Arthur Dent wrote:
The +12VDC supply (internal to the sealed oscillator) supplies both the oven
and the oscillator circuits. I think you'll find that internally this +12VDC
goes to the heater circuit as well as through a regulator to the oscillator
which is running on something like +7VDC. This is speculation at this point but
a number of similar type oscillators I've checked are set up this way and even
have a temperature compensated regulated reference voltage out of about +7VDC
to feed a pot or EFC circuit. For instance the HP 10811 has an internal +5.7VDC
regulated supply for the oscillator circuit
One crude way to check is to take a removed 10Mhz oscillator Trimble oscillator
and power it from a bench supply at +12 and let it stabilize. Then reduce the
supply voltage slowly and see where the output level and/or frequency start to
change. If you see no change until you've reduced the voltage a few volts then
the oscillator has an
internal regulator for the oscillator circuit.
Every oscillator has a spec for frequency shift due to power supply
variation, but maybe you'd see a big change when you lost regulation.
Have to think about that.
Ed
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