DocumentCode :
2818275
Title :
Microcontroller compensated overtone TCXO with low phase noise characteristic
Author :
Huang, Xianhe ; Tan, Feng ; Dai, Peng ; He, Dongpei ; Fu, Wei
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu
fYear :
2008
fDate :
19-21 May 2008
Firstpage :
829
Lastpage :
832
Abstract :
This paper presented a new 121.4 MHz overtone TCXO with low phase noise. The compensation approach differs from conventional ones such as adding series inductances or frequency multiplication. It can provide a very high stability and a low phase noise level for an overtone oscillator. It makes the frequency of a 100 MHz 5 th overtone crystal oscillator mixed with that of a 21.4 MHz fundamental mode voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO). And then, the mixed frequency was filtered and amplified to produce a 121.4 MHz output. A microcontroller was used to control the compensating voltage of 21.4 MHz VCXO at given temperature to generate a frequency correction Deltaft=Deltaf100+Deltaf21.4 and implement the compensation. Experimental results show that the frequency-temperature stability of the prototype 121.4 MHz TCXO has achieved plusmn1.5times10-7 within the temperature range from -40 to 85degC. Besides, a phase noise level of -85 dBc/Hz at 10 Hz offset and-140 dBc/Hz at 1 kHz offset has been realized.
Keywords :
VHF oscillators; circuit noise; compensation; crystal oscillators; frequency stability; microcontrollers; phase noise; thermal stability; voltage-controlled oscillators; VCXO; frequency 1 kHz; frequency 100 MHz; frequency 121.4 MHz; frequency 21.4 MHz; frequency correction; frequency-temperature stability; fundamental mode voltage controlled crystal oscillator; low phase noise characteristics; microcontroller compensated overtone TCXO; temperature -40 C to 85 C; temperature compensated crystal oscillator; Frequency conversion; Inductance; Microcontrollers; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Resonant frequency; Stability; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 2008 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
ISSN :
1075-6787
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1794-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1075-6787
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2008.4623115
Filename :
4623115
Link To Document :
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