1. Period Jitter
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1.1 Period jitter is the deviation in cycle time of a clock signal with respect to the ideal period over a number of randomly selected cycles. Period jitter is useful in calculating timing margins in digital systems.
1.2 Because the period jitter from a clock is random in nature with Gaussian distribution, it can be completely expressed in terms of its Root Mean Square (RMS) value in pico-seconds (ps). However, the peak-to-peak value is more relevant in calculating setup and hold time budgets.
1.3 To convert the RMS jitter to peak-to-peak (Pk-Pk) ji