[time-nuts] Some results of PRS10 and Trimble Resolution
SAIDJACK at aol.com
SAIDJACK at aol.com
Wed Jun 28 20:47:46 UTC 2006
Hello Tom,
> Sounds good. Given that you still have many ns of
> jitter in the 1PPS output you might want to consider
> dividing your OCXO down to 1PPS and using that for
> your master 1PPS user output; you can reduce the
> output jitter 1000x that way. This is what HP did.
Yes, we do this, the 1PPS can be OCXO generated and adjusted to +-10ms of
UTC with 16.6ns resolution via the keypad (or RS-232). We could make it
adjustable to +-500ms with a small software change, but thought +-10ms range is
probably enough.
Does anyone here see a need to make the 1PPS output fully user adjustable to
+-500ms of UTC?
> The longer
> you average the less this is a problem; 10 or 30
> minutes makes it a non-issue. But with much
> shorter averaging times you can see how it might
> cause trouble.
Our unit is completely configurable via the LCD and keypad, you can set any
loop parameters such as loop time constant, Proportional gain, Integral gain,
Tempco compensation, Oscillator drift/aging etc via keypad commands. Setting
averaging times of 10, 30min, or even hours is easy.
Thus the user can decide what is more important: frequency stability or
phase accuracy to UTC, and adjust the loop parameters accordingly.
> The 8-bit 1 ns resolution part from Dallas/Maxim looked
> pretty cheap to me. $5, I think.
But wouldn't a 1ns delay line also require a TIA with at least <1ns
resolution to make full use of the delay line resolution?
> Note the 58503 and Z3801A receivers (now ten years
> old) have 100 ps resolution. But I'm guessing your
> 3.33 ns detector is cheaper than HP's!
Very true, ours is cheaper and simpler (more reliable?). We retail the unit
at $750 new in small quantities, versus HP's units which sell used for
sometimes over $3K, see for example:
_http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-AGILENT-58503A-GPS-Time-Frequency-Reference_W0QQitemZ7
631531606QQihZ017QQcategoryZ25399QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem_
(http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-AGILENT-58503A-GPS-Time-Frequency-Reference_W0QQitemZ7631531
606QQihZ017QQcategoryZ25399QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
At the same time our OCXO and GPS receiver is much better than the one used
on the 58503A, so our ADEV and Phase noise is significantly lower (ADEV is up
to 8x better 100s to 1000s, phase noise is >10dB lower) than the 58503B for
example.
Some other improvements are:
* our power consumption is 4.5W at 12V, the 58503B is <35W at 110V.
* We have a 12 channel GPS, the 58503B is an 8 channel GPS
* Harmonic distortion for us is: <<45dBc, for 58503B its <25dBc
* Spurs ("non harmonic distortion") for us: <<100dBc, for the 58503B its
<80dBc
But I don't want to brag :)
bye,
Said
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