Triple Ultra-Stable, Zero-Drift Resonators in a Single Package for BLE

Quartz crystals have dominated the timing market for the last 70 years. FBAR technology is poised to replace quartz for many high frequency applications. Integration of the ultra-small form factor of the microcap’d FBAR into the SoC BGA packages currently in the market will make these applications earn the moniker, Crystal-less. To replace crystals for non-GPS applications, the FBAR must demonstrate superb aging properties, repeatable and well-behaved temperature stability, immunity to mechanical stress, high frequency with +/- 500 ppm accuracy and small size. We will present data showing that we have met all five properties described above. Furthermore, we have integrated 3 resonators into an all-silicon 0.5 X 0.5 X 0.2 mm3 package targeting the 3 BLE advertising frequencies: 2402MHz, 2426 MHz and 2480 MHz.