The allan variance - Challenges and opportunities

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 540-547

  Stein, Samuel ^a  

^a Symmetricom Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ALIASING; ALLAN VARIANCE; CARRIER PHASE; HETERODYNE MEASUREMENT; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW NOISE; LOWER NOISE; MEASUREMENT BANDWIDTH; NOISE FLOOR; PHASE DETECTORS; PHASE NOISE MEASUREMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNALS;

ESTIMATION; PHASE NOISE; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TIME SERIES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 77949421375     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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