Analytical Calculation of Jitter Probability Density at Multistage Output Buffers Due to Supply Voltage Fluctuations

The jitter probability density function (PDF) at multistage output buffers due to supply voltage fluctuations is analytically derived. For experimental validation, an integrated circuit (IC) is designed, fabricated, and assembled in a printed circuit board (PCB). The on-chip supply voltage fluctuations are extracted from the simultaneous measurements at the pads on IC and PCB and used to calculate the jitter PDF of the multistage buffers. Also, characteristics of the output channels are measured and modeled with the separately designed channel pattern. Finally, the jitter PDFs for multistage buffers are calculated and compared with the measured jitter histograms.