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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Keysight Technologies, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Andrew Ferrara, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Naveed Edalati, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A reference system is provided for generating a clock signal with a tunable noise pedestal for driving a signal generator. The reference system includes a reference source configured to generate a reference signal and a multiplier chain, including a noise pedestal generator. The noise pedestal generator includes a noise pedestal attenuator configured to attenuate the reference signal to degrade a noise floor of the reference signal, a VGA configured to adjust the attenuated reference signal to a desired signal level, a bandpass filter configured to filter out excess noise from the adjusted reference signal to form a noise pedestal, and a switch arrangement configured to selectively input the reference signal to a first path including the noise pedestal attenuator and the VGA, and a second path bypassing the noise pedestal attenuator and the VGA. The clock signal includes the noise pedestal when the first path is selected.