Abstract: Random jitter is playing an increasingly important role in today's high-speed digital communications systems. For example, SONET specifies that an optical transceiver has no more than 10mUIRMS of random jitter (1 UI = 1 Unit Interval = 1 bit period). This would mean for a 10Gbps system, the random jitter must be less than or equal to 1psRMS. This application note describes an improved technique for measuring sub-picosecond random jitter. The application note you have requested is available in Acrobat PDF format: APPLICATION NOTE 1181: HFAN-04.5.1: Measuring Random Jitter on a Digital Sampling Oscilloscope (PDF, 87kB) A free Acrobat PDF reader is available from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html Related Parts   APP 1181: Sep 02, 2002 MAX3971 +3.3V, 10.3Gbps Limiting Amplifier Full Data Sheet (PDF, 848kB) Automatic Updates Would you like to be automatically notified when new application notes are published in your areas of interest? Sign up for EE-Mail™. We Want Your Feedback!   Download, PDF Format (87kB)  AN1181, AN 1181, APP1181, Appnote1181, Appnote 1181