D-61501, TTA Description V 1.1, 2009 July 15

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Copyright 2013 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.

1000

USO

side

-A

-B

USO xtal

4.832000

4.832099

MHz

-B = -A + 99 Hz

x2x4

8

8

2^3

USO out GPA

38.656000

38.656792

MHz

x2x2x3

12

12

2^2*3

USO out Ka

57.984000

57.985188

MHz

Ka-Band

Ka mult.

564

564

2^2*141

Ka Out

32702.976000

32703.646032

MHz

IF = diff

0.670032

-0.670032

MHz

219.56842

258.9402721

carrier wavelength

9.167131

9.166943

mm.

1.458994178155820

1.458964286296480

IF wavelength

447.430060

-447.430060

m.

samples / integration

386560

386560

time per integration

20.000000000

19.999590240

msec

dead time

1.000000000

0.999979512

msec

non-dead time

19.000000000

18.999610728

msec

integrations / sec

50.000000

50.001024

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20 msec. lap time

976.161616

sec

bits to represent

day-hr-min-sec

0

0

16

16.16161617

976.1616162

10

1 sec lap time

48808.080808

day-hr-min-sec

0

13

33

28.08080838

48808.08081

16

both on int second

241600000

day-hr-min-sec

2796

7

6

40.0014627

241600000

28

years

7.655842016

X-Band

synthesizer ratios

add

109

109

mul

83385

83476

div

262144

262144

2^18

RSB Tx

8451.600061

8451.800059

##############

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carrier wavelength

0.035472

0.035471

m.

0.005645493309025

0.005645359717480

S-Band

synthesizer ratios

add

52.5

57

27564453

29932738

mul

39333

48322

div

524288

524288

2^19

Transmit

2032.340041

2207.000021

MHz

##############

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Receive

2207.000021

2032.340041

MHz

carrier wavelength

0.135837

0.147511

m.

0.021619144152560

0.023477100603691

Sample

19.328000

19.328396

MHz

because we throw away half the 38 MHz samples

sample time

0.051738

0.051737

microseconds

subharmonic

114

105

virtual LO

2203.392000

2029.481580

MHz

Carrier Offset

3.608021

2.858461

MHz

3.6080207071227100

2.8584605273440500

PN Code div

20

19

bits/chip

bits means samples

PN Code Rate

966400

1017284

chips/sec.

PN chip length

0.000001035

0.000000983

seconds

PN chip length

0.310216

0.294699

km

chip rate reg. up

13421773

14128182

divisor of 0x10000000 used by ASIC

chip rate reg. down

13421772

14128181

See "GRAIL S-Band Transmitter" section of

hex of up

CCCCCD

D79436

hex

GRAIL_TTA_rogstadDoc.doc

hex of down

CCCCCC

D79435

hex

for a different presentation of this.

used up

8

17

used down

2

2

used total

10

19

check

10000000

10000000

hex

268435456

code cycle

1023

1023

53 usec.

cycle rate

944.672532

994.412512

cycles / sec.

0.001058567881

0.001005618883

52.94899757

cycle length

0.001058568

0.001005619

sec.

cycle length

317.351

301.477

km

databit length

20

20

cycles/databit

databit length

20460

20460

chips

databit length

409200

388740

bits

databit length

0.021171358

0.020112378

seconds

databit rate

47.233626588

49.720625611

Hz

databit length

6347.013

6029.539

km

databit beat freq.

2.487

Hz

code cycle

B

diff, if both

sum, if both

cycle rate

944

994

cycles / second

0.001059322

0.001006036

5.32858E-05

0.00206536

code mismatch

688

422

remainder

317576.7564

301602.0704

15974.68593

619178.827

ambiguity, meters

cycle ambiguity

966400

1017284

cycles / 1023 sec.

bits to represent

day-hr-min-sec

0

0

17

3

1023

10

databits

48320

50864.2

databit ambiguity

5115

5115

seconds

day-hr-min-sec

0

1

25

15

5115

13

databits

241600

254321

databits / 5115 sec.

fortnight

1309440

1309440

256 databit ambiguities is a fortnight

day-hr-min-sec

15

3

44

0

1309440

21

databits / message

256

256

databits/fortnight

61849600

65106176

databits

messages/fortnight

241600

254321

messages

(Excel rounding problem)

18

3AFC0

3E171

hex

bits left in a long

14

repeat count

16384

fortnights in GRAIL ambiguity

GRAIL ambiguity

21453864960

seconds

day-hr-min-sec

248308

14

56

0

21453864960

35

679.8133445

Julian years

ambiguities in 2^32

4.995117188

interesting…

message length

5.419868

5.148769

seconds

message beat freq.

0.009715

Hz

lap period

102.935

seconds

12721

laps per fortnight

12721

12721 is prime, there is no shorter message synch on an integer second

Brook's eqn. for 1 micron in Ka

3.25616E-10

seconds

2618880

Two fortnnights

9.167131

0.000109085

1.49247E-06

76.3597702

0.013095901

Ticket 32 overflow values, 2/2/11

end with databit

chips

count overflow

cumulative

chips hex

cumulative hex

amount ahead

-A

0

0

0

1

20460

81840

81840

4FEC

13FB0

1.57739E-11

2

40920

81840

163680

9FD8

27F60

3.15478E-11

3

61380

81840

245520

EFC4

3BF10

4.73217E-11

4

81840

81840

327360

13FB0

4FEC0

6.30956E-11

5

102300

-327360

0

18F9C

0

0

-B

0

0

0

1

20460

40920

40920

4FEC

9FD8

7.88678E-12

2

40920

40920

81840

9FD8

13FB0

1.57736E-11

3

61380

40920

122760

EFC4

1DF88

2.36604E-11

4

81840

40920

163680

13FB0

27F60

3.15471E-11

5

102300

40920

204600

18F9C

31F38

3.94339E-11

6

122760

40920

245520

1DF88

3BF10

4.73207E-11

7

143220

40920

286440

22F74

45EE8

5.52075E-11

8

163680

40920

327360

27F60

4FEC0

6.30943E-11

9

184140

40920

368280

2CF4C

59E98

7.09811E-11

10

204600

-347820

20460

31F38

4FEC

3.94339E-12

11

225060

40920

61380

36F24

EFC4

1.18302E-11

12

245520

40920

102300

3BF10

18F9C

1.9717E-11

13

265980

40920

143220

40EFC

22F74

2.76037E-11

14

286440

40920

184140

45EE8

2CF4C

3.54905E-11

15

306900

40920

225060

4AED4

36F24

4.33773E-11

16

327360

40920

265980

4FEC0

40EFC

5.12641E-11

17

347820

40920

306900

54EAC

4AED4

5.91509E-11

18

368280

40920

347820

59E98

54EAC

6.70377E-11

19

388740

-347820

0

5EE84

0

0