March 31, 2009: SiTime Corp., a developer of MEMS-based silicon timing solutions, has announced its entry into the $350M Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCXO) market with the introduction of SiT3701. According to a company news release, the product is the world’s smallest programmable voltage controlled MEMS oscillator (VCMO) with the best pull-range linearity.

The SiT3701 comes with an array of programmable features such as frequency, voltage, tolerance and pull range, enabling delivery of customized samples in 24 hours and production quantities in two weeks.

“SiTime continues to drive innovation in the $5 Billion timing market with our high performance MEMS and programmable analog technologies,” said Rajesh Vashist, SiTime’s CEO. “This VCMO offering also expands our product portfolio of programmable oscillators, clock generators and embedded resonators, enabling SiTime to become a complete timing solutions provider.”

The SiT3701 features 0.5% pull range linearity, which is an order of magnitude better than quartz based VCXOs, and translates into simpler design, higher performance and improved stability and reliability. It comes in four standard package sizes with the smallest being 2.5 × 2.0 mm, making it ideal for space-constrained applications, the company said.