[time-nuts] frs-c rubidium osc.
george
george_margetts at nss.net
Wed Mar 16 14:13:11 EST 2005
Anybody have experience with ball efratom frs-c oscillators?
Are these any good? I purchased one on ebay and have been waiting for
about a week to see good stability.. AT 10k samples against gps 1pps
indicate 5-11th accuracy.. which is exactly at spec.. I was hoping for
something close to 3-12th.
To be more specific with my line of questions;
This standard is adjusted with precision 20 turn pot supplied from in
internal 17 volt requlator which I think isn't that stable of a voltage
source because the manual shows and alternate customer provides variable
5 volt source for the adjustment (these adjustments vary the C-field).
The internal adjustment pot has voltage divider resisters that bring the
semi-stable 17 volt source down to around 5 volts to the adjustment pot.
I've been monitoring the wiper voltage day by day I see .05 volt
difference and think that this variation is effecting my stability.
Its only changing day by day not hour to hour.
This wouldn't be a big deal to provide my own stable 5 volt supply to an
external adjustment pot.. but further investigation of the schematics
indicate internal temperature compensation circuitry is varying the
C-field as well.. along with another 17 volt source to the C-field via
Select In Test Resistor (the manual calls fixed C-field).
Is it customary for Atomic standards to vary the C-field to obtain
compensate for internal temperature variation?
Cant the closed loop servo handle these temperature/frequency errors
alone. Without the need of additional circuitry trying to compensate
via the C-field ?
Or is the Closed loop servo a low resolution adjustment and maybe the
C-field a better resolution adjustment?
Or maybe efratoms just have low resolution servo loops and require
messing with C-field.. How can I set the C-field manually if the
internals are playing with the c-field to..
What would you do?
A. Disable internal c-field temperature compensation.
B. Run external stable 5 volt sourced C-field trim pot.
C. Wire spare pin on interface to provide external 17 volt supply that
feeds C-field trim pot and fixed C-field supply?
D. All the above..
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