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PSS+(sampled)PAC and PSS+(sampled)PXF

sacrb
sacrb over 12 years ago

Hello,

I am trying to find the effect of supply noise on the jitter of a delay line (a set of buffers in series). When I went through various documents and I found the following options

1. PSS + PAC with the sampled option.

2. PSS + PXF with sampled option

In the both the cases sampled option is selected since only the jitter at zero crossing is important. http://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1224609785

Let me start with explaining one setup. When I simulate PSS + sampled PAC, I set PAC magnitude = 1 in my power supply voltage source. Set the the maximumsideband = 0, and sweep the input source from 10khz to 10Ghz. The input clock to the delay line is 1GHz.

I am a little confused with the output spectrum that I see with the above simulation. Since it is sampled PAC, I was expecting the spectrum to repeat every 1GHz (fundamental tone), like in a PSS + sampled PNOISE analalysis. However, in the PSS + sampled PAC I see that the spectrum does not repeat. Can someone explain, what is wrong with my understanding?

Also, if wanted period jitter (instead of absolute jitter) in a sampled pnoise  simulation, I would multiply the output spectrum with (1-z-1) and divide by slope of the output waveform at the transition point and integrate from 0 - FCLK/2. How do I find the period jitter in a sampled PAC analysis?

All my questions basically come from the confusion that the output spectrum is not repetitive, like in a sampled system.

Thanks for help.

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  • Frank Wiedmann
    Frank Wiedmann over 12 years ago
    I have answered your questions at http://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1376500816.
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