DesignCon 2009 - Jitter Transfer Measurement in Clock Circuits

DesignCon 2009 - Jitter Transfer Measurement in Clock Circuits
DesignCon 2009




Jitter Transfer Measurement in
Clock Circuits

Michael Schnecker, LeCroy Corporatioin
Michael.schnecker@lecroy.com
845-578-6100
Abstract

With increasing transfer rates and lower jitter margins, the performance of clock
generation circuits has become of increasing importance. A key measurement of the
performance of clock circuits is jitter transfer which is the ratio of the jitter present at the
output of a clock generator to the jitter applied at its reference input. This paper will
provide a background discussion of jitter transfer as well as the proper techniques for
measuring this important parameter on clock generation circuits and will include example
measurements on representative hardware.




Author(s) Biography

Michael Schnecker is a Business Development Mana