The problem with crystals

Quartz crystals are used as timing references in almost all consumer and industrial electronic products. To date, there has been little alternative to providing accurate timing (clock) and high frequency references, with quartz crystals fulfilling this role from both a cost and performance perspective. However, quartz crystals are mechanical devices with limitations in physical size and mechanical shock resistance.

New generations of electronic products continue to demand lower cost, improved reliability, greater stability and smaller size, pushing the limitations of quartz crystal, particularly at lower frequencies.

Crystals consume too much space, oscillators consume too much power, and too many external components are needed. Costs are too high.

Now there is a better way.