{"id":1463,"date":"2019-11-12T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.205.177.117.xip.io\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:21:20","slug":"measuring-allan-deviation-with-phasemeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/application-notes\/measuring-allan-deviation-with-phasemeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Allan deviation with the Moku Phasemeter","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>Updated October 1st, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Moku <a href=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/products\/integrated-instruments\/phasemeter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phasemeter<\/a> measures phase with up to 6 \u00b5radian precision for input signals oscillating between 1 kHz and 2 GHz. Using a digitally implemented phase-locked loop architecture, it provides exceptional dynamic range and precision far exceeding the capabilities of conventional lock-in amplifiers and frequency counters. The Phasemeter calculates and plots Allan deviation, which is a unitless measure of stability, typically used to quantify the stability of clocks and other oscillators. In this guide, we will cover the math and provide an example Allan deviation calculation with the overlapped variable \\(\\tau\\) estimator.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Allan deviation and phase measurements, <a class=\"hs-inline-web-interactive-185741598871 \" href=\"https:\/\/cta-service-cms2.hubspot.com\/web-interactives\/public\/v1\/track\/click?encryptedPayload=AVxigLKx6pJk9CzX0iY1mpQHDXPIpCRcDg1ap0qtz79Fftkbm5urGWc2OTYsbv%2FO%2FzfELmA74AT2YNR0YI4q1sVfw%2B6UQb2cv9132zVq248oqadVV6MV7GxJQbkhXkRM08hqcISJOUUJSs3g4x5H3IJp58DL90X8GhodAAIU6J%2BOOJ1yUprTKoOE6NWnDYmqQgBBVWOT1upr7oeetFoZMuZt8Z9K8l5c8n0bNwM%2B6n4%2BDsRwN%2BF9XRN4gb3yj2Tg%2BAW8qgh7Hdz3e5ZrXEcFXs%2FNxA%3D%3D&amp;portalId=3954510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hubspot-cta-id=\"185741598871\">watch our webinar on quantifying modern clocks and oscillators.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To download this application note, click <a href=\"https:\/\/download.liquidinstruments.com\/documentation\/app-note\/AppNote-MeasuringAllanDeviation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 50px 0 50px 0 !important;\" \/>\n<h2>Allan Deviation with overlapped variable \u03c4 estimators<\/h2>\n<p>Allan deviation is measure of stability, typically used to quantify the stability of clocks and other oscillators. The Allan deviation \\(\\sigma_y\\) of the frequency \\(y\\) is calculated as a function of observation time \\(\\tau\\) by the following equation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\\(\\sigma^2_y(\\tau) = \\frac{1}{2}\\langle \\left( \\bar{y}_{n+1} &#8211; \\bar{y}_n \\right) \\rangle\\)<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, the phase measurement, \\(x\\), can be used to measure the Allan deviation. The phase and frequency relate as phase is the integral of the frequency \\(x = \\int{y \\ dt}\\), and the expression becomes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\\(\\sigma^2_y(\\tau) = \\frac{1}{2\\tau^2}\\langle \\left( x_{n+2} &#8211; 2x_{n+1} + x_n\\right) \\rangle \\)<\/p>\n<p>where \\(x\\) is the phase measured over time. In practice, it\u2019s not possible to calculate the expected value over infinite time. When using hardware with a finite sampling rate and time, we must discretize this equation. The Moku Phasemeter uses the overlapped variable \\(\\tau\\) method to calculate the Allan deviation, which is defined as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\\(\\sigma^2_y(n\\tau_0, N) = \\frac{1}{2n^2 t_0^2 (N-2n)} \\sum^{N-2n-1}_{i=0}{ \\left( x_{i+2n}-2x_{i+n}+x_i \\right)^2} \\)<\/p>\n<p>where \\(\\tau_0\\) is the sampling period of the Phasemeter and \\(N\\) is the number of data points acquired for the input time series. \\(n\\) is an integer multiplier of the sampling period that best estimates the desired \\(\\tau \\simeq n \\tau_0\\). \\(x_i\\) represents the <em>i<\/em>th element in the time series.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 50px 0 50px 0 !important;\" \/>\n<h2>Allan Deviation with the Moku Phasemeter<\/h2>\n<p>In this example, we measured the Allan deviation of a 1 MHz signal with <a href=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/products\/hardware-platforms\/mokupro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moku:Pro<\/a> Phasemeter. The frequency of the signal was measured at 150 Hz for 10 minutes. To display the Allan deviation, select the \u201cFrequency\u201d tab on the top of the Moku display and \u201cAllan deviation\u201d in the plot area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that Moku Phasemeter only calculates the Allan deviation of the frequency using phase information as shown above. Selecting the \u201cPhase\u201d or \u201cAmplitude\u201d tabs will not change the Allan deviation plot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26024 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-1536x1106.png 1536w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-2048x1474.png 2048w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AllanDEviation_plotv2-600x432.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW260921565 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260921565 BCX0\">Figure 1: Phasemeter on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW260921565 BCX0\">Moku:Pro<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260921565 BCX0\"> displaying Allan deviation of 1 MHz signal.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW260921565 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 50px 0 50px 0 !important;\" \/>\n<h2>Python implementation<\/h2>\n<p>We will verify the accuracy of the phasemeter by performing the same calculation in Python. The function <em>cal_oadev<\/em> takes the time series of the phase information, sampling rate and an array of observation time \\(\\tau\\) as the input. It calculates the overlapped Allan Deviation using the above equation and returns \\(n\\tau_0\\) and \\(\\sigma_y (n \\tau_0)\\) as arrays.<\/p>\n<p>Using this function requires the NumPy and math libraries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fafafa; padding: 30px; font-family: monospace, courier !important; font-size: 14px !important;\">\n<pre><span style=\"color: #70ad47;\">#Import libraries<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #407dea;\">import<\/span> numpy <span style=\"color: #407dea;\">as<\/span> np\r\n<span style=\"color: #407dea;\">import<\/span> math\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #407dea;\">def<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">cal_oadev<\/span>(data,rate,tauArray):\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tau0 = 1 \/ rate&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Calculate the sampling period<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dataLength = data.size <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Calculate N<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dev = np.array([]) <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Create empty array to store the output.<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; actualTau = np.array([])\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #407dea;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for<\/span> i <span style=\"color: #407dea;\">in<\/span> tauArray:\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; n = math.floor(i \/ tau0) <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Calculate n given a tau value.<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if n == 0:\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; n = 1 <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Use minimal n if tau is less than the sampling period.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     currentSum = 0 <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Initialize the sum<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #407dea;\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;     for<\/span> j <span style=\"color: #407dea;\">in<\/span> range(0, dataLength - 2*n):\r\n        <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Accumulate the sum squared<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     currentSum += (data[j+2*n] - 2*data[j+n] + data[j])**2\r\n\r\n        <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\"># Divide by the normalization coefficient<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; devAtThisTau = currentSum \/ (2*n**2 * tau0**2 * (dataLength - 2*n))\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dev = np.append(dev, np.sqrt(devAtThisTau))\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; actualTau = np.append(actualTau, n*tau0)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #407dea;\">return<\/span> actualTau, dev <span style=\"color: #70ad47;\">#Return the actual tau and overlapped Allan deviation<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 50px 0 50px 0 !important;\" \/>\n<h2>Example calculation<\/h2>\n<p>In this example, we imported the time series we acquired previously on the Moku and calculated the Allan Deviation with Python scripts. You can find all the raw data and scripts <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/download.liquidinstruments\/software\/python\/supporting-files\/ForAppNote-AllanDeviation-DataAndScripts.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The time series can be found in the \u201cdata.csv\u201d file. This data is obtained by using the embedded <a href=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/products\/integrated-instruments\/data-logger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Logger<\/a> on the Phasemeter. The first column is the measured time in seconds, and the fourth column is the measured phase in cycles. The script \u201cCalculateAllanDeviation.py\u201d reads the excel file and calls the <em>cal_oadev<\/em> function in the \u201cAllanFunc.py\u201d. The Allan Deviation is plotted as a function of \\(\\tau\\) in log scales. The Allan Deviation plots matched well between the Moku:Pro and Python scripts.<\/p>\n<p>Running this analysis requires the matplotlib and pandas libraries.<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-67f5bbe6-15dd-4179-945c-fe555fdaab65\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-67f5bbe6-15dd-4179-945c-fe555fdaab65\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-67f5bbe6-15dd-4179-945c-fe555fdaab65\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]&gt;--><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26025 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PythonAllandev.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PythonAllandev.png 743w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PythonAllandev-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PythonAllandev-600x464.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW35705342 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35705342 BCX0\">Figure 2: Allan deviation calculated using python on logged phase information.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW35705342 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 50px 0 50px 0 !important;\" \/>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>[1] Land, D. V., A. P. Levick, and J. W. Hand. &#8220;The use of the Allan deviation for the measurement of the noise and drift performance of microwave radiometers.&#8221; <em>Measurement Science and Technology<\/em> 18, no. 7 (2007): 1917.<\/p>\n<p>[2] Allan, David W. &#8220;Statistics of atomic frequency standards.&#8221; <em>Proceedings of the IEEE<\/em> 54.2 (1966): 221-230.<\/p>\n<p>[3] Howe, D.A., Allan, D.W., and Barnes, J.A. \u201cProperties of signal sources and measurement methods.\u201d Proceedings of the 35th Annual Symposium on Frequency Control (1981): TN-14 \u2013 TN-60.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 50px 0 50px 0 !important;\" \/>\n<h2>Have questions or comments?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liquidinstruments.com\/company\/contact\/\" class=\"button outline blue\" ><span>Contact us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Updated October 1st, 2025 The Moku Phasemeter measures phase with up to 6 \u00b5radian precision for input signals oscillating between 1 kHz and 2 GHz. 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