Computing timing jitter from phase noise spectra for oscillators and phase-locked loops with white and 1/f noise

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1869-1884

  Demir, Alper ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Oscillators; Phase noise; Phase noise spectrum; Phase locked loops (PLLs); Timing jitter; White noise

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TIMING JITTER; WHITE NOISE;

PHASE NOISE SPECTRA; POWER-SPECTRAL DENSITY; SINGLE-SIDEBAND PHASE NOISE;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 33749373005     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.881184     Document Type: Article

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