DocumentCode
3456473
Title
Composite clock including a Cs clock, a H-maser and a VCO
Author
Mbaye, P.M. ; Boukar, D. ; Plantard, C. ; Vernotte, F.
Author_Institution
Lab. d´´Astrophys. de l´´Obs. de Besancon, Besancon
fYear
2007
fDate
May 29 2007-June 1 2007
Firstpage
955
Lastpage
960
Abstract
We present the project of a composite clock, that will combine a cesium standard, a hydrogen maser standard, and a voltage controlled oscillator in order to provide an output signal that would combine the respective quality of each of the component clocks, the long-term stability for the Cs clock, the mid-term stability for the H-maser and the the short-term performance for the VCO. The output signal is provided by the VCO. Design, advances in its realizations and alternative ways that have been considered concerning its different parts are presented. The objective is a relative frequency instability around 10-15 over 1 s.
Keywords
atomic clocks; masers; voltage-controlled oscillators; composite clock; hydrogen maser standard; voltage controlled oscillator; Clocks; Counting circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency measurement; Hydrogen; Low pass filters; Masers; Noise measurement; Stability; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frequency Control Symposium, 2007 Joint with the 21st European Frequency and Time Forum. IEEE International
Conference_Location
Geneva
ISSN
1075-6787
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0646-3
Electronic_ISBN
1075-6787
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FREQ.2007.4319221
Filename
4319221
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