Jitter remains one of the most important specifications when measuring the goodness of a device. Compliance packages specify random jitter, deterministic jitter, time interval error, and total jitter.

The organization in charge of measurement standards is considering a change to one of the most basic forms of measurement. Measurements are, in both direct and indirect ways, a key to our society.

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