

These Partnerships Ultimately Support the Designers Who Trust Your Products
If you are a supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for systems on chips (SoC), microcontrollers, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and more, you may find that you require superior frequency control solutions on evaluation boards for your design sets. These solutions ensure your products deliver the highest-quality timing performance for your boards’ critical tasks, so you can supply them to your customers with confidence.
ICs and timing products, including 32.768 kHz crystals (crystal tuning forks), real time clocks (RTCs), crystal oscillators (XOs) and more, go hand-in-hand. Much like your business, leading timing solutions manufacturers design for industry-specific applications. Their goal is much like yours: to make a significant impact on these markets by equipping designers with effective resources.
In particular, IC suppliers and frequency control specialists have their sights set on industries that hold great promise for useful, accessible technological breakthroughs, such as the automotive and transportation industry, medtech and Internet of Things (IoT). Together, IC suppliers and timing manufacturers can empower designers as the future of electronics unfolds in real-time.
What Timing Solutions Experts Bring to Partnerships With IC Suppliers
Your business relationships are only useful if they add value to your company. Mutual value is even more ideal. IC suppliers and frequency control experts have the opportunity to collaborate with, learn from, and support each other. However, it is critical to select a team that shares your commitment to excellence and growth in the field of electronics design.
Consider these six value-adds that make a partnership with a timing solutions manufacturer worthwhile:
- Access to expertise: Look for a team that designs frequency control products, such as 32.768 kHz crystals (crystal tuning forks), real time clocks (RTCs) and crystal oscillators (XOs). A partnership with a company that excels at building these products can provide their knowledge about frequency control at a moment’s notice.
- Improved product performance: Superior timing solutions ensure improved communication, synchronization and orchestration of tasks for applications that use your ICs. When you partner with a frequency control company, you’ll have access to high-quality products that offer improved performance for end-users, including enhanced functionality, reliability and user experience.
- Customization and optimization: Look for a manufacturer that customizes services to specific applications. If your IC business focuses on certain industries, partner with timing solutions experts who design for that industry. Such a partnership allows you to integrate customized solutions that meet your specifications and improve application performance.
- Risk mitigation: Ensure that engineers in the design community value your products for their quality, reliability and compliance. Partnering with a frequency control manufacturer that is committed to strict standards reduces the likelihood of performance issues and recalls.
- Standard availability: A team with a strong, global distribution network can ensure that approved reference design components become standard stocking products. This approach allows your team to offer faster design adoption, thereby reducing their time to market.
- Design tools and services: The frequency control manufacturer you choose should be committed to engineering support. Such a commitment ensures that your business and the engineering community have the necessary resources to develop effective designs. These engineering support services may include board characterization, free product samples, engineering tools and custom reference designs tailored to your needs.
Each of these reasons demonstrates the comprehensive benefits of partnering with a well-regarded frequency control expert. ECS Inc., a global leader for timing solutions, is prepared to provide these benefits for your business. Our five decades of experience have equipped us with the ability to offer robust partnerships with IC suppliers across the globe.
Get to Know ECS Inc., the Globally Recognized Timing Solutions Manufacturer
ECS Inc., established in 1980, is a leading name in the frequency control market. When you select our team for a strategic partnership, you get our years of experience, superior designs and comprehensive support for your continued success in the electronics industry.
- Our reach: Our international sales network, with coverage in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, includes the most-recognized names in distribution, such as Digikey, Arrow and Avnet.
- A comprehensive portfolio: Our portfolio includes a wide range of frequency control and power management solutions, including 32.768 kHz crystal (crystal tuning forks), real time clocks (RTCs), crystal oscillators (XOs), VCXOs, TCXOs, OCXOs, resonators, filters, power inductors and more.
- Industry-specific expertise: We offer specialized knowledge for how timing solutions can benefit today’s most critical industries, such as transportation, automotive, industrial, medtech, IoT, smart home, consumer electronics and networking.
- Established partnerships with IC suppliers: We collaborate closely with IC manufacturers to meticulously test and select components, ensuring optimal performance across a diverse range of reference designs.
Consider a Partnership With ECS Inc.
If you are an IC supplier with a mission to reach more designers and end-users with superior products that enhance our connected world, a relationship with ECS Inc. can help you take the next step forward. We share your mission and look forward to discovering what we can learn from you, while offering our depth of experience with frequency control products.
Contact us today to start a conversation about a potential partnership with ECS Inc.
6 Key Reasons IC Suppliers Should Consider a Partnership With Timing Solutions Experts was last modified: January 27th, 2025 by