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CORPORATION
QT92 SERIES
HIGH-RELIABILITY MINIATURE CLOCK OSCILLATORS
1.8 to 5.0Vdc
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15kHz to 160MHz
QT92 (RevisionD,July2008)(ECO#9384)
Phasenoiseismeasuredinthefrequencydomain,andisexpressedasaratioofsignalpowertonoisepowermeasuredina1Hz
bandwidthatanoffsetfrequencyfromthecarrier,e.g.10Hz,100Hz,1kHz,10kHz,100kHz,etc. Phasenoisemeasurementismade
withanAgilentE5052ASignalSourceAnalyzer(SSA)withbuilt-inoutstandinglow-noiseDCpowersupplysource. TheDCsource
isfloatedfromthegroundandisolatedfromexternalnoisetoensureaccuracyandrepeatability.
Inordertodeterminethetotalnoisepoweroveracertainfrequencyrange(bandwidth),thetimedomainmustbeanalyzedinthe
frequencydomain,andthenreconstructedinthetimedomainintoanrmsvaluewiththeunwantedfrequenciesexcluded. Thismaybe
donebyconvertingL(f)backtoSφ(f)overthebandwidthofinterest,integratingandperformingsomecalculations.
ThevalueofRMSjitteroverthebandwidthofinterest,e.g.10kHzto20MHz,10Hzto20MHz,represents1standarddeviationof
phasejittercontributedbythenoiseinthatdefinedbandwidth.
FigurebelowshowsatypicalPhaseNoise/PhasejitterofaQT92HCD,5.0Vdc,40MHzclockatoffsetfrequencies10Hzto5MHz,
andphasejitterintegratedoverthebandwidthof12kHzto1MHz.
PhaseNoiseandPhaseJitterIntegration
PeriodJitter
Asdataratesincrease,effectsofjitterbecomecriticalwith
its budgets tighter. Jitter is the deviation of a timing event
of a signal from its ideal position. Jitter is complex and is
composed of both random and deterministic jitter
components. Randomjitter(RJ)istheoreticallyunbounded
and Gaussian in distribution. Deterministic jitter (DJ) is
bounded and does not follow any predictable distribution.
DJ is also referred to as systematic jitter. Atechnique to
measureperiodjitter(RMS)onestandarddeviation(1σ)and
peak-to-peakjitterintimedomainistouseahighsampling
rate(>8Gsamples/s)digitizingoscilloscope. Figureshows
an example of peak-to-peak jitter and RMS jitter (1σ) of a
QT92ND-100MHz,at2.5Vdc.
RMSjitter(1σ):6.07ps
Peak-to-peakjitter:45.8ps
Symbol
Definition
∫L(f)
Integratedsinglesidebandphasenoise(dBc)
Sφ(f)=(180/Π)x
√2∫L(f)df
Spectraldensityofphasemodulation,alsoknownasRMSphaseerror(indegrees)
RMSjitter=Sφ(f)/(fosc.360°)
Jitter(inseconds)duetophasenoise. NoteSφ(f)indegrees.