VCO Phase noise: consequence for mixing...

Hi, there!
I'm new on this board, and maybe I'm veryy close to rules, so sorry in
advance!
My question, despite its simplicity, is rather head breaking: I'm
trying to understand and quantify the consequence of phase noise, due
to a VCO, when injected in a mixer.
As I think this phase noise could be assimilated as a coloured noise,
so a gaussian SPD, I don't really imagine what could happen going
through mixing process: a white noise??
Then, is it possible to quantify the consequence of this phase noise on
the mixer's sensibility?

Sure you could teach me some, and it'll be very kindfull.
Thanks in advance!

Mike

PS: sorry for my unperfect english!

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