[time-nuts] Ultra High Stability Time Base Options for 53132A

[Charles Steinmetz]

Rick wrote:

>The faster the comparator, the greater its analog bandwidth.
>Thus there is more total noise to cause jitter.  The DC to
>daylight comparator is the opposite of the John Dick (JPL)
>paper on zero crossing detectors in PTTI around 1990.  John
>teaches that you use the MINIMUM bandwidth amplifier to
>square up a sine wave.

For Dick's paper, see:

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Zero_cross_detector_low_jitter_JPL_1990.pdf>

The idea is clear from the block diagram, if you don't want to read 
the whole paper:

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Zero_cross_detector_JPL_block_diagram.pdf>

Oliver Collins published a paper expanding on this idea ("The Design 
of Low Jitter Hard Limiters," 1996).

Attila wrote:

>If anyone here has any good text to read on oscillator design,
>please let me know.

I concur with Rick's suggestions.  I would also suggest Edson's 1953 
text, "Vacuum-Tube Oscillators," which gives details on some concepts 
that are often glossed over in later texts:

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=03_App_Notes_-_Proceedings/1_Design_Notes/Vacuum-Tube_Oscillators_EDSON_1953.pdf>

Here is a selection of others I have found useful:

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/High_Stability_Bridge_Balancing_Oscillator_Sulzer_IRE_1955.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Designer%27s_Guide_to_High-Purity_Oscillators_HEGAZI_etal_2005.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Crystal_Oscillator_Design_and_Temperature_Compensation_FRERKING_1978.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/Design_of_Crystal_Oscillators_Sansen_2005.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Balanced_Bridge_Oscillator_HP_Karlquist_1999.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Theory_of_Low_Noise_Oscillators_IEEE_2000.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/4_App_Notes_and_Articles/Crystal_Oscillator_Circuits_KRIEGER_MATTHYS_1992.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/Crystal_oscillator_design_Neubig_1979.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/Development_of_Ultra_Precise_Quartz_Oscillators_IEEE.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/BVA_oscillator_paper_Besson_Emmons_1979.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/Extremely_low_noise_96MHz_oscillator_Neubig_1981.pdf>

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/Phase_Noise_of_Crystal_Oscillators_thesis_Bentley_2007.pdf> 
(esp. Chs. 5-6)

<http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/download.php?file=02_GPS_Timing/Time_Nuts_Papers/BVA_oscillator_paper_Besson_Emmons_1979.pdf>


Best regards,

Charles