The character of RF design has changed quite dramatically in the past few years. It’s quite rare that RF designs are isolated pieces of circuitry, but rather part of a much bigger context. While the classic RF design is seen as a self-contained, small RF module, today’s RF designs typically are much larger and much more complex. Above all, they are multi-technology designs consisting of multiple RF modules integrated with high-speed digital, analog, power, and bias networks, all in close proximity on the same dense circuit board.
(August 27, 2007) SAN JOSE, CA — Discera, Inc., qualified its MEMS-based oscillators with a series of frequency-stability and standard semiconductor qualification and reliability tests, comparing the silicon-based MEMS resonators to quartz for timing devices. Discera tested three separate manufacturing lots to prove process consistency in high-volume production, said Venkat Bahle, VP of marketing, Discera.