Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca., July 12, 2006

MMD Components (Monitor & Quartztek), a producer of frequency control devices, has introduced a new line of high-frequency oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs). Previously, the only available option for customers looking for high frequency in an OCXO was to purchase multiple low-frequency OCXOs that combined to provide the actual frequency required but which often created additional phase noise and jitter.

MMD’s new high-frequency OCXOs feature a non-PLL (phase-locked loop) design that enables users to specify frequencies up to 1 GHz, which results in less external frequency multiplication, less phase noise and low jitter.

Units can maintain stabilities as low as ±250 ppb over an operating temperature range of -40ºC to +85ºC and ±100 ppb at temperatures from -20ºC to +70 ºC. The high-frequency OCXOs come in a wide variety of package options and voltage configurations. Moreover, their enhanced internal voltage regulation minimizes the requirements for high-stability power supplies; the units support supply voltages as low as 3.3V.

About MMD
MMD Components (Monitor & Quartztek) is one the most technologically advanced full-service manufacturer of frequency control devices, specializing in crystals, oscillators and custom applications. Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., the company manufactures and distributes its components as an approved vendor for a variety of Fortune 500 companies and is a recommended supplier for major chip manufacturers. To better serve a worldwide market, MMD acquired the manufacturing and patent rights in 2002 to the entire product portfolio of Monitor & Quartztek, Inc. MMD Components (Monitor & Quartztek) now offers a more complete line of components, covering a wide range of applications in the commercial, medical, telecommunications, aerospace, and military markets.