FREQUENCY CALIBRATIONS WITH CONVENTIONAL TIME INTERVAL COUNTERS VIA GPS TRACEABILITY

Juan José González de la Rosa, I. Lloret, Carlos García Puntonet, J. M. Górriz, A. Moreno, M. Liñán, V. Pallarés

2006

Abstract

Calculation of the uncertainty in traceable frequency calibrations is detailed using low cost instruments, partially characterized. Contributions to the standard uncertainty have been obtained under the assumption of uniform probability density function of errors. Short term instability has been studied using non-classical statistics. A thorough study of the noise processes characterization is made with simulated data by means of our variance estimators. The experiment is thought for frequencies close to 1 Hz.

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José González de la Rosa J., Lloret I., García Puntonet C., M. Górriz J., Moreno A., Liñán M. and Pallarés V. (2006). FREQUENCY CALIBRATIONS WITH CONVENTIONAL TIME INTERVAL COUNTERS VIA GPS TRACEABILITY . In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-42-9, pages 189-195. DOI: 10.5220/0002442201890195


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@conference{iceis06,
author={Juan José González de la Rosa and I. Lloret and Carlos García Puntonet and J. M. Górriz and A. Moreno and M. Liñán and V. Pallarés},
title={FREQUENCY CALIBRATIONS WITH CONVENTIONAL TIME INTERVAL COUNTERS VIA GPS TRACEABILITY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2006},
pages={189-195},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002442201890195},
isbn={978-972-8865-42-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - FREQUENCY CALIBRATIONS WITH CONVENTIONAL TIME INTERVAL COUNTERS VIA GPS TRACEABILITY
SN - 978-972-8865-42-9
AU - José González de la Rosa J.
AU - Lloret I.
AU - García Puntonet C.
AU - M. Górriz J.
AU - Moreno A.
AU - Liñán M.
AU - Pallarés V.
PY - 2006
SP - 189
EP - 195
DO - 10.5220/0002442201890195