The 16 bit ADCs (at least the LTC lower sample rate ones ) tend to be a few dBc/Hz quieter.
However the difference is < 12 dBc/Hz. Bruce > > On 27 October 2017 at 14:35 Li Ang <379...@qq.com> wrote: > > Hi > I just found Andrew recently post a phase noise measruement page on > www.aholme.co.uk/PhaseNoise/Main.htm . > > He uses 4-channel 14bit ADC to do the sampling work. -170dBc noise floor > seems not bad for me. > > Since the cross correlation could reduce noise a lot, I am wondering what > the differences between 14 bits and 16 bits ADC are. > > Regards > Li Ang / BI7LNQ > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
