[time-nuts] yet another GPSDO design, or so

[Bruce Griffiths]

Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> Are you referring to something like this:
>
> http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/01/43680/fast-settling-syn
> chronous-pwm-dac-filter-has-almost-no.htm
>
> as a synchronous filter for the PWM?
>
> Bob
>
>    
Yes, that is the original article.
There's a later one (the link is in the archives) which shows how to use 
a pair of  16 bit PWM signals in conjunction with such a filter.
However there is an error in one of the resistor values.
Ulrich built and tested a 24 bit version using a pair of 16 bit PWM signals.

Bruce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 4:07 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] yet another GPSDO design, or so
>
> Attila Kinali wrote:
>    
>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:32:10 +1200
>> Bruce Griffiths<bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz>   wrote:
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Its possible to build a 24 bit resolution D/A using a synchronously
>>> filtered PWM circuit.
>>> A pair of PWM outputs and a few relatively low precision resistors and
>>> capacitors together with a low noise low drift reference are required.
>>> The technique takes advantage of the fact that the required EFC voltage
>>> changes slowly and isnt updated at a highg rate.
>>> The synchronous filter technique eliminates the very long time constant
>>> RC filters required with an asynchronously filtered PWM waveform.
>>>
>>>        
>> I've thought about that, but i'm afraid that this will add too
>> much phase noise trough EFC noise. Though, i have not calculated
>> how much noise this would generate.
>>
>> 			Attila Kinali
>>
>>      
> How do you conclude that?
> You don't know what the circuit is and you've never tested it.
> Ulrich has, and the output noise is very low.
>
> Bruce
>
>
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