India, Sept. 1 -- Aerospace and defence platforms depend heavily on Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology for mission-critical accuracy. Integrating PNT, however, often demands specialist expertise. To accelerate design cycles, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has announced its new portfolio of GNSS Disciplined Oscillator (GNSSDO) modules that combine its embedded atomic clock and oscillator technologies, including the Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC), Miniature Atomic Clock (MAC) and Oven-Controlled Quartz Crystal Oscillators (OCXOs).

The modules process reference signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) or alternative clock sources, disciplining the on-board oscillator to the input. This allows them to delive...