PhaseStation 53100A User’s Manual V1.04 25-Apr-2022 iv
Phase difference (Unwrapped) (p) ..................................................................................................................................55
Frequency difference (f) .................................................................................................................................................56
How does TimeLab measure frequency? ........................................................................................................................57
Phase/frequency measurements with the 53100A ..........................................................................................................57
Examining traces in detail ..............................................................................................................................................58
Navigating zoomed graphs .............................................................................................................................................59
Hints for phase/frequency stability measurements .........................................................................................................61
Phase noise, AM noise, and jitter ....................................................................................................... 63
Integrated noise and jitter measurement .......................................................................................................................65
The spur table................................................................................................................................................................66
Show or hide known spurs .............................................................................................................................................66
Spur measurement options ............................................................................................................................................67
Is it a spur, or isn’t it? .....................................................................................................................................................68
Understanding instrument spurs ....................................................................................................................................69
Manual spur removal .....................................................................................................................................................70
Using noise markers .......................................................................................................................................................71
Hints for noise measurements........................................................................................................................................72
TimeLab Command Reference ............................................................................................................... 73
File menu........................................................................................................................................... 75
Load .TIM file (l) .............................................................................................................................................................75
Save image or .TIM file (s) ..............................................................................................................................................75
Copy image to clipboard (Ctrl-c) .....................................................................................................................................76
Import .RES or .PNP phase noise data (N) .......................................................................................................................76
Import ASCII phase or frequency data (L) ........................................................................................................................76
Export ASCII phase data (x) ............................................................................................................................................77
Export ASCII frequency data (X) ......................................................................................................................................77
Export binary phase data ...............................................................................................................................................78
Export phase data to Stable32 (Ctrl-x) ............................................................................................................................78
Export ASCII xDEV trace .................................................................................................................................................79
Export ASCII AM/PM noise trace ....................................................................................................................................79
Export AM/PM spur table ..............................................................................................................................................79
Exported ASCII files include headers for Microsemi TimeMonitor ....................................................................................80
Print image ....................................................................................................................................................................80
Scale file dialogs by window size ....................................................................................................................................80
Confirmation prompts default to Yes ..............................................................................................................................80
Limit MTIE processing to 10K points ...............................................................................................................................80
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