Abstract: The jitter working group of the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), after countless cups of high-octane coffee, produced "Methodologies of Jitter Specification." Within this report is probably the most approachable and self-consistent strategy for jitter measurement and specification of any standards effort. A central observation addressed here is the consistent use, within Fibre Channel standards, of a simple, single-pole weighting for all jitter measurements in a serial link (channel) based on receiver jitter tolerance. The application note you have requested is available in Acrobat PDF format: APPLICATION NOTE 377: HFAN-04.3.0: Jitter Specifications Made Easy: A Heuristic Discussion of Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet Methods (PDF, 107kB) A free Acrobat PDF reader is available from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html We Want Your Feedback! 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™.   Download, PDF Format (107kB)  AN377, AN 377, APP377, Appnote377, Appnote 377