May be we need to clear up the terminology/definitions. By RMS jitter I think George is referring to RJ rms or the 1-sigma value of the gaussian. This I think is bounded as George has repeatedly stated. The peak-peak RJ of course is unbounded and depends on the number of samples. I think George has referred to this as phase jitter. Comments from Steve and Alfred seemed to suggest that the RJ rms, the 1-sigma of the gaussian itself is unbounded. Steve, Alfred could you please clarify if that is what you meant/observe? Thanks, Vinu Scott McMorrow wrote: >George > >I have a quick question. You said: > >"The VCO RMS jitter is bounded, and so is the PLL RMS jitter. The RJ >distribution takes on a true Gaussian waveform." > >My meager understanding of this is that Rj is by definition unbounded. And the >presence of a true Gaussian distribution (when all other deterministic >components have been subtracted out) is an indication of this unboundedness. >And yes, theoretically it will approach infinity at infinite time. However, >because the random component is so low, it "seems" to be bounded within a >specific BER confidence level. Which is why we have repeatability in >measurements. My contention is that Rj is much smaller than most people >believe or are able to measure, and that it is low probability deterministic >noise components that dominate the jitter spectrum. Unfortunately, these can >also tend to have near-gaussian distributions, mucking up the measurement >apparatus. > >If what I say above is correct, then what you describe above is truly >unbounded jitter, taking on a Gaussian distribution. > >Do you agree? > > >best regards, > >Scott > > > > >Scott McMorrow >Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC >121 North River Drive >Narragansett, RI 02882 >(401) 284-1827 Business >(401) 284-1840 Fax > >http://www.teraspeed.com > >Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of >Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC > > > > >> >> >> >------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >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 or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu