Why the spurs of a signal after a divider have the same offset as before the divider?
Say there are spurs 1 MHz from the carrier, on either side, that are -30 dBc. Think of them as phase modulation sidebands, with a modulation frequency of 1 MHz. If you divide by 2 the carrier frequency halves, the modulation frequency of 1 MHz does not change, but the phase deviation does (gets smaller), so the spur locations in frequency from the carrier DO NOT change, but the amplitude of the spurs drop.
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Then how much does the amplitude of the spurs drop? 6dBc?
Are there some books or paper talks about this? Just one is ok!
If you divide a signal by 2 the phase angle deviation halves. If you multiply a signal by 2, the phase angle doubles.
divide by 2 is like a 20 log 1/2 = -6 dB
Divide by 10 is like a 20 log 1/10 = -20 dB
Multiply by 2 is like a 20 log 2 = +6 dB
and so on...
