Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-19 Thread Lux, James P
I read only the abstract. I have access to the database only from the University computers, and my comment was sent at midnight , local time, from home. From the abstract I understood that they want to improve oscillators by using multiple units Yes.. You're right. But, they do mention a

[time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Predrag Dukic
Hi, Time -Nuts, Did anyone try to deliberately allow syncronisation of two oscillators, by , for example paralleling outputs of two 10811. I expect to see some benefits from the usual statistics: Phase noise divided by sqrt of 2and also decreased amplitude random frequency

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Rick Karlquist
Some of Len Cutler's engineers at HP attempted to build an ensemble of nine 10811 oscillators. It was quite non-trivial and I'm not sure they ever completed the project. I doubt whether just letting 10811's self synchronize would result in satisfactory performance. Rick Karlquist N6RK Predrag

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Predrag Dukic wrote: Hi, Time -Nuts, Did anyone try to deliberately allow syncronisation of two oscillators, by , for example paralleling outputs of two 10811. I expect to see some benefits from the usual statistics: Phase noise divided by sqrt of 2and also decreased amplitude

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Lux, James P
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Predrag Dukic Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:20 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad? Hi, Time

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Lux, James P
-Original Message- From: Lux, James P Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:04 PM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad? Allan, et al., did a thing with 8 small oscillators in a ring. I don't recall

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Predrag Dukic
Bruce, I know the math, and possible perils. The main question is still: Does statistics help? Is it going to be better? If I do try, I'll use a bunch of 13 MHZ TCXO's, because I have only 3 10811, and more than 30 TCXOs. Also with a higher number of lower quality oscs improvement

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Predrag Dukic
Bruce, these articles are more or less the answer to my question. In principle, there is obviously reduction in noise, and the main concerns are uncoupled frequency difference and phase. Thanks, Predrag At 21:48 18.12.2008, you wrote: Pedrag You may want to look at:

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Predrag Dukic
: RE: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad? Allan, et al., did a thing with 8 small oscillators in a ring. I don't recall if they deliberately tried to have them mutually couple, or if it was designed to try and cancel acceleration effects. Found the paper.. Allan, David W

Re: [time-nuts] Is oscillator sync always bad?

2008-12-18 Thread Lux, James P
Lux, It is one more confimation that my assumption is valid. In fact, they comment about the potential problem of injection locking.. Allan, et al., did a thing with 8 small oscillators in a ring. I don't recall if they deliberately tried to have them mutually couple, or if it