Examination of a crystal oscillator's frequency fluctuations during the enhanced space-radiation environment of a solar flare

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 III, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2605-2609

  Presser, Aviva ^a,b   Camparo, James ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Clocks; Crystal oscillators; Solar flares; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; DOSIMETRY; POLYNOMIALS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR; RANDOM FLUCTUATION; SOLAR FLARE; SPACE RADIATION;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0036816056     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803926     Document Type: Article

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