Since 1978 Wenzel Associates has defined the state-of-the-art in ultra-low phase noise crystal oscillators. Wenzel also provides innovative system components from our Blue Tops line, as well as very low noise frequency sources and synthesizers.

Wenzel Associates produces over 15,000 oscillators per year for commercial markets. Wenzel’s precise, low noise signals are the basis for many up/down converters, frequency counters and cellular base stations. Agilent and Aeroflex continue to use Wenzel’s production oscillators exclusively in their phase noise measurement test sets.

Approximately one half of Wenzel's products are Hi-Rel parts, built for radar systems, military radios and space applications. Wenzel is the sole source manufacturer of the master oscillator for Lockheed’s Apache Longbow Fire Control Radar, the Fast Switching Local Oscillator for Northrop Grumman’s EA-18 jamming radar and the JSF and F-16 radar systems’ Master Reference Oscillators. Multiple frequency, rack mounted sources and synthesizers outfit testing labs for production radar systems and are part of the US missile defense system around the world. We are very proud to have been selected for several key components in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's ALMA telescope array, under construction in Chile.

Wenzel Associates is currently building oscillators for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA and Northrop Grumman, the Aquarius sea surveyor for Artemis and NASA, and the TACSAT-4 for NRL. We are also building a GHz synthesizer for the Mars Science Laboratory's landing radar for JPL. Wenzel's space heritage includes oscillators for the Mars Lander for JPL, the NEAR Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Satellite for Johns Hopkins APL and recently for Northrop Grumman and NASA for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).

In March of 2006, Wenzel completed its purchase of Croven Crystals, the premier manufacturer of high performance crystals, bringing 50 years of crystal making experience to Wenzel. Croven has participated in countless special projects for military and space customers and has complete in-house testing and manufacturing capabilities to produce MIL-PRF-3098 crystals. Croven is located in its own 26,000 square foot facility in Whitby, Ontario. 

The company is located in a 52,000 square foot facility in Austin, Texas.

Also visit our sister company, Croven Crystals, for high performance quartz crystals.