An introduction to RF testing: device, method and system

Author

Kaminska, Bozena

fYear

1998

fDate

26-30 Apr 1998

Firstpage

462

Lastpage

468

Abstract

Wireless technologies like cellular phones, pagers, cordless phones, RF identification devices (RFID) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) of today are required to be convenient and affordable. For this reason radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) are developed and tested which meet the cost and function demands of the consumer. In this tutorial RF measurements are introduced in three parts: RF devices, measurement types and measurement systems. Since some of the developments of mixed signal analogue testing may be of great importance in this area of testing, they are also taken into account

Keywords

VLSI; automatic testing; integrated circuit testing; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; mobile communication; telecommunication equipment testing; Global Positioning Systems; RF identification devices; RF testing; RFICs; cellular phones; cordless phones; measurement systems; measurement types; mixed signal analogue testing; pagers; wireless technologies; Cellular phones; Circuit testing; Global Positioning System; Integrated circuit measurements; Integrated circuit technology; Integrated circuit testing; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Test Symposium, 1998. Proceedings. 16th IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

ISSN

1093-0167

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8436-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTEST.1998.670913

Filename

670913