Richard H McCorkle wrote: > > Bruce, > Once again, thanks for the explaination. I am using a common 100M OCXO > and not independent XOs for the two TICs in the dual design. That is why > the plots are so similar. What effect does this have on the disciplining > of the individual oscillators? > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > Richard
When the transitions (PPS and divided down OCXO ouputs) are close to the 100MHz clock edges the 2 TICs measurements may differ. If you dont use synchronisers then the differences between the TIC readings can occasionally be large and the averages of the TIC outputs will be biased. Sharing a common TIC oscillator will have no effect on the individual oscillators although it will tend to increase the correlation between them. Ideally the TIC resolution should be increased so that the PPS timing jitter (after sawtooth correction) is greater than the TIC resolution, and the TIC oscillators should then be phase locked to their respective OCXOs to improve their stability. The PPS timing noise will then be sufficient by itself (if the TIC uses synchronisers) for the averaged TIC outputs to be effectively unbiased estimators of the phase errors of their respective oscillators. When using a PPS signal it only remains to determine the optimum algorithm for discipling the OCXOs. The improvement achieved by increasing the TIC resolution further is somewhat marginal. A Kalman filter technique may have some advantages over a PLL disciplining technique. If you are using software to correct the TIC measurements for the PPS sawtooth error then you may need (depending on your GPS receiver's PPS timing noise) a higher resolution TIC to improve the performance. If you are using hardware to correct the PPS signal for sawtooth error then a simpler scheme usng a single D flipflop may suffice together with the receiver's TRAIM capability (if any). Bruce _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
