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Flicker and Noise Floor
https://www.ti.com/lit/an/sbaa661/sbaa661.pdf?ts=1745596081730&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F
This document talks about the impact of slew rate of reference source on PLL. Few ...
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Flicker Noise and Phase Noise [duplicate]
In the formula above , it is given that jitter due to flicker noise = n x timining variation / t
since n/t = 1/f , shudnt the formula be timing variation / f then instead of timing variation * t
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Phase noise units: dBc/Hz --> dB(rad/√Hz)
Trying to better understand phase noise units and characterize a device to compare with specs.
I'm used to measuring in dBc/Hz, but the specs given are in dB(rad/√Hz)/m, which I guess is fairly ...
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Oscillator phase noise effects
The usual complications of phase noise in a practical system that I see mentioned are:
If the RF input of a mixer contains an interferer close to the desired signal, then the interferer mixes with ...
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How is the \$M^2\$ term derived in the PLL output phase noise spectrum?
Originally, I was interested in the derivation of Equation 12.5 in the RF synthesis chapter of Razavi's textbook Design of phase-locked loops.
I tried to look up the origin of it and found out a very ...
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Phase noise of op-amp
Suppose I have a carrier signal with low-ish RF frequency (a few MHz) that I can reasonably amplify with an op-amp. How can I estimate the added phase noise due to the amplifier?
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How to calculate the phase noise contribution of an active loop filter in PLL
I want to calculate the contribution of each phase-locked loop (PLL) module to the total phase noise that has been done in ADIsimPLL.
I'm having trouble calculating the contribution of the loop filter ...
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Conversion of phase noise unit from V^2/Hz to rad^2/Hz
I have been trying to measure the phase noise of an oscillator with a homodyne interferometric measurement with an I Q mixer in the microwave domain. The output I and Q are digitized. So, after ...
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Two details about phase noise have been confusing me for a long time. Hope to be resolved
Just like FLOYD M. GARDNER said in the PhaseLock Techniques, 3rd Edition: "In light of that success in spectrum analyzers, a practitioner’s answer to the question above is: The spectrum of phase noise ...
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How to interpolate phase noise curves?
I am trying to calculate the phase jitter of a transmitter. A phase noise profile is given, say:
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Can phase noise be averaged out?
I have an ADC sampling a downconverted RF signal at fs. I obtain N=2^15 samples of the RF input signal "fcarrier + fs/10".
The more I average, the more the entire noise floor shifts down (as expected,...
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why the control voltage of VCO in CP PLL oscillates?
I built a verilogA model for every block used in PLL, I replaced a verilogA model for VCO with a designed one but, I got oscillations imposed on the control voltage as shown below.
Fdiv is the ...
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Phase noise reduction in LC oscillator with a high-loss capacitor
I`ve got a capacitive vibration probe whose base capacitance may vary from 4 to 10 pF due to manufacturing/installation tolerances, whereas vibrations it detects can only alter its capacitance in sub-...
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Does the profile of phase-noise power spectrum density (PSD) vary with time?
I will promptly provide any detail or revise my question aimed at any feedback.
Does the profile of phase-noise power spectrum density (PSD) vary with time?
The conclusion may be that it won’t ...
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The mean value of phase noise as a stochastic process
What is the mean value of phase noise as a stochastic process?
Where can I get a theoretical analysis of this topic?