Micrel Introduces Family of Sub-100 Femtosecond Jitter Clock Synthesizers and Jitter Attenuators

Micrel Signs Partnership Agreement With Multigig, Inc. to Offer Very High Performance Timing Solutions
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - 09/13/09) - Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ:MCRL - News), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications, and Ethernet IC solutions, announced today a partnership agreement with Multigig Inc., a fabless semiconductor company providing advanced next generation clock and timing ICs for communication markets. The agreement enables Micrel to augment its growing family of high performance clock solutions, and offer ultra-low jitter Clock Synthesizers and Jitter Attenuators based on Multigig's RotaryWave(TM) technology. These products are well suited for high speed wireline and wireless communication applications with stringent phase noise requirement. The products will be available beginning in the fourth quarter, 2009.
"The addition of Multigig's high performance Clock Synthesizers and Jitter Attenuator products complement Micrel's high-end Precision Edge clock product portfolio very nicely. These products are the highest performance available on the market today, with jitter in the sub-100 femtosecond range, ultra-low power consumption, and excellent Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR)," noted Rami Kanama, director, high bandwidth products, Micrel. "The performance of these key products will have significant benefits for the most stringent communications and networking applications, such as SONET/SDH OC-192 and OC-768, 8G and 16G Fibre Channel, 10GbE, and even upcoming 40G and 100G Ethernet."
"Multigig is delighted to be partnering with Micrel on this product family. Micrel's existing customer base and product lines combined with their excellent reputation for reliability and customer service provide an ideal complement for these leading edge RotaryWave(TM) based products," said Haris Basit, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Multigig.
The new line of PLL-based Clock Synthesizer products is designed to take a low frequency crystal input and produce very low jitter high frequency differential or single-ended outputs, with frequency up to 850MHz. It offers a broad range of output types including LVCMOS, LVPECL, LVDS, and HCSL. In addition, each output is independently configurable and enabled. With hundreds of configurations available in both MLF� and TSSOP package options, the lead-free solutions operate at -40C to +85C and are targeted at datacom, telecom networking, storage applications, PCI Express, and broadcast video.
About Micrel, Inc.
Micrel Inc., is a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. The Company's products include advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors; high performance communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver ICs. Company customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Corporation headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Jose, CA, with regional sales and support offices and advanced technology design centers situated throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive network of distributors and reps worldwide. Web: http://www.micrel.com.
About Multigig, Inc.
Multigig, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company providing advanced next generation clock and timing ICs for the wired and wireless communications markets. Multigig's clock synthesizer ICs are the first in the industry to break the 100 femtosecond jitter barrier. The QuietClock family covers the most popular frequencies used by PHY, MAC, SERDES, and memory subsystems used in the communication, telecom, networking, server and storage markets.
Note: MLF is a registered trademark of Amkor Technologies. RotaryWave is a trademark of Multigig, Inc.
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