Hi,
I am simulating a crystal oscillator (Pierce-Oscillator with Inverter), very similar to Tawnas example in
I applied the settings as described in
and in the document from the $CDSHOME
Spectre Circuit Simulator and Accelerated Parallel Simulator RF Analysis in ADE Explorer Workshop.pdf
In the attached picture I compared 2 simulation methods:
In PSS/Pnoise simulation I get a strange Phase Noise plot (RED curve).
In HB/HBnoise simulation I get a different result, but with much lower noisefloor (BLUE curve).
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I am wondering what I am doing wrong in the PSS simulation (I am using 80 sidebands for Pnoiose) -why this strange step at 100Hz offset ?
Why is the noise floor 15dB lower for HB simulation ?
Any idea ?
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