A new solution providing overall frequency accuracy of less than -100ppm
IDT ( www.idt.com , Country Manager for Korea: Sang-Yup Lee), an analog-digital company leading the core mixed-signal semiconductor solutions market, has introduced an all-silicon CMOS oscillator that boasts the world's best accuracy, providing an industry-low total frequency error of 100 ppm for temperature, voltage, and other factors.

The IDT3C02 oscillator, featuring patented IDT CMOS oscillator technology, is a monolithic CMOS IC that replaces quartz crystal-based oscillators by providing frequency accuracy of less than 100 ppm. It enables ultra-thin form factors without mechanical frequency sources or phase-locked loops (PLLs).

IDT's new product is specifically designed to work with next-generation storage, data communication, and connectivity interfaces such as 1Gb Ethernet, SAS, SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), and PCI Express. In addition, as a low-power and low-jitter product replacing general-purpose quartz crystal oscillators, it is expected to provide the best solution for server and enterprise designs as well as data communication devices with Ethernet ports.

Fred Zust, Vice President and General Manager of IDT’s Communications Business Unit, stated, “The IDT3C02, which achieves a total frequency error of less than 100 ppm, is an innovative product in the timing industry. As the best solution to replace crystal oscillators, it provides even more advanced performance than the wafer-type all-silicon CMOS oscillators announced earlier this year and will play a role in further expanding IDT’s leadership in the market.”

The IDT3C02 oscillator generates high-accuracy frequencies on the chip without relying on piezoelectric or mechanical vibrators. Based on a ready-to-use standard CMOS process, this device can be customized for a wide range of applications through the use of a programmable architecture and support for various configuration options. The most critical of these options is the existing modification