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Phase noise is "jitter" associated with the phase of a signal. It is present in oscillators, and can be degraded by amplifiers, multipliers and mixers as a signal is processed. Low phase noise is required for many radar applications, as well as digital modulation schemes.
While we are waiting for content on this page, check out wikipedia's phase noise page. There are plenty of application notes from Keysight that you can find on the web.
Thick film resistors have high flicker noise compared to thin film, often 20-40 dB close in to the signal. Here is an article that provides data on this phenomenon. Thanks to Kevin for bringing this to our attention!
https://people.phys.ethz.ch/~pmaerki/public/resistor_flicker_noise/20171219a_white_paper_resistor_flicker_noise.pdf
Additive phase noise measurement is often performed with elaborate setups that compare a "clean" signal to the the signal you want to evaluate.
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