August 2007 [Components] CMOS Clock Approach Breaks Quartz Tradition Clock generation generally evokes images of quartz crystals and quartz-crystal oscillators. The technology has existed since before World War II and has provided reliable reference signals in communications systems around the world. If ever a technology could be considered "disruptive," it would be the one that displaced or at least provided an alternative to quartz crystals for this task. As will be shown, that technology exists and is based on the fabrication of... |
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