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PRS-10 input and output calibrations

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Magnus Danielson
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 8:24 PM

On 04/23/2012 08:16 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

In message4F947FF0.8070703@rubidium.dyndns.org, Magnus Danielson writes:

On 04/22/2012 10:47 PM, bg@lysator.liu.se wrote:

Interlocking two oscillators like that might be a really bad idea, as
the PLL will have a gain, so risk having a gain loop, especially when
the oscillators have the same default parameters being setup.

You would clearly want to torque the timeconstant of the second PRS10
in that scenario, but idea is not without merit.

It helps a bit. You can build phase margin that way if not the gain
margin is on your side.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 04/23/2012 08:16 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message<4F947FF0.8070703@rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus Danielson writes: >> On 04/22/2012 10:47 PM, bg@lysator.liu.se wrote: > >> Interlocking two oscillators like that might be a really bad idea, as >> the PLL will have a gain, so risk having a gain loop, especially when >> the oscillators have the same default parameters being setup. > > You would clearly want to torque the timeconstant of the second PRS10 > in that scenario, but idea is not without merit. It helps a bit. You can build phase margin that way if not the gain margin is on your side. Cheers, Magnus