Title :
Towards chip-scale atomic clocks
Author :
Nguyen, Clark T C ; Kitching, John
Author_Institution :
Defense Adv. Res. Projects Agency, Arlington, VA, USA
Abstract :
MEMS technology is used to shrink atomic clocks from their present-day table-top sizes down to only 1 cm3 while at the same time retaining timing stability on the order of 30 ns over one hour. The power consumption of the system is less than 30 mW.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; chip scale packaging; micromechanical devices; stability; MEMS technology; chip-scale atomic clocks; timing stability; Atom optics; Atomic clocks; Electromagnetic heating; Electronic packaging thermal management; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Physics; Satellites; Stability; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8904-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1493880
