Real-Time Temperature Compensation of MEMS Oscillators Using an Integrated Micro-Oven and a Phase-Locked Loop

被引:169
作者
Salvia, James C. [1 ]
Melamud, Renata [2 ]
Chandorkar, Saurabh A. [1 ]
Lord, Scott F. [3 ]
Kenny, Thomas W. [4 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] SiTime Corp, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA
[3] USN, Nucl Power Sch, Goose Creek, SC 29445 USA
[4] Stanford Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Frequency stability; microresonators; oscillators; phase-locked loops (PLLs); RESONATOR;
D O I
10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2035932
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present a new temperature compensation system for microresonator-based frequency references. It consists of a phase-locked loop (PLL) whose inputs are derived from two microresonators with different temperature coefficients of frequency. The resonators are suspended within an encapsulated cavity and are heated to a constant temperature by the PLL controller, thereby achieving active temperature compensation. We show repeated real-time measurements of three 1.2-MHz prototypes that achieve a frequency stability of +/- 1 ppm from -20 degrees C to + 80 degrees C, as well as a technique to reduce steady-state frequency errors to +/- 0.05 ppm using multipoint calibration. [2009-0074]
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页码:192 / 201
页数:10
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