The top 6 reasons to use silicon MEMS timing solutions

摘要

Timing devices are the heartbeat of digital electronic systems, providing the clock signal to which all other signals are synchronized. Over the past several decades, these timing devices have been based on quartz crystals, available in the form of resonators (a mechanical vibrating element) and oscillators (a resonator combined with an electrical circuit). Quartz crystals for timing circuits are made in specialized factories by companies that are highly focused to this task. The core competency of these quartz companies lies in the precision manufacturing and cutting of quartz crystals to ensure they operate at the correct frequency and are stable over temperature.