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
fDate :
May 29 2007-June 1 2007
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 2007 Joint with the 21st European Frequency and Time Forum. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0646-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1075-6787
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.2007.4319221