PHASE, PHASE NOISE, AND SLAVE MODE MEASUREMENT FOR MILLIMETER WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ON AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210181326A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US16711928

    申请日:2019-12-12

    Abstract: A radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) includes a first transmission channel configured to output a first continuous-wave transmit signal based on a local oscillator signal having a first frequency; a first phase shifter provided on the first transmission channel and configured to apply a first phase setting to the first continuous-wave transmit signal to generate a first transmit signal having the first frequency; a first transmit monitoring signal path configured to couple out a portion of the first transmit signal from the first transmission channel as a first transmit monitoring signal; a frequency multiplier configured to receive a test signal and convert it into a multiplied test signal having a second frequency, where the first and the second frequencies are separated by a frequency offset; and a down-conversion mixer configured to mix the multiplied test signal and the first transmit monitoring signal to generate a first mixer output signal.

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