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Clock Synchronization

Nguyen, David
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Experimental goals are: (1) synchronize 1 pulse per second outputs derived from two different crystal oscillator sources, (2) generate near atomic clock accuracy for other experimental needs.

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Nguyen, David. 2012-06-01. Clock Synchronization. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20130000245

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