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Old February 17th 06, 10:21 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default Which Crystal Oscillator circuit has lowest jitter

As a generalization, I think that any circuit that excites the crystal's
series resonant mode will probably outperform a circuit that excites the
parallel resonant mode, because the series resonance is higher Q and is less
affected by external influences.

Joe
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"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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JJ wrote:
I am fimilar with Colpitts, Harley, Clapps, Bulter, Piece oscillators?

Which configuration with JFET or BJT would yield the highest performance
and least jitter?

JJ


AFAIK a well-designed Butler oscillator will have the lowest jitter, but I
doubt that you could do the "well designed" part without a lot of bench
work.

Any of the rest (considering a "Clapp" oscillator to mean a crystal
oscillator with rubbering) are good enough for communications work.

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