VC-710 phase and jitter measurement

Application Note
VC-710, LVPECL VCXO
Phase Noise and Jitter Measurements
Jitter Results
Period Jitter: Period jitter compares the length of each cycle to the average period of an ideal clock using
the long term averaging frequency.
Cycle to Cycle Jitter: Cycle to cycle jitter compares the difference in the cycle length of adjacent cycles.
Time Interval Error Jitter: TIE Jitter is the variation in the clock’s transition from its ideal position over
many cycles.
Jitter measurements are done on a LeCroy WaveMaster 8600A digital oscilloscope, 10K samples.
Also included is the calculated jitter for the 12 kHz to 20 MHz offset band, using an Agilent E5052A.
Measured on
Output
MHz
110.0000
139.2640
155.5200
161.1328
167.3316
200.0000
Period
RMS
P/P
ps
ps
3.0
3.1
3.1
2.9
3.1
3.1
23.7
23.2
23.2
23.8
23.3
24.5
Cycle to Cycle
RMS
P/P
ps
ps
5.2
5.4
5.4
5.1
5.5
5.3
39.2
40.0
39.6
41.5
38.1
41.8
TIE
RMS
ps
P/P
ps
Agilent E5052A
RMS 12kHz - 20MHz
(fs)
2.6
2.4
2.4
2.5
2.4
2.2
22.2
19.4
22.0
22.0
20.5
20.5
211.2
204.1
197.1
192.9
192.9
213.2
Table of typical jitter values for the VC-710 series of oscillators
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VC-710 Phase noise and Jitter measurement
Phase Noise Results
Phase noise measurements were performed on an Agilent E5052A signal source analyzer (SSA). The
E5052A is has a phase noise to jitter integration calculation feature and devices were characterized in the
12kHz-20MHz band. Please contact Vectron for other offset integration bands.
VC-710-DFC-GFA 110.000 Phase Noise test
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VC-710 Phase noise and Jitter measurement
VC-710-DFC-GFM-139.264 Phase Noise test
VC-710-DFF-GFA-155.520 Phase Noise test
Vectron International • 267 Lowell Rd, Hudson NH 03051 • Tel: 1-88-VECTRON-1• http://www.vectron.com
VC-710 Phase noise and Jitter measurement
VC-710-DFF-GFA-161.1328 Phase Noise test
VC-710-DFF-GFA-167.3316 Phase Noise test
Vectron International • 267 Lowell Rd, Hudson NH 03051 • Tel: 1-88-VECTRON-1• http://www.vectron.com
VC-710 Phase noise and Jitter measurement
VC-710-DFF-GFA-200.000 Phase Noise test
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