Effect of Phase Ripple on Class 4 Partial Response Data Signals

An expression is derived for the mean square error of a SSBAM or a baseband multilevel class 4 partial response data signal when distorted by a channel which has a sinusoidal phase ripple. Such characteristics are approximated when the channel has been equalized by so called "bump" group delay equalizers. Included are the expressions for the optimum carrier phase and sampling time. For a low frequency group delay ripple, it is shown that the error can vary by a factor of seven for differing frequency and phasing of the ripple with the same peak group delay variation.