The Relationship Between Variance of Time Measurements and the Autocorrelation Function

The motivation for this White Paper is to understand the viability and justification of the methods prescribed by Wave-Crest™ with regard to obtaining periodic Jitter measurement results from pure time-time measurements.
T E C H N I C A L B R I E F
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIANCE OF TIME
MEASUREMENTS AND THE AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION


Dr. Daniel Chow, Altera Corporation DEFINITIONS
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