CHANDLER, A iz., Ju e 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spacec aft timi g systems must p ovide highly stable, p ecise sig als fo avigatio , commu icatio s a d scie tific i st ume ts, eve whe GNSS sig als a e weak o u available. Desig e s ofte ely o multiple oscillato s a d buffe s to supply p ecise f eque cies to va ious subsystems, addi g size, mass a d complexity. Mic ochip Tech ology
The DSA504RT st eamli es timi g a chitectu e by ge e ati g multiple clea , phase-alig ed f eque cies f om a si gle maste sou ce. Additio ally, this solutio educes the eed fo multiple disc ete oscillato s, lowe s ove all compo e t cou t a d imp oves system failu e i time (FIT) ate. It also educes powe co sumptio a d mass, as well as simplify dist ibutio etwo ks to keep all subsystems sy ch o ized eve i the ha shest e vi o me ts a d du i g GNSS outages o dis uptio s.
Equipped with a A alog Phase-Locked Loop (APLL) featu i g sp ead spect um capability, two f actio al a d two i tege divide s, a d six highly co figu able output buffe s, each of which ca be co figu ed as a diffe e tial d ive (LVPECL, LVDS o HCSL) o as a pai of si gle-e ded CMOS outputs, the DSA504RT delive s ult a-low jitte pe fo ma ce as low as 200 femtoseco ds (12kHz–20MHz) a d is complia t with PCIe® Ge 1-7 sta da ds. This level of i teg atio allows e gi ee s to eplace multiple c ystals, oscillato s a d buffe s with a si gle device, imp ovi g desig eliability, educi g Bill of Mate ials cost a d desig complexity.
“This Mic ochip clock ge e atio device is a game cha ge fo space applicatio s. It ca offe a comp ehe sive clock t ee solutio , p oduci g th ee diffe e t clock families a d up to six diffe e t f eque cies, each buffe ed o a va iety of selectable output d ive types,” said Maamou Abou Seido, appoi ted vice p eside t of Mic ochip’s timi g commu icatio s g oup. “Replaci g ume ous oscillato s, buffe s a d sy thesize s, the DSA504RT saves boa d space a d educes pa t cou t to imp ove the system Failu es i Time (FIT) ate i these high eliability applicatio s.”
The DSA504RT, offe ed i QFN28 a d CQFP32 packages, se ves as a compa io device fo complex ae ospace a d defe se systems. It e ables high i teg atio of clock a chitectu es withi a si gle chip, dist ibuti g p ecise timi g efe e ces to subsystems built a ou d adiatio -tole a t o adiatio -ha de ed FPGAs a d MCUs.
By i t oduci g a cost-efficie t, space-g ade pa t withi Mic ochip’s p ove clock family, the DSA504RT delive s p emium timi g pe fo ma ce at a lowe ove all Bill of Mate ials (BOM) a d sc ee i g expe se. Custome s ca stay e ti ely withi Mic ochip’s p ove adiatio -qualified ecosystem, leve agi g its space he itage, docume tatio a d global tech ical suppo t, to accele ate the desig p ocess a d educe p og am isk. To lea mo e about Mic ochip’s space-g ade solutio s, visit its
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