[time-nuts] +12 Volts 1A (plus a bit) supply?
Arthur Dent
golgarfrincham at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 27 23:27:21 EDT 2013
>The OCXO in the TBolt has a linear controller. It drops back to about
>150 to 250 ma on the +12 line after warmup. It's been at least 40
>years since I saw an on/off oven control in production ….
>
>Remember that the +12 feeds the oscillator circuit. The more crud on
>the 12 volts, the worse the phase noise of the output. A linear
>regulator is a good idea.
Note that the +12 for the oscillator goes through a 1 ohm resistor
to a linear SO-8 8L08A regulator to supply +8 to the oscillator
inside the OXCO case. There is also some bypassing. I had posted
some photos of the innards some time ago.
-Arthur
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