Tiny Si512xx Clock Generators Ideal for Space- and Power-Sensitive
Portable, Consumer and Embedded Designs
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the industry's
smallest and lowest power customizable clock generators. Available in a
tiny 1.7 mm-squared package, Silicon Labs' new Si512xx clock generator
family offers up to 60 percent lower power than competing solutions and
is ideal for space-limited, cost-sensitive embedded and consumer
electronics such as portable media players (PMPs), industrial metering
and monitoring, portable navigation devices (PNDs), handsets, digital
cameras and hundreds of other handheld, power-sensitive products.
As part of Silicon Labs' comprehensive, programmable timing portfolio,
the Si512xx clocks are highly customizable devices. The Si512xx clock
generators support up to three LVCMOS clock outputs from 3 to 200 MHz in
a single device, providing developers with maximum flexibility while
simplifying supply chain management. Each output has four levels of
output strength setting, which can be configured individually to match
the load and the trace length condition of the board. This is more than
twice the configurability of the closest competing product.
The ultra-small Si512xx clocks typically use up to 80 percent less board
space than competing clock generator ICs and provide cost-saving
replacements for sub-200 MHz LVCMOS oscillators. By supporting multiple
LVCMOS outputs, the single-chip Si512xx clock generators replace
multiple surface-mounted crystals and oscillators with one economical
device, further reducing board space and BOM cost.
In addition to unparalleled cost and space savings, these ultra-small
clock generators also support green initiatives by reducing power
consumption up to 60 percent compared to competing solutions. This 2x
low-power advantage offers noteworthy benefits such as longer battery
life in power-sensitive applications ranging from smart meters to
handheld devices. The Si512xx clocks also provide output enable (OE)
functionality to achieve even lower power modes in standby or sleep
states.
The Si512xx clock generators provide customizable spread spectrum
clocking technology to minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI). This
frequency modulation technique enables system designers to reduce EMI by
spreading clock energy over a wider frequency range, consequently
reducing peak emissions at the fundamental frequency and every harmonic.
The Si512xx further reduces EMI and increases system margin for data
integrity through an innovative approach to edge-rate slew
customization. The Si512xx clock family's highly flexible architecture
can be factory-customized to support specific spread spectrum and
edge-rate slewing profiles, percentages, modulation types and/or rates
to meet customer specifications for output frequencies, control inputs
and drive strength.
"No other small-footprint clock solution today offers the high level of
integration, power efficiency and configurability of the Si512xx clock
family," said Mike Petrowski, general manager of Silicon Labs' timing
products. "Like the rest of our timing device family, these clock
generator ICs offer customers the industry's shortest lead times for
custom clocks to help streamline development cycles."
Pricing and Availability
Production quantities of Silicon Labs' Si512xx clock generator products
are available now in a choice of 1.4 mm x 1.2 mm 6-pin TDFN, 1.4 mm x
1.6 mm 8-pin TDFN and 8-pin TSSOP package options. Pricing in
50,000-unit quantities begins at $0.32 (USD) for 2-output clock
generators. The Si51210-EVB evaluation board for 6-pin TDFN clocks, the
Si51211-EVB for 8-pin TDFN clocks and the Si51219-EVB 8-pin TSSOP clocks
are each priced at $50 (USD MSRP). For more information about the
Si512xx clock family and to order samples and evaluation boards, visit www.silabs.com/pr/clocks.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. For more information about Silicon Labs, please
visit www.silabs.com.
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