That just confirms that they are clueless when it comes to accurately measuring 
additive PN.

To get the real additive PN one would have to measure it for oneself.

If I had a suitable PCB board for it I would do the measurement properly.


Bruce

> 
>     On 04 March 2018 at 23:59 Leo Bodnar <l...@leobodnar.com> wrote:
> 
>     Not sure how calculated this - the PN chart for PL133-37 shows output 
> jitter barely lifting off the input jitter trace. LT do not say what their 
> input jitter is.
> 
>     Additive jitter for 100MHz 12kHz-20MHz is 80fs for PLL133-37 and 90fs for 
> LTC6957 at more than 10 times lower price.
> 
>     I would trust LT more but all this is still armchair engineering. The 
> only way to know is stick it on the board and check.
> 
>     Note that PLL133-37 is AC coupled internally so not suitable for short 
> sharp spikes or low frequencies.
> 
>     Cheers
>     Leo
> 
>     On 4 Mar 2018, at 10:20, Bruce Griffiths wrote:
> 
>         > > 
> >         Somewhat worse than an LTC6957 particularly at low offset 
> > frequencies.
> > 
> >         Either that or the manufacturers PN noise measurement method 
> > doesn't work well at low offsets.
> > 
> >         Bruce
> > 
> >         On 04 March 2018 at 22:34 Leo Bodnar <l...@leobodnar.com> wrote:
> > 
> >         Ulf,
> > 
> >         What level of jitter would you consider acceptable?
> > 
> >         Try PL133-37, I am using it for sinewave shaping on some of designs 
> > - including my 30ps pulser.
> > 
> >         Leo
> > 
> >     > 
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