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Spice simulation of PSRR and phase noise

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Mark Sims
Sat, Oct 28, 2017 5:20 PM

And it's the only way to be sure...  never trust a simulation, particularly for such flighty and subtle things like noise.  Simulations can be useful for pointing you in the right direction for a design, but where the rubber meets the road there is nothing like real hardware to get to the true answer.


The only other reasonably fast and accurate way I can

think of is to build the bloody circuit and measure it using some
expensive equipment.

And it's the only way to be sure... never trust a simulation, particularly for such flighty and subtle things like noise. Simulations can be useful for pointing you in the right direction for a design, but where the rubber meets the road there is nothing like real hardware to get to the true answer. ---------------- > The only other reasonably fast and accurate way I can think of is to build the bloody circuit and measure it using some expensive equipment.