International Journal of Navigation and Observation
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 416958, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/416958
Research Article

Diophantine Frequency Synthesizer Design for Timekeeping Systems

Paul P. Sotiriadis1 and Gregory L. Weaver2

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
2Space Department, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA

Received 2 August 2007; Accepted 21 November 2007

Academic Editor: Demetrios Matsakis

Copyright © 2008 Paul P. Sotiriadis and Gregory L. Weaver. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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