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MSC now distributes quartz crystal and real time clock products from Micro Crystal AG throughout Europe

Grenchen November 18, 2011– In order to better serve customer demand for smaller and yet inexpensive quartz crystals, oscillators and real time clocks (RTCs) in the future and also round off its broad-based portfolio of clock generators and RTCs, MSC Vertriebs GmbH has now signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Micro Crystal AG, a Swiss company.

Micro Crystal AG, a subsidiary of The Swatch Group Inc. Switzerland, was founded in 1978 as a producer of timing crystals for the watch industry. Today, Micro Crystal AG is a leading international developer and manufacturer of miniature and particularly energy-efficient quartz crystal devices for use in a variety of consumer and industrial applications.

In addition to 32.768 kHz SMD quartz crystals, which are optionally available in metal or ceramic miniature packages, Micro Crystal AG also produces a wide range of high accuracy and low power consumption RTCs including the world’s smallest RTC with a footprint of only 3.2 mm x 1.5 mm. “Whether digitally compensated SMD RTCs with an accuracy of ±6 ppm over the temperature range -40°C to +85°C or AECQ qualified 32 kHz quartz crystals for keyless entry and keyless go systems – Micro Crystal AG has once again demonstrated that particularly small and innovative quartz crystal products must not automatically be especially expensive. For this reason, these products, which are still predominantly developed in Switzerland, are an ideal complement to our existing product portfolio,” said Rolf Aschhoff, Sales and Marketing Director Frequency Division at MSC.

For Rüdiger Altschuh, Marketing Manager Central Europe at Micro Crystal, the distribution agreement with MSC is another important milestone in the company’s sales policy. “We want to continuously increase our European market share. The support from a technically experienced and pan-European distribution partner like MSC – who is in a position to actively support customers in focus segments such as metering, healthcare, security and automotive with design-in – brings us much closer to achieving this goal,” said Rüdiger Altschuh.

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Focus toward a continued rising demand for particularly small, inexpensive quartz crystals, oscillators and real time clocks (from left): Rolf Aschhoff, Sales and Marketing Director Frequency Division at MSC and Rüdiger Altschuh, Marketing Manager Central Europe, at Micro Crystal.

Micro Crystal’s newest 32.768kHz quartz crystal, the CM7V-T1A, sets new standards for thin profile design. The CM7V-T1A has a high-performance ceramic package with metal lid. 

Designed for portable and other applications where miniaturization is critical, this new crystal has a package height of just 0.65mm and a footprint of 3.2 x 1.5mm.  It is ideal for next-generation smart phones and other compact mobile devices. Because of its high reliability, the CM7V-T1A is also well suited for space-critical industrial, telecom, navigation and other specialty products. This device is available for compliance with the AEC-Q200 quality standards for automotive applications. This design is an extension of a well-proven family of high-reliable crystals from Micro Crystal.

The tuning fork quartz crystal CM7V-T1A offers a wide temperature range, up to -55 to +125°C, and a high accuracy (down to +/-10ppm), and meets the requirements for many wireless applications. A combination of low aging and very high 5,000g shock and vibration resistance make this device ideal to meet the needs of high-reliable market applications. A proprietary crystal manufacturing process is used to achieve improved electrical characteristics with the highly miniaturized blank size.  The CM7V-T1A is RoHS compliant and 100% lead free.

Standard frequency is 32.768 kHz, with other frequencies upon request. For pick-and-place equipment, the parts are available in 12 mm tapes: 7” (178 mm) reel with 1’000/3’000 crystals and 13” (330 mm) reel with 14’000 crystals.

The new crystal is available in production quantities, with 8 weeks delivery. Datasheets are available online.

 

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The 8 pin ceramic package contains a 32.768 kHz crystal, matched with a CMOS-based oscillator and
real-time-clock circuitry. At room temperature, frequency and time keeping is within +/-20ppm with an
operating temperature range of – 40 to +85°C. Aging rate is a maximum of +3ppm for the first year. 

The clock function tracks tenths/hundredths of seconds, seconds, minutes and hours. The calendar
function tracks date, month, year and century, with automatic leap year compensation. Programmable
clock-out frequencies, alarm settings and a watchdog function increase flexibility using this device.

Because it is entirely self-contained, the RV-4162-C7 is a simple solution that can save engineering,
procurement and inventory costs. External dimensions of the standard ceramic package are extremely
small with 3.2x1.5x0.8mm which represents a board space of only 4.8mm2. Like all Micro Crystal products, it is RoHS compliant and 100% lead free. 

Potential applications are widespread, including:  battery powered handheld devices, portable point of sales terminals, GPS, digital still cameras, glucose meters, security systems, appliances, factory automation and programmable logic control and data loggers.

The new Real Time Clock is available in production quantities in Q1/2011.

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