Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for validating radio-frequency test stations
- Patent Title (中): 验证射频测试站的方法
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Application No.: US13715648Application Date: 2012-12-14
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Publication No.: US09164159B2Publication Date: 2015-10-20
- Inventor: Jayesh Nath , Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Ming-Ju Tsai , Joshua G. Nickel , Hao Xu , Peter Bevelacqua , Mattia Pascolini , Robert W. Schlub , Ruben Caballero
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: G01R35/00
- IPC: G01R35/00 ; G01R31/319 ; G01R31/28

Abstract:
A manufacturing system for assembling wireless electronic devices is provided. The manufacturing system may include test stations for testing the radio-frequency performance of components that are to be assembled within the electronic devices. A reference test station may be calibrated using calibration coupons having known radio-frequency characteristics. The calibration coupons may include transmission line structures. The reference test station may measure verification standards to establish baseline measurement data. The verification standards may include circuitry having electrical components with given impedance values. Many verification coupons may be measured to enable testing for a wide range of impedance values. Test stations in the manufacturing system may subsequently measure the verification standards to generate test measurement data. The test measurement data may be compared to the baseline measurement data to characterize the performance of the test stations to ensure consistent test measurements across the test stations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140167794A1 Methods for Validating Radio-Frequency Test Stations Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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