Method for reducing jitter in multi-gigahertz ATE

Controlling jitter on a picosecond (or smaller) time scale has become one of the most difficult challenges for testing multi-gigahertz systems. In this paper we present a novel method for reducing jitter in timing-critical ATE signals. This method uses a real-time averaging approach to combine multiple ATE signals and produces timing references with significantly lower random jitter. For example, we demonstrate a 3x reduction in jitter by combining eight ATE signals (each with σ =4ps) to

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: DATE
• Authors: David C. Keezer, Dany Minier, Patrice Ducharme
• Keywords: ATE Signals, DATE 2007, Hardware, Jitter, Timing-critical Ate Signals