Spectral ambiguity of allan variance

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 623-627

  Greenhall, Charles A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance functions; Finite difference methods; Fourier transforms; Frequency stability; Integral equations; Phase noise; Spectral analysis; Time domain analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALLAN VARIANCE; COVARIANCE FUNCTIONS;

SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032083411     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.744312     Document Type: Article

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