Oscillations, Timing, and Synchronization

The PCIe Precision Time Measurement protocol enhances time synchronization within distributed systems. This article outlines what’s required for its proper implementation.

A fundamental look into the clock tree helps engineers gain a better understanding of the timing requirements and associated jitter budgets when designing timing systems.

The new Epoch family of MEMS-based timing devices developed by SiTime is designed for the AI age.

Time is not only fundamental to reality, it's also fundamental to society. The fact that time is a commodity today only underscores its importance.

SiTime's 32.768-kHz Super-TCXO enables the design of ultra-rugged devices, addressing critical market needs beyond military and aerospace.

Wrapping up the series, in Part 3 we analyze the example hypothetical synthesizer to demonstrate the concepts and methods presented so far.

Precision frequency control and timing are essential to all modern electronics technology.

In Part 2, we design a hypothetical PLL frequency synthesizer as an example to be used for analysis.

Part 1 of this series discussed timing considerations for sigma-delta ADCs. Part 2 gets into the timing factors and solutions for reducing power while maintaining precision in...

This three-part series discusses how phase noise in general is modeled and simulated, and how RF component phase noise propagates through a PLL to determine its output phase noise...

An important aspect of cloud communications and IoT data transfer is the timing. Clock timing and data transmission are inextricably linked, and without synchronization nothing...

Here’s a basic guide for considering the timing solution that’s optimal for the technologies and applications being developed today.

Silicon-based timing solutions can offer performance advantages over quartz oscillators. We spoke to Piyush Sevilla, EVP of Marketing at SiTime, about their efforts in the timing...

In this forecast article, Piyush Sevalia, EVP Marketing at SiTime, explores three significant trends impacting the timing market in 2021 and beyond.

One could make the argument that humanity’s knowledge and use of time is the aspect of our lives that make us different from animals.

Technology pressure occurs along every front, from materials to software, Advances from wide-bandgap semiconductors, to multiprocessor SoCs, to advanced AI machine-learning solutions...

A summary of the history of integrated circuits for clocking digital devices, following the trend toward the use of MEMS structures for resonators, with broad a description of...

In any system that uses voltage transitions to represent timing information, jitter is an unfortunate part of the equation. In essence, jitter is the deviation of timing edges...