[time-nuts] Practical considerations making a lab standard with an LTE lite

Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk
Mon Nov 24 08:32:11 EST 2014


On 24 November 2014 at 03:44, Said Jackson via time-nuts
<time-nuts at febo.com> wrote:
> On the 20MHz units there is already a strong buffer that can drive 50 Ohms terminations so adding a buffer in front of the coax connector on that version would have just added unnecessary phase and AM noise, parts count and cost, and power consumption, and would have resulted in a product with worse performance than we have now.

IIRC you said that using this will generate more heat on the board
near the crystal.

> Bye,
> Said

Dave


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