New ‘State-of-the-Art’ Thermal
Sensitivity Achieved in Rakon’s Ultra Stable Quartz Crystal Oscillator for Space Applications.*
In 2009 further research went into improving the thermal sensitivity of RAKON’s space quartz crystal Ultra Stable Oscillator (USO). RAKON France (CEPE until 1998, C-MAC from 1998 to 2007, and RAKON since early 2007) has been
working with CNES (the French Space Agency) to continuously improve performances of the Ultra-Stable OCXO (USO): OUS- NG[1-2]. Its frequency sensitivity has a strong influence on final performance of the DORIS system (Doppler Orbitography
and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite, CNES system) which uses RAKON’s OCXO. The DORIS system is used in satellites such as ‘Jason’, ‘Spot5’, ‘Cryosat, ‘Pleiades’ ‘Topex- Poseidon’ and ‘Altika’. Significant effort has been put into additional improvements, mostly with regards to the thermal performances and preparation of the new generation of a miniature USO. The quartz crystal oscillator has to be studied by taking a multi-physics approach. A part of this work has
been conducted in a PhD thesis with the Femto-ST Institute and with support from CNES [3-4].
OUS-NG Thermal per formances
To increase the resolution under the centimeter in the DORIS system, the main improvement required is to reduce the frequency thermal sensitivity of the USO. On figure 2, we present the statistical distribution of the relative frequency thermal sensitivity for OUSNG USO production. We can see a repartition with mean value at 7.10-13/°C and standard deviation of 5.10-13/°C. But for the new DORIS requirement, the frequency thermal sensitivity mean value must be reduced to 2.10-13/°C
and with a standard deviation of 3.10-14/°C, which is state- of-the-art and leading in terms of space USO performance. At the beginning of the study, the usual tools used for the simulation (mechanical simulation and thermal simulation) seemed to not be sufficient in estimating and explaining the total frequency drift in temperature. So a full 3D thermo-mechanical simulation of the USO was conducted, with introduction of the piezo-electric phenomena of the resonator [3-8].
A Multi-physics Approach
The USO is a complex assembly of mechanical and electronic parts. Rakon’s USO is a Double Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (D-OCXO) and the quartz crystal is very sensitive
to temperature. So an important part of the USO is dedicated to building very stable thermal operating conditions for the quartz crystal. Figure 3 shows a possible approach to studying the USO. Each part has to be studied as an independent item at the first step; then they have to be optimized with mutual
interactions between 2 items at the second step, then the three
items studied together to reach the ultimate performance.
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