Jitter and wander performance in synchronization distribution chains

Clock phase noise models based on theoretical analysis and experimental evidence are presented and used to calculate the amount of jitter and wander that, due to both oscillator internal noise and medium temperature variations, accumulate at the end of typical synchronization distribution chains. Chain timing performance are evaluated in terms of two well known stability quantities, i.e., time deviation and maximum time interval error, by using an approach based on the generation of time error data starting from the frequency domain characterization of clock phase noise