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TDEV in terms of power spectral density

The TDEV can also be expressed [1] in terms of the one sided power spectral density $S_{\varphi}(f)$ of its random phase deviation $\varphi$  
 \begin{displaymath}
TDEV(\tau)= \sqrt{\frac{2}{3(\pi \nu_{nom}n)^2}\int_{0}^{f_h...
 ...phi}(f)\frac{\sin^{6}(\pi n \tau_0 f)}{\sin^2(\pi \tau_0 f)}df}\end{displaymath} (29)
where $\nu_{nom}$ is the nominal frequency of the timing signal and $S_{\varphi}(f)\approx 0$ for f>fh   (i.e. fh is the high frequency cut-off described in section 4.1). Given that the single sided power spectral density of the time error

\begin{displaymath}
x(t)=\frac{\varphi(t)}{2 \pi \nu_{nom}}\end{displaymath}

can be expressed as

\begin{displaymath}
S_x(f)=\frac{1}{(2 \pi \nu_{nom})^2}S_{\varphi}(f)\end{displaymath}

the above equation (4.5) can be expressed in terms of the power spectral density of the time error x(t)  
 \begin{displaymath}
TDEV(\tau)= \sqrt{\frac{8}{3n^2}\int_{0}^{f_h}S_x(f)\frac{\sin^{6}(\pi n \tau_0 f)}{\sin^2(\pi \tau_0 f)}df}\end{displaymath} (30)


Mark J Ivens
11/13/1997