Frequency-stability measurement system using high-speed ADCs and digital signal processing

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1887-1893

  Mochizuki, Ken ^a   Uchino, Masaharu ^a   Morikawa, Takao ^b  

^a ANRITSU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allan deviation; Analog to digital converter (ADC); Aperture jitter; Digital signal processing (DSP); Frequency stability

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); JITTER;

ALLAN DEVIATION; APERTURE JITTER; HIGH-PRECISION OSCILLATORS; SINUSOIDAL-VOLTAGE OUTPUTS;

FREQUENCY STABILITY;

EID: 34648826962     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.895588     Document Type: Article

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