Hi Ok, let’s back up a bit:
There are two basic regions when measuring a phase locked oscillator. You can be “inside” the loop bandwidth or “outside”. Yes it’s a bit more complex than that, but go with the idea for now. Inside the bandwidth, everything about the PLL can / may matter. It can and often does contribute noise to the result. That noise might be from the detector, a divider, or even the loop amplifier. Outside the loop bandwidth you just see the oscillator phase noise. (There is a third region in-between the two where things get even more messy). Based on that, you will see some noise from the loop amplifier. Exactly how much (is it 0.001 db?) or how far out will always be a “that depends” sort of thing. Without measurement (and possibly modeling) there is no single answer to the question. There are many noise sources in any phase noise setup so this issue is hardly unique to the loop amp. Bob > On Jun 28, 2017, at 6:29 AM, Thomas S. Knutsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > When measuring Phase Noise using PLL, what noise would be contribuded from > the PLL into the amplifier? > Lets say we disconnect the control voltage from the oscillator, shouldn't > the input stage of the PLL contribute some, altough miniscule part to the > total noise seen? > Would this noise be masked by the noise from the phase detector? > > > The reason for asking is that I'm trying to improve my PN measurement > setup. > Currently the PLL consist of a unity gain buffer made of TL072 before the > PLL filter, not unlike what Wentzel did in his amplifier. The PLL filter is > a low noise op-amp (OP27). > > BR. > Thomas. > > -- > With Best regards, Thomas S. Knutsen. > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
