ESC SV-181- The Future of Timing

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ESC SV-181- The Future of Timing - MEMS vs. Quartz
Wan-Thai Hsu Chief Technology Officer, Discera

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DESCRIPTION Vibrating mechanical devices for frequency reference or selection are likely the main bottleneck of fully-integrated electronic systems. Currently, quartz crystals are used for most high performance systems but not economical when integrating with system IC's due to costly hermetic packaging requirements. With MEMS, vibrating mechanical devices and wafer level vacuum packages can be manufactured with conventional semiconductor technologies. This class highlights the shift from Quartz to MEMS elaborating on ways designers optimize products saving time and money. PREREQUISITES Course Price $19.95 ESTIMATED TIME 80 minutes AUTHOR

Wan-Thai Hsu Chief Technology Officer, Discera

Dr. Wan-Thai Hsu is one of the pioneer researchers and inventors in the area of silicon and metal resonators. Part of his doctoral work led to the birth of Discera Inc. in 2001. Since 2001, he has built a strong technical team at Discera focusing on making silicon resonator oscillators a reliable commercial product. The efforts include robust resonator design, manufacturing process development, MEMS reliability, technology transfer to foundries, product developments for silicon resonator oscillators, and IP development. He is now chief technology officer of Discera leading the R&D on resonator, filter, packaging, and system developments. He also serves as a principal investigator for multiple government-supported research programs on MEMS filters, system integration and MEMS reliability. Wan-Thai received his BS and MS degrees from National Tsing-Hua University and PhD from University of Michigan, all in electrical engineering. He owns five US patents.

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