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 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™. More Information   APP 1181: Sep 02, 2002 MAX3971 +3.3V, 10.3Gbps Limiting Amplifier Full Data Sheet (PDF, 848kB)   Download, PDF Format (87kB)  AN1181, AN 1181, APP1181, Appnote1181, Appnote 1181