- The freq divider and Rana's PFD were hooked up to the ADCs. (Attachment 1)
(I leave the analog PFD not explained in this entry.)
For this purpose, the VCO feedback signal has been disconnected and the beat signal was moved from the VCO loop to the analog PFD.
The output level of the splitter was +12dBm and was too high for the freq divider.
So, I had to stupidly add an attenuator of 10dB before the box.
- Gain of the digital PFD LPF
The LPF of the digital PFD had the gain of -4096 to let the output signal indicate the direct frequency reading.
The gain has been changed to -67.108864
such that the output shows the direct reading of the beat freq in the unit of MHz
-4096*2^14/10^6 = -67.108864
- Attachment 2 shows the acquired beat note through the freq divider.
The blue is the beat note between "green locked" and "IR locked only to MC" (i.e. MC vs XARM)
The red is the beat note with the both beam locked to the arm
The freq divider is a bit flaky in some freq region as the divided output sometimes shows freq jumps or the captured at a freq.
I still don't know why it happens. We have to check why this happens. |