Description
The SiT1532 is the world’s smallest, lowest power 32 kHz
oscillator optimized for mobile and other battery-powered
applications. SiTime’s silicon MEMS technology enables
the smallest footprint and chip-scale packaging. This
device reduces the 32 kHz footprint by as much as
85% compared to existing 2.0 x 1.2 mm SMD XTAL
packages. Unlike XTALs, the SiT1532 oscillator output
enables greater component placement flexibility and
eliminates external load capacitors, thus saving
additional component count and board space. And
unlike standard oscillators, the SiT1532 features
NanoDrive™, a factory programmable output that reduces
the voltage swing to minimize power.
The 1.2 V to 3.63 V operating supply voltage range makes
it an ideal solution for mobile applications that incorporate
a low-voltage, battery-back-up source such as a coin-cell
or super-cap.
SiTime’s MEMS oscillators consist of MEMS resonators
and a programmable analog circuit. Our MEMS resonators
are built with SiTime’s unique MEMS First® process. A key
manufacturing step is EpiSeal® during which the MEMS
resonator is annealed with temperatures over 1000°C.
EpiSeal creates an extremely strong, clean, vacuum
chamber that encapsulates the MEMS resonator and
ensures the best performance and reliability. During
EpiSeal, a poly silicon cap is grown on top of the resonator
cavity, which eliminates the need for additional cap wafers
or other exotic packaging. As a result, SiTime’s MEMS
resonator die can be used like any other semiconductor
die. One unique result of SiTime’s MEMS First and
EpiSeal manufacturing processes is the capability to
integrate SiTime’s MEMS die with a SOC, ASIC,
microprocessor or analog die within a package to eliminate
external timing components and provide a highly
integrated, smaller, cheaper solution to the customer.
Frequency Stability
The SiT1532 is factory calibrated (trimmed) to
guarantee frequency stability to be less than 10 ppm at
room temperature and less than 100 ppm over the full
-40°C to +85°C temperature range. Unlike quartz
crystals that have a classic tuning fork parabola
temperature curve with a 25°C turnover point, the
SiT1532 temperature coefficient is extremely flat across
temperature. The device maintains less than 100 ppm
frequency stability over the full operating temperature
range when the operating voltage is between 1.5 and
3.63 V as shown in Figure 3.
Functionality is guaranteed over the 1.2 V – 3.63 V
operating supply voltage range. However, frequency
stability degrades below 1.5 V and steadily degrades
as it approaches the 1.2 V minimum supply due to the
internal regulator limitations. Between 1.2 V and 1.5 V,
the frequency stability is 250 ppm max over
temperature.
When measuring the SiT1532 output frequency with a
frequency counter, it is important to make sure the
counter's gate time is >100 ms. The slow frequency of a
32 kHz clock will give false readings with faster gate times.
Contact SiTime for applications that require a wider supply
voltage range >3.63 V or lower frequency options as low as 1 Hz.
Figure 3. SiTime vs. Quartz
Power Supply Noise Immunity
In addition to eliminating external output load capacitors
common with standard XTALs, The SiT1532 includes special
internal power supply filtering and thus, eliminates t he need
for an external Vdd bypass-decoupling capacitor. This
feature further simplifies the design and keeps the footprint as
small as possible. Internal power supply filtering is designed to
reject greater than ±150 mVpp magnitude and frequency
components through 10 MHz.
Output Voltage
The SiT1532 has two output voltage options. One option is a
standard LVCMOS output swing. The second option is the
NanoDrive reduced swing output. Output swing is customer
specific and programmed between 200 mV and 800 mV. For
DC-coupled applications, output VOH and VOL are individually
factory programmed to the customers’ requirement. VOH
programming range is between 600 mV and 1.225 V in
100 mV increments. Similarly, VOL programming range is
between 350 mV and 800 mV. For example; a PMIC or MCU
is internally 1.8 V logic compatible, and requires a 1.2 V VIH
and a 0.6 V VIL. Simply select SiT1532 NanoDrive factory
programming code to be “D14” and the correct output
thresholds will match the downstream PMIC or MCU input
requirements. Interface logic will vary by manufacturer and
we recommend that you review the input voltage
requirements for the input interface.
For DC-biased NanoDrive output configuration, the minimum
VOL is limited to 350 mV and the maximum allowable swing
(VOH – VOL) is 750 mV. For example, 1.1 V VOH and 400 mV
VOL is acceptable, but 1.2 V VOH and 400 mV VOL is not
acceptable.
When the output is interfacing to an XTAL input that is
internally AC-coupled, the SiT1532 output can be factory
programmed to match the input swing requirements. For
example, if a PMIC or MCU input is internally AC-coupled
and requires an 800 mV swing, then simply choose the
SiT1532 NanoDrive programming code “AA8” in the part
number. It is important to note that the SiT1532 does not
include internal AC-coupling capacitors. Please see the
Part Number Ordering section at the end of the datasheet
for more information about the part number ordering scheme.