Hardware Delay Measurements and Sensitivities in Carrier Phase Time Transfer

Abstract

Precise time and frequency transfer experiments using GPS carrier phase with time stability less than one hundred picoseconds are now being reported. Strong daily variations in some of the data reported indicate temperature sensitivity in the measurement hardware. The environmental dependence of the instrumental delays of a commonly used carrier phase GPS receiver, its antenna, and several types of antenna cable are reported in this paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA509470

Entities

People

  • David Judge
  • Demetrios N. Matsakis
  • Edward Powers
  • Paul Wheeler

Organizations

  • United States Naval Observatory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • Climate Change
  • Clocks
  • Data Processing
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Standards
  • Generators
  • Loran
  • Low Noise Amplifiers
  • Measurement
  • Phase Measurement
  • Sensitivity
  • Signal Generators
  • Standards
  • Time Interval Counters
  • Time Intervals

Readers

  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space