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Advanced military platforms ocean-bottom survey systems and remote sensing applications all require precise timing for mission success. Chip Scale Atomic Clocks CSACs ensure stable and accurate timing even when Global Navigation Satellite Systems GNSS time signals are unavailable. Helping industrial and military system designers to meet this requirement Microchip Technology Inc. today announced its new SA65 CSAC providing precise timing accuracy and stability in extreme environments.Microchips SA65 CSAC is an embedded timing solution with improved environmental ruggedness delivering higher performance than the previous SA.45s CSAC including double the frequency stability over a wider temperature range and faster warm-up at cold temperatures. The SA65 has an operating temperature range of -40 to 80 degrees Celsius oC and a storage temperature range of -55 to 105 oC. The warm-up time of two minutes at -40 oC is 33 faster than that of the SA.45s.Together these SA65 CSAC performance improvements benefit designers of highly-portable solutions for military applications such as Assured Position Navigation and Timing A-PNT and command control communications computers cyber intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance C5ISR requiring precise frequencies generated by a low Size Weight and Power SWaP atomic clock. Improvements such as fast warm-up to frequency after cold start temperature stability over a wide operating range and frequency accuracy and stability enabling extended operation while GNSS is denied help to ensure mission success in conflict environments.The SA65 CSAC is the worlds lowest-power commercial atomic clock and provides precise timing for portable and battery-powered applications requiring continuous operation and holdover in GNSS-denied environments. The SA65 is form- fit- and function-compatible with the SA.45s which minimizes risk and redesign costs for the system developer while improving performance and environmental insensitivity.As a world leader in the research development and manufacture of timing and synchronization solutions Microchip has delivered more than 275000 rubidium clocks 138000 CSACs 12500 Cesium clocks and 200 active hydrogen masers to customers worldwide.Development ToolsThe CSAC family of atomic clocks is supported by Developer Kit 990-00123-000 as well as associated software a user guide and technical support.
