Re: [time-nuts] Building a DMTD/phase noise set in the 21st century

2019-08-25 Thread Bruce Griffiths
I've only used an ultra low esr 33F supercap made in Korea in the source circuit of the input JFET on a preamp. Down to 10Hz at least it didn't appear to add significant noise to the 4nV/rtHz @10Hz preamp. Bruce > On 26 August 2019 at 13:52 Didier Juges wrote: > > > How do SuperCaps compare

Re: [time-nuts] Building a DMTD/phase noise set in the 21st century

2019-08-25 Thread Didier Juges
How do SuperCaps compare with electrolytics noise-wise? Didier KO4BB On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 9:04 AM Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: > > Yes, these electrolytic capacitors can produce ugly effects. > > The winner is clearly the cheap > > < https://www.digikey.de/products/de?keywords=1189-1056-ND >

Re: [time-nuts] Building a DMTD/phase noise set in the 21st century

2019-08-25 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 25.08.19 um 10:52 schrieb Hal Murray: att...@kinali.ch said: As you have always two channels, I would recommend to use two mixers fed with an LO that is 90°C out of phase to get I and Q components. How does that compare with running a single channel twice as fast? At low enough

Re: [time-nuts] Building a DMTD/phase noise set in the 21st century

2019-08-25 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 24.08.19 um 23:49 schrieb Jan-Derk Bakker: there may be some flicker noise present, I've not personally seen the poor DC performance in many S/D audio converters either (apart as artefacts from the front-end electrolytic coupling capacitors). Yes, these electrolytic capacitors can produce

Re: [time-nuts] Building a DMTD/phase noise set in the 21st century (was: Keysight N5511A - phase noise measurements down to theoretical-177 dBm/Hz)

2019-08-25 Thread Hal Murray
att...@kinali.ch said: > As you have always two channels, I would recommend to use two mixers fed with > an LO that is 90°C out of phase to get I and Q components. How does that compare with running a single channel twice as fast? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

Re: [time-nuts] Building a DMTD/phase noise set in the 21st century

2019-08-25 Thread Andy Gardner via time-nuts
Attila, How would you rate the HP E1437A VXI ADC for this application? ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.