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W-band dual channel PM/AM noise measurement system

August 23, 2004
Author(s)
Archita Hati, Craig Nelson, J Nava, David A. Howe, Fred L. Walls
We discuss the performance of a W-band (92 to 96 GHz) PM and AM noise measurement system. The system uses two nearly identical channels to measure the AM or P M noise added by an amplifier or any passive component. It is principally designed to measure

Clock Jitter Estimation based on PM Noise Measurements

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
David A. Howe, T Tasset
"Jitter" is the noise modulation due to random time shifts on an otherwise ideal, or perfectly on-time, signal transition. In the absence of ultra-high-speed jitter analyzers, spectrum analysis is an alternate noise measurement for timing jitter

High-Spectral-Purity Microwave Oscillator: Design Using Conventional Air-Dielectric Cavity

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
A Sen Gupta, David A. Howe, Craig Nelson, Archita Hati, F L. Walls, J F. Garcia nava
We report exceptionally low PM and AM noise levels from a microwave oscillator that uses a conventional air-dielectric cavity resonator as a frequency discriminator. Our approach is to increase the discriminator's intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio by use of

Noise Figure vs. PM Noise Measurements: A Study at Microwave Frequencies,

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
Archita Hati, David A. Howe, F L. Walls, D. Walker
This paper addresses two issues: (i) it compares the usefulness of phase-modulation (PM) noise measurements vs. noise figure (NF) measurements in characterizing the merit of an amplifier, and (ii) it reconciles a general misunderstanding in using -174 dBc

Measuring Clock Jitter at 100 GHz from PM Noise Measurements

June 3, 2002
Author(s)
David A. Howe
"Jitter" is the noise modulation due to random time shifts on an otherwise ideal, or perfectly on-time, signal transition. This paper presents ways of calculating timing jitter using phase- modulation (PM) and amplitude-modulation (AM) noise measurements

A 100 GHz AM and PM Noise Measurement System: Preliminary Design and Performance

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
David A. Howe, Craig W. Nelson, F L. Walls, J F. Garcia nava, Archita Hati, A Sen Gupta
A 1OO GHz AM and PM noise measurement system is described. The basic approach to its construction is to apply existing state-of-the-art, cross-correlation noise measurement techniques to 1OO GHz (W-band).