Lombardi, M.
and Dahlen, A.
(2010),
A common-view disciplined oscillator, Review of Scientific Instruments, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=904996
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A common-view disciplined oscillator
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, Aaron P. Dahlen
Abstract
This paper describes a common-view disciplined oscillator (CVDO) that locks to a reference time scale through the use of common-view Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite measurements. A Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller obtains near real-time common-view GPS measurements from the Internet and provides steering corrections to a local oscillator. A CVDO can be locked to any time scale that makes real-time common-view data available and can serve as a high accuracy, self-calibrating frequency and time standard. Measurement results are presented where a CVDO is locked to UTC(NIST), the coordinated universal time scale maintained at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado.Citation
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
81
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Journals
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Keywords
disciplined oscillator, GPS, Internet, time scale, time transfer
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Created May 24, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017