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Partnership Formalized with Oscillator Release
February 26, 2007 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
SAN JOSE, Calif. and HUDSON, N.H. Discera (San Jose) and Vectron International (Hudson, NH), a Dover company, formalized their strategic partnership with the MOS1 product rollout for the high-performance clock oscillator space. The oscillator, available in a ceramic or quad flat pack (QFP) plastic package, suits frequencies from 1 to 125 MHz. It is based on Discera's PureSilicon resonator technology.Discera and Vectron will distribute the oscillator under respective brand names to different market segments. Under the partnership agreement announced in November 2006, Vectron will represent the MEMS devices to high-reliability and mid-range markets, such as military and high-end consumer; Discera will target the consumer and computing market. The "umbrella-like" partnership gives Discera and Vectron flexibility in developments and profit margins. Built on CMOS technology, the oscillator incorporates a silicon MEMS resonator and an ASIC into one device with a JEDEC-standard 3.2- × 5-mm footprint. For the overmolded plastic QFP oscillator, the companies developed a production method that prevents stress damage to the resonator during overmold. The MEMS and ASIC die are stacked, then molded. Die attach material and other process controls were very important, noted Bahl. The end result is lower cost than ceramics, due to material and production costs, added Ed Grant, vice president of North America products and operations at Vectron. The companies believe this first product release since the partnership agreement in November 2006 will began a series of joint releases, collaborations, and other interactions. A second product release is expected in the near-term future. "Since our companies are a natural fit in the overall market space, we have a sustainable product partnership," said Bahl. Our respective markets are clearly demarcated, he added, with Discera targeting consumer electronics, etc., and Vectron producing high-end consumer goods and primarily high-precision military and aerospace components. The timing market is large enough, and advancing to a point where Vectron believes diversifying partnerships like this one will benefit its product line, said Grant. The enabling aspect of the technology lies in Vectron's ability to incorporate the MEMS intellectual property (IP) alongside and supporting quartz-based timing devices, and Discera's ability to use Vectron's packaging IP and manufacturing capacities to commercialize the former University of Michigan start-up's resonator designs, explained Grant. Vectron also performs certain validation functions for newly introduced Discera designs and prototypes.