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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

#MEMS: "On-chip Oscillators Debut at Silicon Labs"

The world's first micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) built right on top of an standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip enables mobile devices to downsize by ditching the bulky quartz crystal required today. Look for even tiny consumer and industrial devices using Silicon Labs CMOS+MEMS=CMEMS formula by year's end: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog


Fabricating a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) oscillator atop a standard CMOS chip marries the economy of silicon to the reliability of MEMS.
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