Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-30 Thread Peter Vince
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Only IEEE members can access documents in their online library :-( Would the documents listed by Enrico be available in any of the FTP sites run by group members, by any chance? Pretty please? :-) Peter >Folks, >d

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread John Miles
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY > At drive levels below saturation, the loss of a mixer depends on the LO > signal level. > Consequently the feedback loop gain of a regenerative divider depends on > the input signal level. > Hence one would expect there to be

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY John Miles wrote: >> Am I missing something here? >> >> I always thought mixers were non linear by definition, and >> relying on that >> non linearity to function:-) >> > > Sure, a mixer is nonlinear with respect to the mul

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread John Miles
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY > Am I missing something here? > > I always thought mixers were non linear by definition, and > relying on that > non linearity to function:-) Sure, a mixer is nonlinear with respect to the multiplicative function it applies to

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Didier Juges
L PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 5:39 PM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions > > In a message dated 29/09/2007 23:28:23 GMT Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PR

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread GandalfG8
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 29/09/2007 23:28:23 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yep, but usually they're not quite _that_ nonlinear. :) I'm used to thinking of mixers as linear devices, from the IMD/IP3 perspective. --

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread John Miles
and see how it works... -- john, KE5FX > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:56 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY John Miles wrote: >> Did you experience the start of oscillation also as you went from >> +3 dBm to >> +4 dBm? The impulse may be part of getting the oscillation running. >> > > No; nothing happens until the +4.8 dBm to +4.

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread John Miles
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY > Did you experience the start of oscillation also as you went from > +3 dBm to > +4 dBm? The impulse may be part of getting the oscillation running. No; nothing happens until the +4.8 dBm to +4.9 dBm transition. There is no

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Enrico Rubiola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:55:49 +0200 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Enrico, > I worked on low-noi

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Enrico Rubiola
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Folks, deep in my database, there is this reference R.\ C.\ Harrison, ``Theory of regenerative frequency dividers using double balanced mixers'' {\em IEEE Trans.\ on Microwawe Theory and Technology}, MTT-S Symp.\ Digest vol.\

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Enrico Rubiola
Dear all, I worked on low-noise regenerative dividers long time ago. See my home page http://rubiola.org , click on "more journal articles" 22. E. Rubiola, M. Olivier, J. Groslambert, Phase noise in the regenerative frequency dividers (PDF, 670 kB), IEEE Transact. Instrum. Meas. vol.41 no.3 pp.3

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-29 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: "John Miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:40:04 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > A divide by 8 conjug

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread John Miles
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY > What's the crystal for? > Crystal filters aren't usually necessary The nature of the filter(s) is one of the questions that I'm hoping those papers will help answer. I was guessing that a crystal filter would make the divid

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY John Miles wrote: > > Thanks much, Bruce. I suspected either you or Enrico R. would have some > knowledge of that. > > Note that I need to end up with 40 *and* 20 MHz, hence the plan to cascade > two /2 dividers. If there is a

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Magnus Danielson wrote: > >> The article in question is... >> http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1890.pdf >> but also >> http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1800.pdf >> >> See for yourself. >

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Magnus Danielson wrote: > The article in question is... > http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1890.pdf > but also > http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1800.pdf > > See for yourself. > > Cheers, > Magnus > > Plus: ht

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Magnus Danielson wrote: > From: "John Miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:51:58 -0700 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> ); SAEximRunCond expanded

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread Magnus Danielson
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: "John Miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:51:58 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ); SAEximRunCond expa

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread John Miles
> You can do better than that, a single regenerative divider can be > configured to divide by 4. > A pair of parallel feedback paths (with amplifiers), one tuned to F/4 > and the other to 3F/4 are best. > NIST did some work (together with Indian collaborators) on this type of > generalised regener

Re: [time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Griffiths
John Miles wrote: > Submitted for general discussion: I have a need to divide a low-noise 80-MHz > clock by two, twice, to obtain 40 MHz and 20 MHz outputs, and my current > thinking is that the quietest way to do this is with a pair of cascaded > regenerative dividers. Does anyone have any 'favor

[time-nuts] Basic regenerative-divider questions

2007-09-28 Thread John Miles
Submitted for general discussion: I have a need to divide a low-noise 80-MHz clock by two, twice, to obtain 40 MHz and 20 MHz outputs, and my current thinking is that the quietest way to do this is with a pair of cascaded regenerative dividers. Does anyone have any 'favorite' papers or application