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phaseNoiseToJitter

Measure RMS phase jitter from phase noise data

Since R2020b

Description

[Jrms_rad,Jrms_deg] = phaseNoiseToJitter(PNFreq,PNPow) returns the effective RMS phase jitter in radians and degrees from the phase noise frequency and power levels.

[Jrms_rad,Jrms_deg, Jrms_s] = phaseNoiseToJitter(___,'Frequency',frequency) also returns the effective RMS phase jitter in seconds when you specify the signal frequency in addition to the input arguments in the previous syntax.

Examples

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Use a signal of 100 MHz frequency. The phase noise profile is:

  • -125 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz

  • -150 dBc/Hz at 1 kHZ

  • -174 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz

  • -174 dBc/Hz at 200 MHz

Calculate the effective RMS phase jitter in radian, degree, and second using the phaseNoiseToJitter function.

PNFreq = [100,1e3,1e4,200e6];
PNPow = [-125,-150,-174,-174];
[Jrms_rad Jrms_deg  Jrms_sec] = phaseNoiseToJitter(PNFreq,PNPow,'Frequency',100e6)
Jrms_rad = 4.0430e-05
Jrms_deg = 0.0023
Jrms_sec = 6.4346e-14

Input Arguments

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Frequency points relative to the fundamental frequency to which phase noise is calculated, specified as a real-valued vector in hertz.

Data Types: double

Phase noise power in 1-Hz bandwidth centered at the specified frequency offsets relative to the fundamental frequency, specified as a real-valued vector in dBc/Hz. The elements of PNPow correspond to the elements of PNFreq.

Data Types: double

Signal frequency, specified as a scalar in hertz. Signal frequency is used to calculate the RMS phase jitter in seconds.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Effective RMS phase jitter, returned as a scalar in radians.

Effective RMS phase jitter, returned as a scalar in degrees.

Effective RMS phase jitter, returned as a scalar in seconds. To calculate Jrms_s, define the signal frequency using Name-Value pair arguments.

Version History

Introduced in R2020b