As autonomous driving technology advances rapidly, LiDAR has become a core sensor for high-precision environmental perception. Whether navigating complex urban traffic or detecting long-distance objects on highways, LiDAR demands extreme accuracy and system stability. In this context, automotive-grade crystal oscillators play a vital role. They provide highly stable and low-jitter frequency references for LiDAR systems, ensuring precise synchronization of signal acquisition, data processing, and communication. Key Advantages of Automotive-Grade Oscillators High Reliability: Compliant with AEC-Q200 automotive standards, resistant to vibration, shock, and wide-temperature environments. High Precision: Temperature-compensated (TCXO) or oven-controlled (OCXO) solutions ensure stability within ±0.5ppm. Low Jitter Performance: Supports high-resolution data processing in FPGAs and ADCs, improving LiDAR point cloud quality. Longevity and Consistency: Guarantees stable performance over years of autonomous driving operation. Application Value In autonomous vehicles, automotive-grade oscillators ensure multi-channel synchronization of LiDAR, reducing path planning errors. On highways, stable clock sources enhance the accuracy of long-range target detection. In extreme weather conditions, automotive-grade oscillators maintain consistent performance, ensuring driving safety. As autonomous driving moves toward mass production and large-scale deployment, automotive-grade crystal oscillators will remain a fundamental cornerstone of LiDAR systems. JGHC Crystal Oscillators – delivering high-precision, automotive-grade frequency control solutions to safeguard the reliable operation of LiDAR in autonomous driving.

With the rapid growth of renewable energy, energy storage systems, and smart grids, power conversion and inverter control have become the core of the modern energy ecosystem. Inverters must efficiently and stably convert DC power into AC power while maintaining precise synchronization with the grid. In this process, crystal oscillators play an irreplaceable role. Key roles of crystal oscillators in power conversion and inverter control include: Frequency Stability: Inverter control chips rely on crystal oscillators to provide accurate clock signals, ensuring the output AC frequency (50Hz/60Hz) matches the grid precisely. Phase Synchronization: For grid-connected operations, oscillators provide reference signals for phase detection and synchronization, preventing power quality issues or equipment damage. Data Communication: Within EMS and BMS, crystal oscillators ensure accurate timing for protocols such as CAN, RS485, and Ethernet, enabling efficient data exchange. Power Optimization: Oscillators support microcontrollers in achieving fast and stable PWM control, improving conversion efficiency and reducing energy loss. Future Trends As renewable energy and smart grid technologies continue to evolve, inverters and energy storage systems demand more advanced oscillator solutions: High-Precision TCXO/OCXO: Ensuring frequency stability under temperature variations and long-term operation. Wide-Temperature and High-Reliability Packages: Designed for outdoor and harsh environments. Low-Power Oscillators: Suitable for distributed energy storage and microgrid applications. Crystal oscillators are not only the “hidden cornerstone” of power conversion and inverter control but also a key enabler for the safe and efficient operation of future energy systems.

In the use of smart sports watches, users often face some frustrating issues: GPS drift: running tracks appear inaccurate or offset; Unstable Bluetooth: frequent disconnections with phones or earbuds; High power consumption: battery drains too fast, limiting usage time. These problems are not solely caused by software. A key factor lies in the crystal oscillator (XO) selection during hardware design. The Role of Crystal Oscillators Crystal oscillators serve as the precise clock source for the GPS module, Bluetooth chip, and MCU controller inside sports watches. For GPS: even a tiny clock error can lead to significant location drift. For Bluetooth: frequency deviation may cause connection loss or data errors. For power management: unstable clocks reduce efficiency in low-power modes, draining the battery faster. Root Causes of Common Issues Low-accuracy oscillators → large temperature drift, poor stability in varying environments Insufficient power optimization → faster battery drain. Lack of differential/temperature-compensated solutions → poor performance in outdoor environments. JGHC Crystal Oscillator Solutions For sports watches and wearable devices, JGHC recommends: High-precision TCXO (Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator) → minimizes GPS drift, ensuring accurate positioning. Low-power active oscillators (SPXO/OCXO customized) → extends battery life. Differential oscillator solutions → enhances wireless stability for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. Conclusion When your sports watch suffers from inaccurate GPS, unstable Bluetooth, or short battery life, the true reason might be that the wrong crystal oscillator was chosen. JGHC Crystals is committed to providing high-precision, low-power, and highly reliable oscillator solutions for wearable devices, helping brands deliver superior user experiences. For more crystal oscillator application solutions, please contact JGHC.

In recent years, RISC-V, as an open Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), has been rapidly emerging and widely adopted in IoT, embedded systems, AIoT, edge computing, and high-performance computing. However, regardless of how advanced the processor architecture is, it relies on one essential component — the Crystal Oscillator. Providing a stable and precise clock signal, it acts as the "heartbeat" of the RISC-V platform. Role of Crystal Oscillators in RISC-V Systems System Clock Source The main operating frequency of a RISC-V processor is typically generated by a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL), with its reference signal provided by a crystal oscillator. Peripheral & Communication Clocking High-speed interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, SPI, and UART require precise clocks to ensure stable data transmission. Low-Power & Real-Time Clock Low-power RISC-V chips often use a 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator as the RTC time source, enabling timekeeping in standby mode. High-Speed Synchronization RISC-V SoCs with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, MIPI, and SDIO require high-frequency crystal oscillators (e.g., 100 MHz, 125 MHz) for data link synchronization. Typical Application Scenarios Application Field Oscillator Specification Description System Clock 24–50 MHz，SMD5032 / SMD3225 Drive CPU & main bus USB / Ethernet 25 MHz, 50 MHz，SMD3225 / SMD2520 Accurate communication clock RTC 32.768 kHz，SMD2016 / Cylinder  Standby timekeeping （PCIe/SerDes） 100–156.25 MHz，SMD7050 High-speed data sync JGHC Crystal Oscillator Recommendations for RISC-V Application Recommended Model Package Frequency Stability System Clock OSC-JGHCO53 SMD5032 24–50 MHz ±10 ppm USB / Ethernet OSC-JGHCO32 SMD3225 25 MHz, 50 MHz ±20 ppm RTC Xtal-JGHCH21 SMD2016 32.768 kHz ±20 ppm  PCIe / SerDes OSC-JGHCO75 SMD7050 125 MHz ±15 ppm As RISC-V architecture continues to expand in embedded and AI applications worldwide, the demand for high-precision, low-power, and highly reliable crystal oscillators is increasing. JGHC is committed to providing diversified crystal oscillator solutions for RISC-V developers and enterprises worldwide — from ultra-low-power MCUs to high-performance AI SoCs — ensuring every clock pulse is precise and reliable.