• DocumentCode
    1989332
  • Title

    Total variance explained [in frequency stability]

  • Author

    Howe, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    1093
  • Abstract
    I explain the difference between the total variance and the Allan variance and what is gained for estimating frequency stability especially at long term. I also describe the property that adding up total variance values in the usual “power-of-2” increments yields twice the sample standard variance
  • Keywords
    clocks; frequency stability; frequency standards; measurement uncertainty; oscillators; sampling methods; Allan variance; clocks; frequency stability; oscillators; power-of-two increments; random noise; smoothing effect; symmetry argument; time-difference data; total variance; uncertainty; 1f noise; Fluctuations; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Government; Oscillators; Sampling methods; Stability; Time measurement; White noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency and Time Forum, 1999 and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1999., Proceedings of the 1999 Joint Meeting of the European
  • Conference_Location
    Besancon
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5400-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FREQ.1999.841512
  • Filename
    841512