SiTime ventures East to kick off The Official Technology and Product launch SiTime will be hosting various media in Taipei, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo during the month of April in an effort to introduce their proprietary MEMS First ? process technology, and SiRes? product line to the Far East. For additional information on the press tour dates, times, and venue location, email cd@sitime.com

About SiTime Technology The most ubiquitous electronic component which has not yet succumbed to silicon integration is the quartz resonating crystal. The quartz crystal comprises its own significant, $3B industry, separate from silicon. Over 9 billion quartz crystals are manufactured every year, more than one for every person on the planet. They are present in virtually every electronic device, from watches, to cell phones, to printers, to TVs, to set-top boxes. Engineers use them without even thinking, to provide the necessary heart-beat in electronic circuits.

Finally, SiTime has found a way to integrate this required electronic function in a silicon chip. Itfs about time! For over 30 years, tiny resonating elements have been built on silicon, only to have them fail when compared to quartz. SiTime has found a way to solve the problems previous companyfs faced by creating these elements below the surface of the silicon wafer, encapsulated inside the chip, protected from the environment, and allowing the silicon chip to be packaged inexpensively, just like any other silicon chip. SiTime has exploited this process in a modern 200mm silicon wafer format, allowing us to use the most modern integrated circuit technologies. SiTime has integrated this technology with modern CMOS circuits to easily interface with the rest of the circuits in the product. SiTime has employed modern, high volume packaging technologies which allow the silicon resonator to be handled just like any other silicon component. Today, one can locate quartz crystals on a circuit board by their visual appearance. SiTime resonators and oscillators look just like any other silicon component. Future SiTime products will incorporate two or more oscillators on the same chip, thereby increasing the level of integration. Furthermore, all of this comes with the known quality and the low cost of silicon integrated circuit technology.

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SiTimefs SiRes TM SiT1xxx oscillator family is offered in more than 173 frequencies from 1.000 MHz to 125.000 MHz at optional frequency tolerances of +/-50 ppm or +/-100 ppm in industrial (-40 to 85‹C) or commercial (0 to 70‹C) temperature ranges. Also, 4 packages sizes from 5.0 mm x 7.0 mm x 0.85 mm down to 2.0 mm x 2.5 mm x 0.85 mm are available.

SiTime'sfs SiRes TM SiT8002 programmable oscillator family is offered as a fast-turn, rapid prototype, custom frequency or low-volume solution in a frequency range from 1.000 MHz to 125.000 MHz, +/-50 ppm or +/-100 ppm, and 4 packages sizes down to 2.0 mm x 2.5 mm x 0.85 mm. The SiT8002 is form, fit, and function compatible with the SG-8002 and similar quartz-based programmable oscillators while offering better jitter performance, lower power, and smaller package options at more competitive prices.

TheSiT1xxx fixed frequency and the SiT8002 programmable SiRes? oscillator families will be available to sample for select customers worldwide. To discover more about the SiRes? oscillator family or request samples emailmarketing@sitime.com

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