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Next Generation Ultra Stable TCXO Platform
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Next-generation
Ultra Stable TCXOs

Learn more about our Niku Ultra Stable TCXO platform and pre-order samples...

We're excited to introduce the successor to our highly successful Pluto® TCXO range. Niku™ is our next-generation Ultra Stable TCXO solution for telecommunications, positioning, defence and automotive applications. 

The platform will bring in a new generation of Ultra Stable TCXOs with ultra low jitter (<50 femtoseconds), extended frequency range  (10-100 MHz) and low g-sensitivity (0.2 ppb/g).

Key applications:

  • AI Computing / Data Centres
  • 5G, 5G Advanced, 6G radio heads and small cells
  • Backhaul networking
  • Exploration and Mining
  • Precision Positioning 
  • Aerospace and Defence
  • Satellite terminals
  • Automotive / V2X 
  • Industry 5.0

Key technologies

The Niku platform brings together a number of Rakon proprietary technologies, all working together to achieve increasingly better oscillator performance.

Niku ASIC

Niku is the successor to Pluto®, Rakon's highly successful range of Ultra Stable TCXO ASICs that has dominated the Ultra Stable TCXO market for the past 15 years. Compared to Pluto ASICs, Niku offers higher frequencies (up to 100 MHz) and significantly lower jitter (<50 fs) / phase noise (-170 dBc/Hz @ 38.88 MHz) as well as improvements in g-sensitivity (0.2 ppb/g). These improvements make Niku TCXOs the right fit for applications requiring high frequency, low noise and high stability reference clocks, such as AI computing/data centres, 5G Advanced and 6G networks, automotive/V2X and Industry 5.0.

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XMEMS® resonator

All Niku-based oscillators feature our new crystal MEMS technology, XMEMS®. High Q XMEMS resonators are designed and manufactured by Rakon using a proprietary wafer-level photolithographic process. The technology is a game-changer within the crystal oscillator industry, allowing for increasingly higher oscillator performance in smaller sizes. XMEMS crystals bring significantly better g-sensitivity, hysteresis and frequency slope compared to traditional crystal resonators

Kelvin™ Temperature Sensor

In addition to the XMEMS crystal and Niku ASIC, the new Niku products also feature our proprietary Kelvin™ temperature sensor technology. This results in more accurate temperature compensation, which in turn improves the stability and airflow sensitivity performance of the oscillator.

Get started with Niku

Rakon’s first products featuring the new Niku chips are the RTN7050A, RTN5032A and RTN5032D Ultra Stable TCXO.

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TCXO RTN7050A 10P

RTN7050A

Key specifications:
  • SMD package: 7.0 x 5.0 x 1.5 mm
  • Ultra low jitter: <50 fs
  • Low floor noise: -170 dBc/Hz @ 38.88 MHz
  • High frequency: up to 100 MHz
  • Frequency stability: ±100 ppb over -40 to 85°C
  • Extended operating temperature: -40 to 105°C
  • Low g-sensitivity: 0.2 ppb/g
  • Long-term stability: ±4.6 ppm/20 yr
  • Samples available now

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TCXO RTN5032A 10P

RTN5032A

Key specifications:
  • SMD package: 5.0 x 3.2 x 1.75 mm
  • Ultra low jitter: <50 fs
  • Low floor noise: -170 dBc/Hz @ 38.88 MHz
  • High frequency: up to 100 MHz
  • Frequency stability: ±100 ppb over -40 to 85°C
  • Extended operating temperature: -40 to 105°C
  • Low g-sensitivity: 0.2 ppb/g
  • Long-term stability: ±4.6 ppm/20 yr
  • Samples available Q1 2024 - pre-order now

Download datasheet (PDF)
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TCXO RTN5032D

RTN5032D

Key specifications:
  • Low height Hermetic SMD package: 5.0 x 3.2 x 1.2 mm
  • Ultra low jitter: <50 fs
  • Low floor noise: -170 dBc/Hz @ 38.88 MHz
  • Frequency: up to 100 MHz
  • Frequency stability: ±100 ppb over -40 to 85°C
  • Extended operating temperature: -55 to 105°C
  • Low g-sensitivity: 0.2 ppb/g
  • Long-term stability: ±4.6 ppm/20 yr
  • Samples available Q1 2024 - pre-order now

Download datasheet (PDF)
Download 3D model (STP)

Pre-order Samples

Order your Niku samples today!

Niku RTN7050A samples available now. RTN5032A/D samples available in Q1 2024. Taking pre-orders now using the same form below.

Let us know your details and desired specifications and one of our engineers will contact you as soon as possible.