High precision and stable clock is extremely important in communication and navigation.The miniaturization of the clocks is considered to be the trend to satisfy the demand for5G and the next generation communications...High precision and stable clock is extremely important in communication and navigation.The miniaturization of the clocks is considered to be the trend to satisfy the demand for5G and the next generation communications.Based on the concept of meter bar and the principle of the constancy of light velocity,we designed a micro clock,Space Time Clock(STC),with the size smaller than 1 mm×1 mm and the power dissipation less than 2 m W.Designed in integrated circuit of 0.18μm technology,the instability of STC is assessed to be 2.23×10^(-12)and the trend of the instability is reversely proportional toτ.With the potential ability to reach the level of 10instability on chip in the future,the period of the STC’s signal is locked on the delay time defined by the meter bar which keeps the time reference constant.Because of its superior performance,the STC is more suitable for mobile communication,PNT(Positioning,Navigation and Timing),embedded processor and deep space application,and becomes the main payload of the ASRTU satellite scheduled to launch next year and investigate in space environment.展开更多
As an extension of the＂teleparallel＂equivalent of general relativity,f（T）gravity is proposed to explain some puzzling cosmological behaviors,such as accelerating expansion of the Universe.Given the fact that modif...As an extension of the＂teleparallel＂equivalent of general relativity,f（T）gravity is proposed to explain some puzzling cosmological behaviors,such as accelerating expansion of the Universe.Given the fact that modified gravity also has impacts on the Solar System,we might test it during future interplanetary missions with ultrastable clocks.In this work,we investigate the effects of f（T）gravity on the dynamics of the clock and its time transfer link.Under these influences,theΛ-term and theα-term of f（T）gravity play important roles.Here,Λis the cosmological constant andαrepresents a model parameter in f（T）gravity that determines the divergence from teleparallel gravity at the first order approximation.We find that the signal of f（T）gravity in the time transfer is much more difficult to detect with the current state of development for clocks than those effects on dynamics of an interplanetary spacecraft with a bounded orbit with parameters 0.5 au≤a≤5.5 au and 0≤e≤0.1.展开更多
20th century physics experimentally established beyond doubt the fact that moving clocks read differently from “static” clocks. This fact is typically interpreted as support for special relativity. On the other hand...20th century physics experimentally established beyond doubt the fact that moving clocks read differently from “static” clocks. This fact is typically interpreted as support for special relativity. On the other hand, the same century produced proof that clocks at various locations in the gravitational field also read differently, and this fact is explained by general relativity, which is, in general, not Lorentz transformable. This paper establishes a common framework for the physics of clocks in these different situations.展开更多
In this paper, the design of a coarse-fine interpolation Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) is implemented in an ALTERA’s Cyclone FPGA. The carry-select chain performs as the tapped delay line. The Logic Array Block (LA...In this paper, the design of a coarse-fine interpolation Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) is implemented in an ALTERA’s Cyclone FPGA. The carry-select chain performs as the tapped delay line. The Logic Array Block (LAB) having a propagation delay of 165 ps in the chain is synthesized as delay cell. Coarse counters triggered by the global clock count the more significant bits of the time data. This clock is also fed through the delay line, and LABs create the copies. The replicas are latched by the tested event signal, and the less significant bits are encoded from the latched binary bits. Single-shot resolution of the TDC can be 60 ps. The worst Differential Nonlinearity (DNL) is about 0.2 Least Significant Bit (LSB, 165 ps in this TDC module), and the Integral Nonlinearity (INL) is 0.6 LSB. In comparison with other architectures using the synchronous global clock to sample the taps, this architecture consumed less electric power and logic cells, and is more stable.展开更多
Real-time satellite orbit and clock corrections obtained from the broadcast ephemerides can be improved using IGS real-time service (RTS) products. Recent research showed that applying such corrections for broadcast e...Real-time satellite orbit and clock corrections obtained from the broadcast ephemerides can be improved using IGS real-time service (RTS) products. Recent research showed that applying such corrections for broadcast ephemerides can significantly improve the RMS of the estimated coordinates. However, unintentional streaming interruption may happen for many reasons such as software or hardware failure. Streaming interruption, if happened, will cause sudden degradation of the obtained solution if only the broadcast ephemerides are used. A better solution can be obtained in real-time if the predicted part of the ultra-rapid products is used. In this paper, Harmonic analysis technique is used to predict the IGS RTS corrections using historical broadcasted data. It is shown that using the predicted clock corrections improves the RMS of the estimated coordinates by about 72%, 58%, and 72% in latitude, longitude, and height directions, respectively and reduces the 2D and 3D errors by about 80% compared with the predicted part of the IGS ultra-rapid clock corrections.展开更多
Haug has recently introduced a new theory of unified quantum gravity coined “<em>Collision Space-Time</em>”. From this new and deeper understanding of mass, we can also understand how a grandfather pendu...Haug has recently introduced a new theory of unified quantum gravity coined “<em>Collision Space-Time</em>”. From this new and deeper understanding of mass, we can also understand how a grandfather pendulum clock can be used to measure the world’s shortest time interval, namely the Planck time, indirectly, without any knowledge of G. Therefore, such a clock can also be used to measure the diameter of an indivisible particle indirectly. Further, such a clock can easily measure the Schwarzschild radius of the gravity object and what we will call “Schwarzschild time”. These facts basically prove that the Newton gravitational constant is not needed to find the Planck length or the Planck time;it is also not needed to find the Schwarzschild radius. Unfortunately, there is significant inertia towards new ideas that could significantly alter our perspective on the fundamentals in the current physics establishment. However, this situation is not new in the history of science. Still, the idea that the Planck time can be measured totally independently of any knowledge of Newton’s gravitational constant could be very important for moving forward in physics. Interestingly, an old instrument that today is often thought of as primitive instrument can measure the world’s shortest possible time interval. No atomic clock or optical clock is even close to be able to do this.展开更多
近年来,随着多系统全球导航卫星系统(global navigation satellite system,GNSS)的迅速发展以及实时高精度应用需求的日益增长,国际GNSS服务分析中心(International GNSS Service,IGS)提供的状态空间表述(state space representation,S...近年来,随着多系统全球导航卫星系统(global navigation satellite system,GNSS)的迅速发展以及实时高精度应用需求的日益增长,国际GNSS服务分析中心(International GNSS Service,IGS)提供的状态空间表述(state space representation,SSR)产品越来越丰富。评估不同分析中心的GNSS实时产品及其定位性能对用户具有重要参考价值。对中国科学院(Chinese Academy of Sciences,CAS)、法国太空研究中心(Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales,CNE)、德国宇航中心(Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt,DLR)、西班牙航天与防务公司(GMV Aerospace and Defense,GMV)、德国地学研究中心(Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum,GFZ)、武汉大学(Wuhan University,WHU)6个分析中心的GPS/北斗卫星导航系统(BeiDou satellite navigation system,BDS)SSR产品的可用性、精度和实时精密单点定位性能进行了评估。实验结果表明:CAS播发的GPS卫星可用性最高,提供了所有32颗GPS卫星的SSR改正数;CAS、GFZ、WHU 3家分析中心的BDS卫星可用性相对较高,提供了15(BDS-2)+27(BDS-3)卫星的SSR改正数。在6个分析中心中,WHU的GPS卫星的三维轨道精度和钟差精度均为最佳;不同分析中心GPS卫星的信号空间测距误差(signal-in-space ranging errors,SISRE)普遍优于5 cm,不同分析中心GPS卫星的SISRE值的大小顺序为:WHU<GMV<CNE<DLR<GFZ<CAS;BDS卫星轨道钟差精度相对较差,表现最优的WHU分析中心的BDS-2和BDS-3的中地球轨道卫星精密产品的SISRE值分别为8.83、5.91 cm。在单GPS动态PPP模式下,DLR的收敛速度最慢,GFZ收敛速度最快;加入BDS卫星以后,定位精度无显著差异,但能够有效提升收敛速度。展开更多
利用CNES 1 a的实时轨道与钟差产品,以用户测距误差(user range error,URE)为评价指标,通过与事后产品对比的方法分析GPS、Galileo、BDS-2和BDS-3的故障率、故障类型、故障来源及故障排除后的精度与PPP性能。结果显示,GPS与Galileo的故...利用CNES 1 a的实时轨道与钟差产品,以用户测距误差(user range error,URE)为评价指标,通过与事后产品对比的方法分析GPS、Galileo、BDS-2和BDS-3的故障率、故障类型、故障来源及故障排除后的精度与PPP性能。结果显示,GPS与Galileo的故障率低于BDS,BDS-3与BDS-2的故障率存在显著差异;对于故障类型而言,突变故障最少,而钟差为主要故障来源(大于65%);故障排除后,GPS、Galileo、BDS-3的用户测距精度(user range accuracy,URA)均值分别为0.02 m、0.03 m、0.05 m,BDS-2中不同卫星URA差异较大。全球测站仿动态PPP测试显示,剔除卫星故障时段可有效保障定位精度。展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11973021)Harbin Institute of Technology,Research Centre of Satellite Technology and Department of Microelectronics Science and Technologysupported by the ASRTU satellite project。
文摘High precision and stable clock is extremely important in communication and navigation.The miniaturization of the clocks is considered to be the trend to satisfy the demand for5G and the next generation communications.Based on the concept of meter bar and the principle of the constancy of light velocity,we designed a micro clock,Space Time Clock(STC),with the size smaller than 1 mm×1 mm and the power dissipation less than 2 m W.Designed in integrated circuit of 0.18μm technology,the instability of STC is assessed to be 2.23×10^(-12)and the trend of the instability is reversely proportional toτ.With the potential ability to reach the level of 10instability on chip in the future,the period of the STC’s signal is locked on the delay time defined by the meter bar which keeps the time reference constant.Because of its superior performance,the STC is more suitable for mobile communication,PNT(Positioning,Navigation and Timing),embedded processor and deep space application,and becomes the main payload of the ASRTU satellite scheduled to launch next year and investigate in space environment.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11103010)funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11103085)+3 种基金the Fundamental Research Program of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BK20131461Grant No. BK2011553)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20110091120003)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 1107020116)
文摘As an extension of the＂teleparallel＂equivalent of general relativity,f（T）gravity is proposed to explain some puzzling cosmological behaviors,such as accelerating expansion of the Universe.Given the fact that modified gravity also has impacts on the Solar System,we might test it during future interplanetary missions with ultrastable clocks.In this work,we investigate the effects of f（T）gravity on the dynamics of the clock and its time transfer link.Under these influences,theΛ-term and theα-term of f（T）gravity play important roles.Here,Λis the cosmological constant andαrepresents a model parameter in f（T）gravity that determines the divergence from teleparallel gravity at the first order approximation.We find that the signal of f（T）gravity in the time transfer is much more difficult to detect with the current state of development for clocks than those effects on dynamics of an interplanetary spacecraft with a bounded orbit with parameters 0.5 au≤a≤5.5 au and 0≤e≤0.1.
文摘20th century physics experimentally established beyond doubt the fact that moving clocks read differently from “static” clocks. This fact is typically interpreted as support for special relativity. On the other hand, the same century produced proof that clocks at various locations in the gravitational field also read differently, and this fact is explained by general relativity, which is, in general, not Lorentz transformable. This paper establishes a common framework for the physics of clocks in these different situations.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10405023)Knowledge Innovation Program of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJCX2-YW-N27)
文摘In this paper, the design of a coarse-fine interpolation Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) is implemented in an ALTERA’s Cyclone FPGA. The carry-select chain performs as the tapped delay line. The Logic Array Block (LAB) having a propagation delay of 165 ps in the chain is synthesized as delay cell. Coarse counters triggered by the global clock count the more significant bits of the time data. This clock is also fed through the delay line, and LABs create the copies. The replicas are latched by the tested event signal, and the less significant bits are encoded from the latched binary bits. Single-shot resolution of the TDC can be 60 ps. The worst Differential Nonlinearity (DNL) is about 0.2 Least Significant Bit (LSB, 165 ps in this TDC module), and the Integral Nonlinearity (INL) is 0.6 LSB. In comparison with other architectures using the synchronous global clock to sample the taps, this architecture consumed less electric power and logic cells, and is more stable.
文摘Real-time satellite orbit and clock corrections obtained from the broadcast ephemerides can be improved using IGS real-time service (RTS) products. Recent research showed that applying such corrections for broadcast ephemerides can significantly improve the RMS of the estimated coordinates. However, unintentional streaming interruption may happen for many reasons such as software or hardware failure. Streaming interruption, if happened, will cause sudden degradation of the obtained solution if only the broadcast ephemerides are used. A better solution can be obtained in real-time if the predicted part of the ultra-rapid products is used. In this paper, Harmonic analysis technique is used to predict the IGS RTS corrections using historical broadcasted data. It is shown that using the predicted clock corrections improves the RMS of the estimated coordinates by about 72%, 58%, and 72% in latitude, longitude, and height directions, respectively and reduces the 2D and 3D errors by about 80% compared with the predicted part of the IGS ultra-rapid clock corrections.
文摘Haug has recently introduced a new theory of unified quantum gravity coined “<em>Collision Space-Time</em>”. From this new and deeper understanding of mass, we can also understand how a grandfather pendulum clock can be used to measure the world’s shortest time interval, namely the Planck time, indirectly, without any knowledge of G. Therefore, such a clock can also be used to measure the diameter of an indivisible particle indirectly. Further, such a clock can easily measure the Schwarzschild radius of the gravity object and what we will call “Schwarzschild time”. These facts basically prove that the Newton gravitational constant is not needed to find the Planck length or the Planck time;it is also not needed to find the Schwarzschild radius. Unfortunately, there is significant inertia towards new ideas that could significantly alter our perspective on the fundamentals in the current physics establishment. However, this situation is not new in the history of science. Still, the idea that the Planck time can be measured totally independently of any knowledge of Newton’s gravitational constant could be very important for moving forward in physics. Interestingly, an old instrument that today is often thought of as primitive instrument can measure the world’s shortest possible time interval. No atomic clock or optical clock is even close to be able to do this.
文摘近年来,随着多系统全球导航卫星系统(global navigation satellite system,GNSS)的迅速发展以及实时高精度应用需求的日益增长,国际GNSS服务分析中心(International GNSS Service,IGS)提供的状态空间表述(state space representation,SSR)产品越来越丰富。评估不同分析中心的GNSS实时产品及其定位性能对用户具有重要参考价值。对中国科学院(Chinese Academy of Sciences,CAS)、法国太空研究中心(Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales,CNE)、德国宇航中心(Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt,DLR)、西班牙航天与防务公司(GMV Aerospace and Defense,GMV)、德国地学研究中心(Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum,GFZ)、武汉大学(Wuhan University,WHU)6个分析中心的GPS/北斗卫星导航系统(BeiDou satellite navigation system,BDS)SSR产品的可用性、精度和实时精密单点定位性能进行了评估。实验结果表明:CAS播发的GPS卫星可用性最高,提供了所有32颗GPS卫星的SSR改正数;CAS、GFZ、WHU 3家分析中心的BDS卫星可用性相对较高,提供了15(BDS-2)+27(BDS-3)卫星的SSR改正数。在6个分析中心中,WHU的GPS卫星的三维轨道精度和钟差精度均为最佳;不同分析中心GPS卫星的信号空间测距误差(signal-in-space ranging errors,SISRE)普遍优于5 cm,不同分析中心GPS卫星的SISRE值的大小顺序为:WHU<GMV<CNE<DLR<GFZ<CAS;BDS卫星轨道钟差精度相对较差,表现最优的WHU分析中心的BDS-2和BDS-3的中地球轨道卫星精密产品的SISRE值分别为8.83、5.91 cm。在单GPS动态PPP模式下,DLR的收敛速度最慢,GFZ收敛速度最快;加入BDS卫星以后,定位精度无显著差异,但能够有效提升收敛速度。
文摘利用CNES 1 a的实时轨道与钟差产品,以用户测距误差(user range error,URE)为评价指标,通过与事后产品对比的方法分析GPS、Galileo、BDS-2和BDS-3的故障率、故障类型、故障来源及故障排除后的精度与PPP性能。结果显示,GPS与Galileo的故障率低于BDS,BDS-3与BDS-2的故障率存在显著差异;对于故障类型而言,突变故障最少,而钟差为主要故障来源(大于65%);故障排除后,GPS、Galileo、BDS-3的用户测距精度(user range accuracy,URA)均值分别为0.02 m、0.03 m、0.05 m,BDS-2中不同卫星URA差异较大。全球测站仿动态PPP测试显示,剔除卫星故障时段可有效保障定位精度。
