Characterization of Frequency Stability in Precision Frequency Sources

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 952-960

  Rutman, Jacques ^a   Walls, F L ^b  

^a Federation des Industries Electriques et Electroniques ^*  (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS--FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

RANDOM NOISE PROCESSES;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 0026186738     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.84972     Document Type: Article

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