Hello Prasad, In a Clock there is no Data dependent jitter components like ISI. Periodic component is possible, but they are usially negligible. That is why Clock Jitter specifies as RMS. TIE measurements and use RMS would be fine. The problem only that the measurements will depend on the synchronization you will use. You can see more about it in http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1275150 Regards, Iliya ----- Original Message ---- From: prasad <hariprasad.palli@xxxxxxxxx> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 10:34:15 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] jitter measurements on clock hi All, normally when we look at the data sheets of a clock signal for the jitter number, they usually specify it a RMS jitter. i understand from the basics that , only random jitter is quantified as RMS. i am not sure why there is only random jitter in the clock. is the Deterministic component is negligible? in that case, using our EzJIT plus software, if i want to measure this spec of a the clock, what would be my measurement? is it ok, if i measure the TIE of the clock and take the RMS of the TIE trend? thanks, hari ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu