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Main Authors: Gerosa, Daniele, Hou, Rui, Björk, Vimar, Gustavsson, Ulf, Eriksson, Thomas
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05030
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author Gerosa, Daniele
Hou, Rui
Björk, Vimar
Gustavsson, Ulf
Eriksson, Thomas
author_facet Gerosa, Daniele
Hou, Rui
Björk, Vimar
Gustavsson, Ulf
Eriksson, Thomas
contents This paper addresses the mathematical modeling and compensation of stochastic discrete-time clock jitter in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). We model the stochastic clock jitter as a first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) process, and we propose two novel, computationally efficient, pilot-assisted dejittering algorithms for baseband signals: one based on solving a sequence of weighted least-squares problems, and another that exploits the correlated jitter structure via a Kalman filter-based routine. We also propose a conditional maximum-likelihood estimator for the autoregressive parameters, enabling near-optimal Kalman-filter performance even when such parameters vary over time. We further provide a mathematical analysis of the induced linearization errors, and we complement the theory with synthetic simulations to evaluate the proposed techniques across different scenarios. The proposed techniques are shown to yield a 1-15 dB improvement in signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SINADR) and 0.02-1.6 dB in symbol error vector magnitude (EVM), depending on impairment severity and pilot density. The Kalman smoother generally provides superior performance by leveraging additional temporal information.
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spellingShingle Autoregressive Stochastic Clock Jitter Compensation in Analog-to-Digital Converters
Gerosa, Daniele
Hou, Rui
Björk, Vimar
Gustavsson, Ulf
Eriksson, Thomas
Signal Processing
Optimization and Control
This paper addresses the mathematical modeling and compensation of stochastic discrete-time clock jitter in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). We model the stochastic clock jitter as a first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) process, and we propose two novel, computationally efficient, pilot-assisted dejittering algorithms for baseband signals: one based on solving a sequence of weighted least-squares problems, and another that exploits the correlated jitter structure via a Kalman filter-based routine. We also propose a conditional maximum-likelihood estimator for the autoregressive parameters, enabling near-optimal Kalman-filter performance even when such parameters vary over time. We further provide a mathematical analysis of the induced linearization errors, and we complement the theory with synthetic simulations to evaluate the proposed techniques across different scenarios. The proposed techniques are shown to yield a 1-15 dB improvement in signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SINADR) and 0.02-1.6 dB in symbol error vector magnitude (EVM), depending on impairment severity and pilot density. The Kalman smoother generally provides superior performance by leveraging additional temporal information.
title Autoregressive Stochastic Clock Jitter Compensation in Analog-to-Digital Converters
topic Signal Processing
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05030