June 28, 2010

FOR RELEASE:  Immediately

CTS Offers New OCXO Platform for Telecommunications Applications

Elkhart, IN…CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS), a global leader in the design and manufacture of electronic components, today announced availability of the new model 119 high precision, surface mount, SC (Stress Compensated) oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO). This oscillator offers exceptional frequency stability and low jitter performance and has been recommended by semiconductor companies for use with timing IC’s for Timing over Packet applications such as IEEE 1588 Synchronous Ethernet.

The IEEE 1588 Synchronous Ethernet is the next generation of timing and synchronization of the telecom network, both for wireless and for wireline applications.  It distributes accurate frequency and time of day throughout the network, which is critical for proper operation of cellular base stations. It supports wider bandwidth services through the use of Synchronous Ethernet timing and provides the high stability and frequency accuracy requirements of Stratum 3E standards.

This new OCXO has been recommended by a leading semiconductor company to be used with their timing and synchronization integrated circuits.  Each of their IC’s, when used for access and enterprise telecom equipment, requires the use of an external quartz oscillator.

CTS Electronic Components continues as a world leader in the design and manufacture of superior frequency products and cost effective solutions that offer a price advantage to customers, in both standard and customized configurations.   

More information on this new OCXO platform, as well as other OCXO models, can be found on the CTS website, http://www.ctscorp.com/components/ocxo.asp.
 

About CTS Electronic Components
CTS Electronic Components is a leading provider of engineered electronic components used in communications, medical, defense and aerospace, industrial and computer applications for OEMs and Contract Manufacturers worldwide. The Company has manufacturing locations in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tucson, Arizona; Nogales, Mexico; Singapore; Zhongshan and Tianjin, China; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

About CTS
CTS is a leading designer and manufacturer of electronic components and sensors and a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) to OEMs in the automotive, communications, medical, defense and aerospace, industrial and computer markets. CTS manufactures products in North America, Europe and Asia. CTS' stock is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "CTS.” 

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