Jitter requirements for bandpass sampling receivers utilizing sample-and-hold circuits

The uncertainty of the sampling time is of major concern for bandpass signal reception. It reduces the achievable signal-to-noise ratio of the bandpass sampling receiver. Traditionally, only the absolute sampling time is considered to be subject to timing errors, which then result in corresponding amplitude errors. But jitter also has an impact on the integration duration of the sample-and-hold circuit. In this paper we investigate the impact of jitter on the signal-to-noise ratio performance of the bandpass sampling receiver utilizing a sample-and-hold sampling circuit. In addition, a bound on the acceptable standard deviation of the jitter for different receiver setups is given.