Patent 11184268 was granted and assigned to Rohde & Schwarz on November, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A jitter determination method for determining at least one jitter component of an input signal is described, wherein the input signal is generated by a signal source. The method comprises: receiving the input signal; determining a step response based on the decoded input signal, the step response being associated with at least the signal source; and determining a data dependent jitter signal based on the determined step response and based on the decoded input signal. Further, a measurement instrument is described.