Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Near-field test apparatus for far-field antenna properties
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Application No.: US16367743Application Date: 2019-03-28
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Publication No.: US11671144B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Mustapha Amadu Abdulai , Kevin B. Redmond , Ronald M. Kirby , Tae Young Yang , Arnaud Amadjikpe
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Akona IP PC
- Main IPC: H04B5/00
- IPC: H04B5/00 ; G01R29/08 ; G01R29/10 ; H04B17/10

Abstract:
Devices and methods for testing microelectronic assemblies including wireless communications are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a wireless testing system may include a radio frequency (RF) shielded chamber; a device under test (DUT) in the RF shielded chamber, wherein the DUT includes an array of first antenna elements; a testing apparatus in the RF shielded chamber including an array of second antenna elements at a first surface of a substrate to receive a test signal from the DUT, wherein a distance between individual second antenna elements and an adjacent second antenna element is at least half of a wavelength of the test signal, and wherein a distance between the first antenna elements and the second antenna elements is within a near-field region; and an array of electrical switches, wherein an individual electrical switch is coupled to a respective individual second antenna element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200313725A1 NEAR-FIELD TEST APPARATUS FOR FAR-FIELD ANTENNA PROPERTIES Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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