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liliwang
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how to distinguish frac spur and ref harmonic
Dec 26th, 2004, 6:46pm
 
In a frac-N pll using 2rd orfer sigma-delta, when there is a strong spur neer carrier, how to distinguish it is a fractional spur or just reference harmonic.

What's the cause of reference harmonic, and how to reduce it.
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Re: how to distinguish frac spur and ref harmonic
Reply #1 - Jan 5th, 2005, 7:52pm
 
If it's at the reference frequency that's a strong hint. If you change channels and the spur stays at the same frequency offset, then it's likely a reference spur. If you change frequencies, and the spurious offset changes, then I'd suspect some sort of fractional spur.

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