Design of a Low Phase Noise VCO for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard
Compared to the size and the power consumption of the traditional atomic clocks, the ones based on coherent population trapping (CPT) can provide improvement by two orders of magnitude in both aspects above, making them needed urgently in many fields. Among different CPT atomic clocks, the one made...
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doaj-ffddbb9381ff47e69a2fda362dedc06d2021-03-02T09:27:52ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2016-01-01770700710.1051/matecconf/20167707007matecconf_icmmr2016_07007Design of a Low Phase Noise VCO for Rubidium Atomic Frequency StandardJu Qingyun0Li Xinwei1Ji Lei2Tang Liang3Qiao Donghai4School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow UniversitySchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow UniversitySchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow UniversityInstitute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of SciencesCompared to the size and the power consumption of the traditional atomic clocks, the ones based on coherent population trapping (CPT) can provide improvement by two orders of magnitude in both aspects above, making them needed urgently in many fields. Among different CPT atomic clocks, the one made with the rubidium atom are used widely, and their operating performance largely depends on its internal voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) which is used to provide a proper microwave signal. Based on this, a small size and low phase noise 3.035GHz VCO is designed with a modified Clapp circuit topology using low-cost surface-mount components, including a coaxial resonant (COAX) with high quality factor. The designed VCO is simulated and optimized with the combined use of the negative resistance analysis method and the transmission analysis with a virtual-ground. In order to obtain the desired results, different values of key capacitor elements are tried according to their concrete influences on the VCO during the process of the circuit tuning. The test results show that the phase noises of the VCO are -60.49dBc/Hz@300Hz, -73.08dBc/Hz@1KHz and -97.48dBc/Hz@10KHz, the output power is -1.13dBm and the voltage-controlled tuning sensitivity is about 12MHz/V.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20167707007 |
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Design of a Low Phase Noise VCO for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard |
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Design of a Low Phase Noise VCO for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard |
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Design of a Low Phase Noise VCO for Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard |
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Compared to the size and the power consumption of the traditional atomic clocks, the ones based on coherent population trapping (CPT) can provide improvement by two orders of magnitude in both aspects above, making them needed urgently in many fields. Among different CPT atomic clocks, the one made with the rubidium atom are used widely, and their operating performance largely depends on its internal voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) which is used to provide a proper microwave signal. Based on this, a small size and low phase noise 3.035GHz VCO is designed with a modified Clapp circuit topology using low-cost surface-mount components, including a coaxial resonant (COAX) with high quality factor. The designed VCO is simulated and optimized with the combined use of the negative resistance analysis method and the transmission analysis with a virtual-ground. In order to obtain the desired results, different values of key capacitor elements are tried according to their concrete influences on the VCO during the process of the circuit tuning. The test results show that the phase noises of the VCO are -60.49dBc/Hz@300Hz, -73.08dBc/Hz@1KHz and -97.48dBc/Hz@10KHz, the output power is -1.13dBm and the voltage-controlled tuning sensitivity is about 12MHz/V. |
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