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Old September 2nd 04, 11:50 AM
Paul Burridge
 
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On 1 Sep 2004 14:14:12 -0700, (Mike Monett) wrote:

Frequency multiplication tends to increase jitter as well as
frequency, however. To minimize jitter at the gigahertz level,
equipment builders have to start with super-low-jitter reference
oscillators. But the higher the reference frequency climbs, the
lower the final gigahertz signal's jitter.


Very interesting, Mike. By "jitter" do you mean phase noise?
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