High Resolution Measurement of Short Term Time Domain Stability in a 960MHz SAW Resonator Oscillator

Abstract

D u r r a n t , D. H a r r i s o n , M. Hobden, S. Neylon, V . Wilkinson Marconi E l e c t r o n i c Devices L t d . , Doddington Road, Lincoln LN6.3LF ABSTRACT This paper describes t h e design of a 960EIHz SAW resonator oscillator to meet a specitzLc dqital timing a p p l i c a v requiring a reference some stability of 5 x 10-. A novel technique w a s developed f o r t h e measurement of t h e source stability in a very s h o r t sampling period based on t h e direct measurement of t h e RF spectrum.