Metric · Interfaces & SerDes
Jitter transfer
The ratio of output jitter to input jitter through a clocking element such as a CDR, repeater or retimer, expressed against jitter frequency. Limits prevent jitter from being amplified and accumulating along a chain.
- Also known as
- JTRAN
- Type
- Metric
- Domain
- Interfaces & SerDes, Test and compliance
Notes
Critical in cascaded optical and retimed links where several clock recovery stages sit between endpoints.
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