SiTime Corporation MEMS Oscillators Support Square Point-of-Sale Products
July 21, 2021 at 04:14 pm EDT
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SiTime Corporation announced that Square is using the SiTime SiT8008 low-power, programmable MEMS oscillator for its Square Terminal and Square Register point-of-sale (POS) products. The SiT8008 is one of SiTime’s most popular devices and is used in over 50 applications across the enterprise, industrial, mobile, and consumer markets. The stability of the timing subsystem plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy of POS products. System vendors do have a choice for timing. They can use a SiTime oscillator, which is an external, standalone timing device, or they can use an on-chip oscillator on their microprocessor/SoC. An external oscillator like the SiT8008 will consistently deliver 10-100 times better clock stability because of superior MEMS and analog technology and SiTime’s systems expertise. Additionally, the programmable architecture of the SiT8008 provides excellent configurability to the user and ensures fast delivery. The SiTime SiT8008 programmable oscillator features a wide frequency range, low power consumption, small size, and excellent temperature stability over a wide temperature range. The SiT8008 family is programmable, enabling quicker sampling and shorter overall lead times. Continuous 1.8 V to 3.3 V supply voltage enables inventory consolidation and minimizes qualification time. The oscillators support any frequency between 1 and 110 MHz while providing stability from ±20 ppm to ±50 ppm. SiT8008 oscillators are available in small packages for all frequencies, voltages, and stabilities, enabling board space savings for space-constrained designs without compromising performance and availability.
SiTime Corporation is a provider of precision timing solutions to the global electronics industry. The Company's products are designed for approximately 300 applications across its target markets, including communications and enterprise, automotive, industrial, aerospace, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), and consumer. The Companyâs solutions include oscillators, clock integrated circuits, and resonators. Its all-silicon solutions are based on three areas of expertise, which include micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), analog mixed-signal design capabilities, and advanced system-level integration expertise. For the communications and enterprise market, its precision timing solutions provide performance and resilience in dense, less-controlled environments that experience extreme conditions. For the automotive market, its solutions can be utilized in automotive electronics, including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) for self-driving cars.
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