Application of Global Position System in Measuring Signal Frequency and the Stability of Signal Frequency

Crystals with high stability are generally adopted as benchmark in the measurement of signal's actual frequency and stability, but the requirement of high precision can not be met. Some researchers found out improved methods, but it resulted in high costs. We introduce a new method, in which we use the second pulse creating from Global Position System as benchmark and design corresponding circuits in High Density Programmable Logic Devices(HDPLD), after that, we observe the resulting signals on oscilloscope. The pulse from Global Position System is easy to get and the whole system is very cheap. As the Global Position System is based on atomic clock which is accurate and stable, the measuring precision is improved greatly.