Beamforming device testing
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12113583B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17143850

    申请日:2021-01-07

    申请人: FormFactor, Inc.

    摘要: Improved electrical testing of N-port beamforming devices is provided. For testing, an N:1 electrical network is connected to the N ports of the device under test to provide a single test port. This mode of testing can be used to determine parameters of interest (e.g., far field radiation patterns etc.) of the device under test more rapidly than with antenna range testing or with characterization of each port of the device under test. The N:1 electrical network can be passive or active. The N:1 electrical network can be integrated in a probe head to provide probe array testing of beamforming devices. Alternatively, the N:1 electrical network can be integrated with the device under test to provide onboard testing capability.

    CALIBRATION OF TRANSMIT ANTENNA CHAINS AND RECEIVE ANTENNA CHAINS OF AN ANTENNA SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240072911A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18267737

    申请日:2020-12-22

    摘要: There is provided mechanisms for calibrating transmit antenna chains and receive antenna chains of an antenna system. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining a set of observations from bi-directional sounding of pairs of antennas of the antenna system. Each of the antennas has one transmit antenna chain and one receive antenna chain. The observations are represented by a composite product of transmit calibration weights, receive calibration weights, and signal leakage terms. The method comprises estimating the transmit calibration weights and the receive calibration weights from a decomposition of the composite product. The method comprises calibrating the transmit antenna chains and the receive antenna chains by applying as calibration factors the estimated transmit calibration weights to the transmit antenna chains and the receive calibration weights to the receive antenna chains.

    MILLIMETER WAVE MODULE INSPECTION SYSTEM, MILLIMETER WAVE MODULE INSPECTION DEVICE, AND MILLIMETER WAVE MODULE INSPECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240007202A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18369601

    申请日:2023-09-18

    IPC分类号: H04B17/19 H04B1/38

    CPC分类号: H04B17/19 H04B1/38

    摘要: A millimeter wave module inspection system includes: an electronic device including at least one processor; and a millimeter wave module including a memory, at least one antenna, and at least one transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control an input signal to be input to a transmission signal input terminal of the millimeter wave module; identify an output signal that is output from a reception signal output terminal of the millimeter wave module when the input signal passes through the at least one antenna of the millimeter wave module; identify first data corresponding to a transmission chain gain related to a transmission path of the millimeter wave module stored in the memory and second data corresponding to a reception chain gain related to a reception path of the millimeter wave module, the first data and the second data being stored in the memory; and determine whether the millimeter wave module is abnormal based at least on the identified output signal, the first data, and the second data.

    Combined Interrogator and Transponder with an Omnidirectional Antenna

    公开(公告)号:US20230308120A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18126413

    申请日:2023-03-25

    IPC分类号: H04B1/00 H04B17/19 H04B17/29

    摘要: An electronic device is described. This electronic device may include a communication circuit (such as an integrated circuit) that combines an interrogator and a transponder. Notably, the communication circuit may dynamically and temporally interleave an interrogator or the transponder transmission with a transponder response to a second interrogator or the second transponder transmission associated with a second electronic device. Moreover, the electronic device may include or may be selectively electrically coupled to at least an omnidirectional antenna that is used for bidirectional communication, such as: transmitting the interrogator or the transponder transmission (or message), receiving the second interrogator or the second transponder transmission (or message), and/or transmitting the transponder response to the second interrogator or the second transponder transmission.

    RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT HAVING ERROR DETECTION CAPABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20230269008A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18167893

    申请日:2023-02-13

    发明人: Su-Wei Chang

    IPC分类号: H04B17/19 G01R29/08

    CPC分类号: H04B17/19 G01R29/0814

    摘要: A radio frequency circuit includes a base plate, an element under test, a transmission line, a sensing line, and a controller. The base plate has a first surface. The element under test is disposed on the base plate and includes an output port to output an RF signal. The transmission line is disposed on the first surface of the base plate and electrically connected to the output port of the element under test. The sensing line is substantially parallel to the transmission line within a sensing area of the base plate. The sensing line is separated from the transmission line by a first length and adapted for inducing the RF signal on the transmission line to generate an induction signal. The controller is disposed on the base plate, electrically connected to the sensing line, and configured to determine the state of the element under test according to the induction signal.

    CONCURRENT UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM LEAKAGE DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230063484A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17820603

    申请日:2022-08-18

    申请人: Greg Tresness

    发明人: Greg Tresness

    摘要: A method for leakage detection in an aeronautical band for a high split HFC network includes: providing a vehicle borne leak detector configured to perform substantially simultaneous upstream and downstream leakage detection; and while traversing a hub containing any quantity of high split nodes, performing a substantially simultaneous upstream leakage detection and a downstream leakage detection at about a same frequency. A system for leakage detection in an aeronautical band for a high split HFC network is also described.