Invention Grant
- Patent Title: RF/mm-wave peak detector with high-dynamic range calibration
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Application No.: US17574715Application Date: 2022-01-13
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Publication No.: US12007501B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- Inventor: Vito Giannini , Brian Paul Ginsburg
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael T. Gabrik; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01S7/40
- IPC: G01S7/40 ; G01R19/04 ; G01R21/12 ; G01S7/03 ; G01S7/35 ; G01S13/93 ; G01S13/931

Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) is provided with a plurality of diode based mm-wave peak voltage detectors (PVD)s. During a testing phase, a multi-point low frequency calibration test is performed on one or more of the PVDs to determine and store a set of alternating current (AC) coefficients. During operation of the IC, a current-voltage sweep is performed on a selected one of the PVDs to determine a process and temperature direct current (DC) coefficient. A peak voltage produced by the PVD in response to a high frequency radio frequency (RF) signal is measured to produce a first measured voltage. An approximate power of the RF signal is calculated by adjusting the first measured voltage using the DC coefficient and the AC coefficient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220137183A1 RF/mm-Wave Peak Detector with High-Dynamic Range Calibration Public/Granted day:2022-05-05
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