Improving noise in measurement systems [frequency standards]

Author

Hamell, R.L. ; Kuhnle, P.F. ; Sydnor, R.L. ; Dick, G.J. ; Kirk, A. ; Diener, W.A.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

230

Abstract

Several specialized items of equipment have been developed for measuring Allan deviation and power spectral density of phase and amplitude on a variety of equipment types, covering frequency ranges to 10 GHz. These include improved zero crossing detector and offset generator electronics, low noise mixers and frequency multipliers used for frequency translation, high stability bandpass filters, temperature control methods, and a fiber optics signal transportation link to the data processing computer that is immune to spurious signal contamination. The design and use of these items, along with measurement data, are presented

Keywords

band-pass filters; computerised instrumentation; environmental testing; frequency measurement; frequency multipliers; frequency stability; frequency synthesizers; interference suppression; measurement standards; measurement systems; mixers (circuits); phase-locked loops; pulse generators; random noise; spectral analysis; temperature control; test equipment; Allan deviation; PLL; data processing computer; fiber optics signal transportation link; frequency multipliers; frequency standards; frequency translation; high stability bandpass filters; low noise mixers; measurement systems; noise improvement; offset generator electronics; power spectral density; spurious signal contamination; temperature control methods; zero crossing detector; Density measurement; Filtering theory; Frequency measurement; Measurement standards; Noise measurement; Phase measurement; Pollution measurement; Power measurement; Signal generators; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 1992. 46th., Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Hershey, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0476-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1992.270010

Filename

270010