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Oscillator phase noise and Q factor

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Difference between Oscillator phase noise and Q factor

Oscillator phase noise vs. Q factor

0,..., t6) one can see that the deviation in amplitude dissipates while the deviation in phase does not.| --> Oscillators inherently produce high levels of phase noise. That noise increases at frequencies close to the oscillation frequency or its harmonics. With the noise being close to the oscillation frequency, it cannot be removed by filtering without also removing the oscillation signal. And since it is predominantly in the phase, it can be removed without any limiter. All well-designed nonlinear oscillators have stable limit cycles, meaning that if perturbed, the oscillator will naturally return to its limit cycle. This is depicted in the figure on the right (removed due to unknown copyright status). Here the stable limit cycle is shown in state space as a closed orbit (the ellipse). When perturbed, the oscillator responds by spiraling back into the limit cycle. However, by observing the time stamps, it is easy to see that while the oscillation returns to its stable limit cycle, it does not return at the same phase. This is because the oscillator is autonomous; it has no stable time reference. The phase is free to drift. As a result, any perturbation of the oscillator causes the phase to drift, which explains why the noise produced by an oscillator is predominantly in phase. In physics and engineering the quality factor or Q factor is a dimensionless parameter that describes how underdamped an oscillator or resonator is, and characterizes a resonator's bandwidth relative to its centre frequency.

Similarities between Oscillator phase noise and Q factor

Oscillator phase noise and Q factor have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Oscillation, Oscillator linewidth.

Oscillation

Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states.

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Oscillator linewidth

The concept of a linewidth is borrowed from laser spectroscopy.

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Oscillator phase noise and Q factor Comparison

Oscillator phase noise has 6 relations, while Q factor has 74. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 2.50% = 2 / (6 + 74).

References

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