SiTime has introduced its Chorus automotive clock generators said to be industry’s first fully integrated clock system-on-a-chip (ClkSoC) with built-in fault monitoring mechanisms for the entire clock generation signal path.
The FailSafe technology is designed to deliver a new approach, integrating a MEMS resonator, oscillator and advanced safety mechanisms into a single package. This integration simplifies system timing architecture and accelerates functional safety development time by up to six weeks. Hardware designers get the combined benefits of up to 10X higher performance in half the size compared to standalone oscillators and critical diagnostic coverage to achieve functional safety metrics more easily.
Each Chorus clock output is individually programmable and controllable. Its behavior can be tuned for specific system needs, controlling electromagnetic interference (EMI) or adjusting phase shifts and delays to manage long circuit board traces. Now, multiple clocks can be easily integrated into a single compact device, for example, to consolidate a complex clock tree.