Orolia, a world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions, has introduced the "Local Oscillator Distributor" (LOD) which is a double 1:16 ultra low-noise RF signal splitter whose main function is the distribution of sine clocks with minimal degradation at short distances (tens of meters).
The system FPGA is dedicated to configure and monitoring the RF signals. An embedded softprocessor is used to provide a simple remote interface to the users. It is complemented with an EPICS driver based on Asyn and StreamDevice module, fully compliant with the EPICS official specifications.
LOD can be handled through the Ethernet port and the SCPI protocol. This SCPI protocol was released as an additional layer for the IEEE-488.2 standard, used for controlling and monitoring the instruments through GPIB.
Key features of the Local Oscillator Distributor:
- Number of input clocks: 2 (sinusoidal)
- Maximum input power: +12 dBm
- Number of output clocks: 2x16 (sinusoidal)
- Output power: Input power + 5 dBm
- Additive phase noise (10 Hz to 1MHz): < 5fs RMS at 380 Mz
- Physical dimensions: 19 inch, 1UA rack
Click here to learn more about Orolia's Local Oscillator Distributor (LOD).
