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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Noriaki Tanaka, Chino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 5/14 (2006.01); H03B 17/00 (2006.01); H03L 7/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/26 (2013.01); G04F 5/145 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); H03B 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An atomic oscillator includes: an atomic cell containing metal atoms; a light source generating light to be emitted to the atomic cell; a driver outputting a driving signal for driving the light source; a light detector detecting the light having passed through the atomic cell; a phase detector detecting an output of the light detector; a voltage controlled oscillator having an oscillation frequency adjusted based on the output detected by the phase detector; a phase modulator phase modulating an output signal of the voltage controlled oscillator and outputting the phase modulated signal; a frequency multiplier which outputs a microwave to the driver, the microwave being obtained by multiplying a frequency of the phase modulated signal; and a frequency divider which frequency divides the output signal of the voltage controlled oscillator and outputs the frequency divided output signal to the phase detector and the phase modulator.


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