Removal of drift from frequency stability measurements
Abstract
A method of estimating frequency drift rate and removing its effect from Allan variance plots is given. When tried on a test of hydrogen masers, the methods gives consistent results. An error in the previous Allan variance computation algorithm is corrected.
- Publication:
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The Telecommunication and Data Acquisition Report
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981tdar.nasa..127G
- Keywords:
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- Algorithms;
- Drift Rate;
- Estimates;
- Frequency Stability;
- Frequency Standards;
- Gas Masers;
- Removal;
- Variance (Statistics);
- Analysis Of Variance;
- Computer Programs;
- Drift (Instrumentation);
- Estimating;
- Communications and Radar