Odile Ronat

As the defense industry moves toward open architecture implementations, timing misalignments can lead to latency issues, degraded performance or, in the worst cases, system failure. This article discusses how precision timing helps ensure interoperability with precisely synchronized data transmission in open architecture implementations.

RF systems play a critical role in the ability to detect national security threats sooner and respond faster, but the RF spectrum is congested and contested. To meet the bandwidth demand, RF systems must make more efficient use of the spectrum. Precision timing can help make this efficiency happen: SiTime’s new, low-phase-noise, high-stability MEMS Endura Super-TCXOs are building blocks toward success, delivering faster, more accurate, reliable and secure data transmission in RF systems.

This article covers why a novel commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) MEMS oven-controlled oscillator (OCXO), low in low size, weight, and power (SWaP), is an attractive option for military A-PNT systems when compared with quartz OCXOs or even chip-scale atomic clocks (CSACs).

GPS remains the principal source of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) for defense operations, making it a target for adversaries. The new SiTime Endura Epoch™ MEMS oven-controlled oscillator (OCXO) offers you a novel ruggedized precision timing solution for PNT systems that need to operate during GPS signal disruptions while optimizing SWaP (Size Weight and Power) for harsh environments.

The Big Idea Award is given to the product that receives the most votes across all categories in the readers’ choice poll. We are honored that SiTime’s Endura ruggedized SiT7910 Super-TCXO has won this prestigious award. Read more to learn why and how timing paves the way for novel innovations.

Armed forces around the world are developing systems to rapidly detect and respond to increasingly complex threats. New ruggedized precision timing technology is being used to build the data networks that are the backbone of these systems and to reliably synchronize the flow of data.