a few tens of ppm over temperature, which is fine for general logic. A TCXO adds temperature compensation and holds ±0.5ppm for GNSS, RF, and timing-critical links.

Quartz gives the lowest phase noise and the widest choice of frequencies. Silicon MEMS wins where shock, vibration, and extreme temperature dominate, with programmable frequency and no quartz aging curve.

Quartz timing specialist with SPXO, TCXO, VCXO and differential oscillators from 2016 to 7050, 1.8V to 3.3V, -40 to +85°C plus extended -40 to +105°C grades. Widest local stock, shortest lead time.

Efficient, compact, precise. TCXO and crystal units from 1612 to 3225, 1.7V to 3.63V, with the 26MHz and 38.4MHz families that GNSS and wearable designs standardize on.

NP and NZ series SPXO from 1.5MHz to 2.1GHz, TCXO from 10MHz to 100MHz, in 1612 through 7050. Automotive and industrial grades for automotive Ethernet and base stations.

Kyocera Crystal Device TCXO, OCXO, VCXO and SPXO, down to 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.2mm. 1.6V to 3.6V, 32.768kHz to 212.5MHz, industrial and automotive grades.

Silicon MEMS oscillators built on semiconductor process. SPXO, kHz XO and differential XO from 1MHz to 220MHz in 2016, 2520 and 3225, 1.62V to 3.63V.

MEMS timing for harsh environments. AEC-Q100, 70,000g shock resistance, 1MHz to 137MHz programmable, ±25ppm, 0.3ps phase jitter, from 1.5 x 0.8mm.

Send a competitor part number and we match frequency, stability, package and pinout across all six brands, with samples for bench verification.

A ±0.5ppm TCXO at 26MHz keeps pseudorange measurement stable, cutting time to first fix in vehicle and handheld navigators.

AEC-Q100 and AEC-Q200 clocks for ADAS, in-vehicle Ethernet, camera modules, and battery management, rated over -40 to +125°C.

Low-jitter differential oscillators clock 100G to 400G links, switches, and small cells, where phase noise sets the bit error rate.

2016 and 1612 packages at 1.8V draw a few milliamps, leaving room in the power budget of earbuds, watches, and smart tags.

MEMS and quartz oscillators hold frequency through vibration, thermal cycling, and wide temperature in PLCs, drives, and metering.

A 32.768kHz oscillator keeps the real-time clock alive at a few microamps while the radio sleeps between transmissions.

A crystal is a passive resonator and needs an external oscillator circuit plus the correct load capacitance. An oscillator integrates the resonator and the circuit in one package and outputs a ready clock, which removes matching work and start-up uncertainty.

Choose a TCXO when frequency error over temperature directly degrades the system. GNSS receivers, RF transceivers, and synchronization links need sub-ppm stability, while general logic clocking is usually satisfied by a plain XO at a much lower cost.

One ppm is one part per million, or about one second of drift in eleven and a half days. At 26MHz, 1ppm equals 26Hz of frequency error, which is how a stability figure turns into a timing budget for your protocol.

Start from the footprint your board allows. 3225 and 2520 cover most consumer and industrial designs, 2016 and 1612 suit wearables, and 7050 is used for differential and legacy layouts. For output, CMOS covers single-ended logic, LVDS and LVPECL suit high-speed serial links, and clipped sine is common on TCXOs for RF front ends. Send us the load, the supply rail, and the temperature range and we will narrow the list.

Click the brand you need above to browse models, or send us the frequency, stability, supply voltage, package and quantity. We reply with datasheets, samples, and pricing, and we can cross-reference an equivalent across all six brands.

Firmware and boot code executed directly from SPI NOR, alongside the clock that times it.

Cost-efficient data storage for logging and media in the same gateway and module designs.

Byte-writable memory for calibration and board identity, often trimmed against the system clock.

Fast writes and near-unlimited endurance for event logs and counters in metering designs.

Low-power SRAM and pseudo-SRAM that buffer the data your clocked interface moves.

Browse all memory, oscillator, MCU, analog, and sensor lines in one place.

How ±0.5ppm over -40 to +85°C holds a GNSS receiver on track, with 1.5mA typical current, 2ms start-up, and AEC-Q grade environmental testing.

Why a ±0.3ppm TCXO with -125dBc/Hz phase noise shortens time to first fix, and how power-save algorithms turn the clock budget into battery life.