#MEMS: "Wearables Battery Life Doubled with Super Accurate Realtime Clock"

Those tiny batteries batteries in wearables could last up to twice as long by adopting a higher precision realtime clock. The trick? Software that wakes up the device to check on Bluetooth, WiFi, button clicks and other inputs doesn't have to build in buffer times to compensate for the inaccuracy of most realtime clocks: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog

SiTimes super accurate temperature compensated MEMS oscillator (TCXO) helps extend battery life of wearables by allowing smaller sampling windows for sensors, Bluetooth, WiFi, et. al.

SiTime's temperature controlled MEMS oscillator (TCXO) uses a unique 3-D chip stack with the tiny 125 micron thick MEMS die flipped and mounted between the solder bumps on the bottom of the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) containing the electronics.

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