Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2006-09-17
IEEE Transact. Ultrason, Ferroelec. Freq. Control vol. 54 no. 5 pp. 926-932, May 2007
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
16 pages, list of symbols, 8 figures, 27 references
Scientific paper
We analyze the phase-noise measurement methods in which correlation and averaging is used to reject the background noise of the instrument. All the known methods make use of a mixer, used either as a saturated phase detector or as a linear synchronous detector. Unfortunately, AM noise is taken in through the power-to-dc-offset conversion mechanism that results from the mixer asymmetry. The measurement of some mixers indicates that the unwanted amplitude-to-voltage gain is of the order of 5-50 mV, which is 12-35 dB lower than the phase-to-voltage gain of the mixer. In addition, the trick of setting the mixer at a sweet point -- off the quadrature condition -- where the sensitivity to AM nulls, works only with microwave mixers. The HF-VHF mixers have not this sweet point. Moreover, we prove that if the AM noise comes from the oscillator under test, it can not be rejected by correlation. At least not with the schemes currently used. An example shows that at some critical frequencies the unwanted effect of AM noise is of the same order -- if not greater -- than the phase noise. Thus, experimental mistakes are around the corner.
Boudot Rodolphe
Rubiola Enrico
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