How Can Phase Noise Be Below the Noise Floor?
Technical Overviews
Keysight Technologies offers a powerful spectral domain simulator called Spectrasys, which is part of the PathWave System Design (SystemVue) software suite. Spectrasys can accurately model and analyze the behavior of signals, harmonics, intermods and noise in RF systems. Spectrasys can also show how phase noise can be below the noise floor in some cases, and how to control the display of phase noise traces on the spectrum graph. Spectrasys is a useful tool for RF system designers who want to optimize their designs and avoid costly errors. You can learn more about Spectrasys and PathWave System Design (SystemVue) at www.keysight.com/find/systemvue. To contact your local Keysight office for more information on products, applications or services, please visit www.keysight.com/find/contactus.