Title :
Testing of millimeter wave systems
Author :
Wilkinson, Kenneth D. ; Merrell, Billy
Author_Institution :
ATEAM Corp., Dayton, OH, USA
Abstract :
The characteristics of current military millimeter-wave (MMW) hardware are surveyed, and the requirements for MMW test equipment are analyzed. Although comprehensive capabilities exist up to approximately 60 GHz for testing and 40 GHz for calibration, a serious shortfall exists in the current and projected availability of test and calibration equipment for use above these frequencies, although some limited capabilities exist at selected frequency bands around 60 and 94 GHz. Some commercial and military development work is under way to expand testing to 110 GHz and calibration to 96 GHz. Virtually no commercial instrument development exists between 110 and 300 GHz. It is pointed out that MMW systems fabricated on a single monolithic substrate increase the importance of testability and built-in-test (BIT) exponentially. Another approach being reviewed to test MMW systems is that of using hardware-in-the-loop simulation techniques. The simulation augments the BIT and can be used in lieu of the conventional offline testing approach to provide a comprehensive end-to-end system level test
Keywords :
calibration; electronic equipment testing; military equipment; test equipment; 110 GHz; BIT; EHF; built-in-test; calibration; end-to-end system level test; hardware-in-the-loop simulation techniques; military MM-wave systems testing; millimeter wave systems; test equipment; testability; Calibration; Frequency; Instruments; Integrated circuit technology; Logistics; Metrology; Millimeter wave technology; NIST; System testing; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1989. NAECON 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1989.40398
