Oscillators – Automatic frequency stabilization using a phase or frequency... – Molecular resonance stabilization
Patent
1996-07-11
1998-02-24
Mis, David
Oscillators
Automatic frequency stabilization using a phase or frequency...
Molecular resonance stabilization
331 941, H03B 1700, H03L 726
Patent
active
057215146
ABSTRACT:
In the generation of frequency-modulated interrogation frequencies for atomic frequency standards, the modulation characteristics can be tailored to the frequency discrimination characteristics of a physics package. The rate of phase change of a digital pulse train providing a frequency-modulated component of interrogation frequency for an atomic frequency standard can be varied, for example, by multiplexing a plurality of differently phased (delayed) pulse trains to vary the rate of phase change in a digital interrogation frequency component, or by effecting phase delays and phase advances through the addition and subtraction of pulses of a digital interrogation frequency component. In addition, fine frequency and/or modulation depth control, which can overcome physics package frequency offsets, can be effected through the addition and/or subtraction of increments of phase to and/or from a digital frequency component of the interrogation frequency at a variable phase change frequency (or drop rate count) to provide variable rates of phase change in alternate half-cycles of the modulation frequency in the synthesis of a frequency-modulated interrogation signal.
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Crockett Jeff D.
Skoczen Gerold L.
Efratom Time and Frequency Products, Inc.
Mis David
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