A Low Noise Synthesizer for Autotuning and Performance Testing of Hydrogen Masers

J.M. Cloeren, J. S. Ingold

Abstract:	A low noise synthesizer has been developed for use in hydrogen maser auto tuning and performance evaluation. This synthesizer replaces the frequency offset maser normally used for this purpose and allows the user to maintain all masers in the ensemble at the same frequency. The synthesizer design utilizes a quartz oscillator with a BVA resonator. The BVA oscillator is phase-locked to a hydrogen maser by means of a high gain, high stability phase-locked loop, employing low noise multipliers as phase error data will be represented.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 16th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting November 27 - 29, 1984 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland
Pages:	351 - 356
Cite this article:	Cloeren, J.M., Ingold, J. S., "A Low Noise Synthesizer for Autotuning and Performance Testing of Hydrogen Masers," Proceedings of the 16th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Greenbelt, Maryland, November 1984, pp. 351-356.
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