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Thunderbolt rollover glitch

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Mark Sims
Sun, Jul 30, 2017 12:41 AM

Attached is a plot of  Thunderbolt data before and after the event.  2 seconds after rollover the Thunderbolt reported it was re-initializing the loop filter and 4 seconds after the event it reported is was starting to phase lock the 1PPS.  The DAC jumped 0.023V V which is around 75 mHz of frequency change.  The 1PPS jumped around 2936 ns.

It looks like it is going to take a few fours to recover to its pre-rollover state.

Attached is a plot of Thunderbolt data before and after the event. 2 seconds after rollover the Thunderbolt reported it was re-initializing the loop filter and 4 seconds after the event it reported is was starting to phase lock the 1PPS. The DAC jumped 0.023V V which is around 75 mHz of frequency change. The 1PPS jumped around 2936 ns. It looks like it is going to take a few fours to recover to its pre-rollover state.