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Tutorial: When to use a Clock vs. an Oscillator

From Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
 

 
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Picking the right device for a particular application is dependent on a number of factors, in high performance applications, low jitter and low phase noise are critical given that they have a direct impact on the bit-error rate in high speed serial data transmission applications and the signal-to-noise ratio of analog to digital data converters. This paper discusses when to use an oscillator vs. a clock.

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