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Navigating zoomed graphs............................................................................................................. 49
Hints for phase/frequency stability measurements ........................................................................ 51
Phase noise, AM noise, and jitter....................................................................................................... 53
Integrated noise and jitter measurement....................................................................................... 54
The spur table................................................................................................................................ 55
Show or hide known spurs ............................................................................................................. 55
Spur measurement options............................................................................................................ 56
Is it a spur, or isn’t it?..................................................................................................................... 57
Understanding instrument spurs.................................................................................................... 57
Hints for noise measurements ....................................................................................................... 59
TimeLab command reference ................................................................................................................ 61
File menu........................................................................................................................................... 63
Load .TIM file (l)............................................................................................................................. 63
Save image or .TIM file (s).............................................................................................................. 63
Copy image to clipboard (Ctrl-c)..................................................................................................... 64
Import .PNP phase noise data (N) .................................................................................................. 64
Import ASCII phase or frequency data (L) ....................................................................................... 64
Export ASCII phase data (x) ............................................................................................................ 65
Export ASCII frequency data (X) ..................................................................................................... 65
Export binary phase data ............................................................................................................... 66
Export phase data to Stable32 (Ctrl-x)............................................................................................ 66
Export xDEV trace .......................................................................................................................... 67
Export AM/PM noise trace............................................................................................................. 67
Export AM/PM spur table .............................................................................................................. 67
Print image .................................................................................................................................... 68
Scale file dialogs by window size.................................................................................................... 68
Warn before exiting with unsaved plots......................................................................................... 68
Reset all parameters, options, and settings at next startup ............................................................ 68
Close selected plot (Del) ................................................................................................................ 68
Close all visible plots (Home) ......................................................................................................... 69
Delete selected plot’s .TIM file (Ctrl-Del)........................................................................................ 69
Quit (q or Esc) ................................................................................................................................ 69
