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output <strong>of</strong> the voltage-controlled oscillator is probed by a high-impedance probe or a DCprobe and amplified by a low-noise amplifier. Both the high-impedance probe and theDC probe which have the similar attenuation <strong>of</strong> 26dB at 900MHz can be used becausethere are output buffers, as shown in Fig. 126, between the voltage-controlled oscillatorand the pads. However, the driving power <strong>of</strong> the on-chip output buffers is too small andthe attenuated signal is too small to be measured by the spectrum analyzer. Therefore,the low-noise amplifier is needed to amplify the signals. The spectrum analyzer is usedto measure the phase noise and spur performance <strong>of</strong> the signal.fin25.6MhzHP 80000Datagenerator /HP 8110APulsegeneratorHi-Z probe/DC probeHP 4648Csignal generatorPhaseDetector4lsb10bLPF32,32.5 .. 39.5Sigma-DeltaModulator6lsb4b4bChannel selection7lsbVCO8b(Freq <strong>of</strong>fset)-R8b6b(gain 1/16~

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