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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1995
William R Verbanets, Plum Borough, PA (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A digital controller time multiplexes dithering of the microwave frequency control signal and a laser wavelength control signal in a miniaturized cesium vapor atomic frequency standard. A unique common charge/sample and dump integrator amplifies the photodetector output for the + and - dither of both the laser current and microwave frequency. To suppress error in the integrated photodetector output attributable to noise generated by the digital processor, the processor is placed in a sleep mode during the integration intervals. To further suppress errors, the cesium vapor electric heaters are not energized during the intervals when the microwave signal is being dithered.