Patent ID: 7191080

Claim:
A method for separating a random component of jitter and a deterministic component of jitter comprising the following: obtaining a measured jitter distribution; selecting a form for a selected component of jitter, the selected component of jitter being one of the random component of jitter and the deterministic component of jitter, a remaining component of jitter being one of the random component of jitter and the deterministic component of jitter that is not the selected component of jitter; convolving the selected form for the selected component of jitter with a generalized function for the remaining component of jitter to produce a resulting equation; fitting the resulting equation to the measured jitter distribution to obtain values for parameters in the resulting equation, the values for the parameters, when used in the selected form for the selected component of jitter and the generalized function for the remaining component of jitter, allowing separation of the random component of jitter and the deterministic component of jitter; and, storing the values for the parameters.