SNAA434 March   2025 LMX2820

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Creating Multiple Copies of the Input Signal
    1. 2.1 Skew and Slew Rate Considerations
    2. 2.2 Buffers vs. Resistive Splitters
    3. 2.3 Phase Noise Considerations With Buffers
  6. 3Considerations with Combining Outputs
    1. 3.1 Isolation Between Sources
    2. 3.2 Single-Ended vs. Differential Outputs
    3. 3.3 Losses Due to Combining
  7. 4Resistive Method for Combining Multiple Signals
    1. 4.1 General Case Where Source Output Impedance can be Different Than Load Impedance
    2. 4.2 Special Case Where Source and Load Impedance are the Same
    3. 4.3 Increasing R1 to Improve Isolation
  8. 5Impedance Matching With Reactive Circuit
  9. 6Loss Due to Phase Error
  10. 7Phase Noise Improvement by Combining Multiple Signals
    1. 7.1 Theoretical Improvement for Multiple Signals Designed for in Phase
    2. 7.2 Combining Multiple Signals With a Phase Error
  11. 8Summary
  12. 9References
  13.   A Appendix: Calculations for Resistive Matching Network
  14.   B Appendix: Calculations for Reactive Matching Network
  15.   C Appendix: Calculation of Loss Due to Phase Error

6 Loss Due to Phase Error

Phase between the signals results in loss of power. Appendix C shows that the worst case combination of N signals with a worst case phase error ϕ that is limited to less than 180 degrees is:

Equation 15. L o s s   =                             10 × l o g 1 + c o s   ϕ 2                     N   e v e n 10 × l o g 1 n 2 + 1 - 1 n 2 1 + cos ⁡ ϕ 2                     N   o d d                    

From this, the observation is that an odd number of signals has higher resistance to phase error.

Loss Due to Phase Error Figure 6-1 Loss Due to Phase Error