Rubidium Oscillators are recognized as a precise Time standard. Other oscillators are prone to frequency drifts, but a rubidium oscillator provides an uninterrupted and precise frequency pulse, making it the most reliable time clock for companies that deal with radio, microwave, and satellite frequencies.
Although not as precise as a cesium oscillator, rubidium oscillators are the most accurate time standard that is used for time distribution services like telecommunication infrastructure, television broadcast, aerospace, defense applications and systems, and global navigation satellite systems.
Ordinary oscillator circuits tend to lose power resulting in weak amplitude.
So, to circumvent this, rubidium “physics circuitry” is utilized in normal OCXOs to preserve the consistency of precise oscillation at constant amplitude. These oscillators are known as rubidium oscillators.
Hence it can be stated that rubidium oscillators are improvised OCXOs in which the OCXOs’ pulse is passed through a rubidium circuitry which ensures ensure most accurate frequency pulse at the right amplitude and hence dependable and cost-effective.
In technical terms, rubidium oscillators harness the OCXO frequency output to rubidium hyperfine transition/cycle of 6 834 682 610.904 Hz
Raditek offers over twenty types of rubidium oscillators. If you have the specifications, our can help you select the one needed for your circuitry in terms of Q-factor, Thermal stability, low phase noise, small size, and unbeatable price.
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