Chip-scale atomic frequency references

Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1662-1669

  Kitching, John ^a   Knappe, Svenja ^a,b   Liew, Li Anne ^a   Schwindt, Peter D D ^a   Gerginov, Vladislav ^c   Shah, Vishal ^b   Moreland, John ^a,d   Brannon, Alan ^b,e   Breitbarth, Jason ^b   Popovic, Zoya ^b,e,f   Hollberg, Leo ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Nanoprobe Imaging Project

^e Nanoprobe Imaging Project ^*

^f IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT CONTROL ELECTRONICS; LOCAL OSCILLATOR (LO); MICRO-COAXIAL RESONATORS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEMODULATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; RESONATORS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 33646563431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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