[time-nuts] ADEV vs MDEV

Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz
Sat Feb 6 05:33:53 UTC 2010


_Correction_

Oops, Its the CNT91 not the CNT81 that actually does the regression fit.

How did you achieve MDEV ~1E-13 @10s with a counter rated at 50ps single 
shot resolution?


Bruce

Bruce Griffiths wrote:
> Read the data sheet and the various application notes/white papers on 
> the Pendulum site.
> The intrinsic resolution of the Pendulum counter (50ps) is slightly 
> inferior to that of the SR620 and HP5370A/B.
> What they do is statistically process the results of a series of 
> measurements of the input phase taken at short intervals.
> They actually fit a regression line to the resultant series of phase 
> measurements.
> This process inherently filters out some of the noise of the counter.
> If it were possible to do the same thing using an SR620 or HP5370 the 
> noise in the output resolution would be even lower.
>
> If one is building a conventional DMTD one doesn't actually need 
> resolution for the timestamping device/counter much better than 10ns 
> or so to achieve a resolution of around 1E-13/Tau with say a 100Hz 
> beat frequency and 10MHz inputs to the mixer/phase detector.
>
> Bruce
>
> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> At least from what I've seen, the Pendulum's seem to work a bit 
>> better than the other counters you mention. That may simply be a 
>> function of their being designed much more recently.  It could also 
>> be the issue of comparing beat up stuff on the bench to brand new 
>> stuff on the bench. The CNT-81 is rated to have a much better single 
>> shot time resolution than the others.
>>
>> Yes I realize that in no way addresses the question you asked.
>>
>> MDEV and ADEV measure slightly different things. Depending on what 
>> you are looking for MDEV may give you better insight.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Pete Rawson wrote:
>>
>>> Efforts are underway to develop a low cost DMTD apparatus with
>>> demonstrated stability measurements of 1E-13 in 1s. It seems that
>>> existing TI counters can reach this goal in 10s. (using MDEV estimate
>>> or 100+s. using ADEV estimate). The question is; does the MDEV tool
>>> provide an appropriate measure of stability in this time range, or is
>>> the ADEV estimate a more correct answer?
>>>
>>> The TI performance I'm referring to is the 20-25 ps, single shot TI,
>>> typical for theHP5370A/B, the SR620 or the CNT81/91. I have data
>>> from my CNT81showing MDEV<  1E-13 in 10s. and I believe the
>>> other counters behave similarly.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any comments or observations on this topic.
>>> My motivation is to discover the simplest scheme for making
>>> stability measurements at this performance level; this is NOT
>>> even close to the state-of-the-art, but can still be useful.
>>>
>>> Pete Rawson
>>>
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