[time-nuts] SMPS or conventional?

[Andrew Rodland]

On Monday, November 23, 2020 7:33:49 AM EST 李 wrote:
> When the Rb clock is working, it needs a high temperature, isn't heat
> dissipation breaking the heat balance?Increased power consumption？

It needs a *stable* temperature. It has a heater to provide regulation. The 
thing about a heater for stabilizing temperature is... it can only heat, it 
can't cool. A modest amount of cooling ensures that the system can respond to 
ambient temperature variations in both directions. A super-insulated device 
that gets too hot is helpless.

Andrew