MEMS resonator replaces quartz — what that means for your board
This DSC1121AI2-020.0000T is a standard XO (oscillator) built around a MEMS resonator rather than a quartz crystal — the base resonator type is MEMS. That gives it better shock and vibration immunity than a quartz-based can, and the frequency is set at the factory, so there is no load-cap tuning on your board.
The supply voltage spans 2.25V to 3.6V — it sits comfortably on a 3.3V or 2.5V rail and tolerates the ripple from a nearby buck converter. Frequency stability is ±25 ppm across the full temperature and voltage range. For a 20 MHz clock, that is ±500 Hz of drift — tight enough for a UART baud-rate generator or a basic MCU clock, but not rated for a precision Ethernet PHY reference.
Product status is Active per Microchip. That means you can design it in today without planning a last-time-buy or a board spin for a successor.
