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From: John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: BAW
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:38:28 +0000
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On 22/01/2025 04:30, Bill Sloman wrote:
> On 22/01/2025 10:52 am, Buzz McCool wrote:
>> On 1/21/2025 10:56 AM, john larkin wrote:
>>>
>>> This has got to crush the XO business. It looks like it's a single
>>> chip that's encapsulated like any other IC. XOs are complex and need
>>> hermetic cans.
> 
> XOs used to use handmounted crystals. There's nothing all that 
> complicated about them, but low volume manufacture tends to be a bit 
> knife and fork.
> 
>> Looking through this BAW app note
>> https://www.ti.com/lit/an/snaa362/snaa362.pdf, I couldn't tell BAW 
>> devices would work at high altitude or in a vacuum. I have to ask 
>> because the "acoustic" in the name makes me want to make sure that 
>> some sort of atmosphere isn't needed.
> 
> As far as I can see these are surface acoustic wave devices. Integrated 
> circuits are pretty well encapsulated. This one probably dumps any heat 
> it generates into the board it is mounted on, which might run a bit 
> warmer in a vacuum, but that would be the only risk I can see.
> 

It does look more like bulk acoustic waves - hence the name!  There
is no cavity inside, so they should be immune to the effects of
helium, unlike the  oscillators that use MEMS resonators where it
appears that helium can diffuse through the silicon to clog up
the vacuum cavity.
Phase noise performance looks excellent as is the temperature
stability.
John