Oops, I noted a sign error in the previous diagram. The attached seems
better...

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 4:46 PM Stephan Sandenbergh <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Consider the following very common scenario: A perfect RF signal is
> heterodyne down-converted to baseband using an offset oscillator. Let's
> assume this oscillator has x(t) = xo + yot. This produces a time and
> frequency offset baseband signal. Then, this baseband signal is coherently
> ADC sampled using that same offset oscillator.
>
> What would the effect of this coherent ADC sampling be?
>
> See attached diagram. Here I assumed the ADC timebase is a time-dependent
> function of the oscillator offset. However, it feels like I'm making a
> logic error? I can't remember ever seeing anyone accounting for the ADC
> time-base errors in coherent heterodyne down-converter stages. I have
> limited experience though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan.
>
>
>
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