Temporal Jitter Analyzer And Analyzing Temporal Jitter

Abstract

A temporal jitter analyzer analyzes temporal jitter and includes: a time delay controller; a time delay member; a delay measurement circuit; an edge generator in communication with the time delay member and that receives the delayed primary signal from the time delay member and produces a reference signal from the delayed primary signal; a decision circuit in communication with the edge generator and that: receives the reference signal from the edge generator; receives a detector signal; and produces a raw decision signal from the detector signal such that a value of the raw decision signal depends on the reference signal; and a decision circuit readout in communication with the edge generator and the decision circuit and that: receives the reference signal from the edge generator; receives the raw decision signal from the decision circuit; and produces a decision signal from the raw decision signal based on the reference signal.