• 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