Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatuses for measuring the distance to a passive intermodulation source
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Application No.: US16682115Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US10897317B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: George P. Vella-Coleiro , XiaoHua Hou
- Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04B17/00
- IPC: H04B17/00 ; H04B3/46 ; H04B17/30 ; H04B17/15 ; H04B17/29 ; H04B17/16 ; H04B17/10 ; H04B17/17 ; G01R23/20 ; G01R31/08

Abstract:
According to methods of performing measurements to determine a distance to a passive-intermodulation (“PIM”) source, a first RF signal comprising a first frequency and a second RF signal comprising a second frequency may be applied to a device under test. A reference signal comprising a higher-order intermodulation-product of the first frequency and the second frequency may also be generated. An output signal from the device under test and the reference signal may be digitized and a calibration measurement may be applied. A phase difference between the device under test output and the reference signal may be determined. A plurality of phase differences may be determined for multiple first frequencies, and from the plurality of phase differences, a delay may be calculated, which may be multiplied by the velocity of propagation on the medium connecting the device under test to the test equipment to determine a distance to the PIM source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200083964A1 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE TO A PASSIVE INTERMODULATION SOURCE Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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