Vectron and Discera to Drive New Era of MEMS Timing Devices.World-Leading Frequency Control and Timing Solutions, and MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. Oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air Vendors to co-develop Small, High-Precision Components MUNICH, Germany -- Discera, Inc., a world leader in CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. MEMS resonator resonator /res·o·na·tor/ (rez´o-na?ter) 1. an instrument used to intensify sounds. 2. an electric circuit in which oscillations of a certain frequency are set up by oscillations of the same frequency in another technology and provider of next-generation timing solutions, and Vectron International, a world leader in innovative frequency control and timing solutions, announced today at Electronica that they will work together to make MEMS oscillators a reality for electronics manufacturers. CMOS MEMS-based resonators are a truly disruptive technology A new technology that has a serious impact on the status quo and changes the way people have been dealing with something, perhaps for decades. Music CDs all but wiped out the phonograph industry within a few years, and digital cameras are destined to eliminate the film industry. that enables electronics companies to remove scalability and cost obstacles that face customers today. MEMS technology overcomes some of today's existing challenges while opening the door way to tomorrow's previously impossible applications through microfabrication technology. MEMS promises to revolutionize nearly every product category by bringing together silicon-based microelectronics with micromachining technology. By using CMOS MEMS oscillators, manufacturers of consumer electronics, hard disc drives and other devices will realize a number of benefits including reduced footprint requirements, shorter lead times, robust construction and lower power. Additionally, the technology can be advanced to support high-precision applications. "We believe MEMS oscillators are an important part of the future of the frequency control market," said Ed Grant, vice president North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. products and operations, Vectron. "While the promise of MEMS oscillators has been around a long time, no vendor has been able to prove their reliability and manufacturability. We believe Discera is uniquely positioned to deliver on this promise. We look forward to working together with Discera, utilizing our complementary skills to create industry-defining products." Discera's PureSilicon(TM) resonator technology is a fundamental building block that can be used in creating fully-integrated, low-cost, small form factor consumer electronics and telecommunications products such as oscillators, filters and RF components. Discera's PureSilicon CMOS MEMS Resonator-based timing products offer significant advantages in size, power and cost along with exceptional quality and reliability. During Electronica, Discera will demonstrate its technology in the Vectron booth located at Hall B5, booth 237. Discera will be displaying video output from a standard camcorder that has its traditional crystal oscillator An oscillator that uses a quartz crystal to generate a frequency. Such devices generally output a fixed frequency, but some can be controlled by a tuning voltage over a small range. Contrast with VCO. replaced with a Discera's MEMS oscillator. "We are very excited about working with Vectron," said Venkat Bahl, vice president of marketing, Discera, Inc. "Working with Vectron, an industry leader, lends tremendous momentum to the MEMS oscillator world in general, and Discera in particular. The two companies are ideally positioned in the market to leverage each others strengths towards creating and strengthening a market dominating position." About Discera Discera is a fabless analog semiconductor company that offers tiny, high performance silicon resonators for the frequency and timing control markets. These resonators act as the heartbeat or pulse for a variety of devices from consumer products such as cameras and MP3 players to specialized equipment for the military. The company's PureSilicon[TM] resonator technology is a fundamental building block that offers, according to Semico Research, "a better mousetrap "A Better Mousetrap" is a first season episode of Beast Wars which first aired on October 8, 1996. Plot Sentinel, a new automated defense system for the Axalon, is under development by Rhinox, as the Maximals' best line of defense against a Predacon attack. " for creating fully integrated, low cost, small form factor wireline and wireless products, such as oscillators, filters, and RF components. Unlike crystal based oscillators, Discera's PureSilicon[TM] based CMOS oscillators can be integrated into other CMOS based circuits. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , Discera is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with investments from Ardesta, Partech, 3i, and Qualcomm Ventures. More information is available at www.discera.com. About Vectron Vectron International is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of Frequency Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions using the very latest techniques in both bulk acoustic wave (BAW BAW Black America Web BAW Brain Awareness Week BAW Bulk Acoustic Wave BAW Bells And Whistles BAW Bicycle Alliance of Washington (Washington state, USA) BAW Bis Auf Weiteres (German: see you later) ) and surface acoustic wave A surface acoustic wave (SAW) is an acoustic wave traveling along the surface of a material having some elasticity, with an amplitude that typically decays exponentially with the depth of the substrate. (SAW) based designs from DC to microwave frequencies. Products include crystals and crystal oscillators; frequency translators; clock and data recovery products; SAW filters and components used in telecommunications, data communications, frequency synthesizers, timing, navigation, military, aerospace and instrumentation systems. The company is headquartered in Hudson, NH and has operating facilities and sales offices in North America, Europe and Asia. |
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