Perry, Typically jitter is expressed in the time domain (so many ps peak to peak for instance) Phase noise is expressed as a power ratio in the frequency domain. Otherwise they usually represent the same phenomenon.
Didier On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 6:29 PM Perry Sandeen via time-nuts < [email protected]> wrote: > Learned Gentlemen, > > The explanation by Tobias was excellent and fully answered my question. > > I think I'll be able to use my Fluke 6080AN for offset generation so the > problem will be the measurement after the mixer. > What is now called phase noise was taught to me as *jitter* over 55 years > ago. > Regards, > Perrier > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
