Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active antenna system and methods of determining intermodulation distortion performance
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Application No.: US15129746Application Date: 2015-04-08
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Publication No.: US10067171B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Conor O'Keeffe , Joe Moore
- Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES GLOBAL
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: GB1406330.9 20140408
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/057598 WO 20150408
- International Announcement: WO2015/155225 WO 20151015
- Main IPC: H04B17/00
- IPC: H04B17/00 ; G01R29/10 ; H04B17/14 ; H01Q1/00 ; H04B1/04 ; H04B17/10 ; H04B17/12

Abstract:
An active antenna test system comprising an active antenna unit comprising: a test signal generator arranged to generate at least a first test signal and at least one second test signal; a plurality of transmitter modules operably coupled to the test signal generator wherein the plurality of transmitter modules are arranged to simultaneously process the first test signal and at least one second test signal to produce at least one radio frequency test signal therefrom; and at least one receiver module arranged to process one or more signals falling in at least one spectral band determined to be susceptible to intermodulation distortion products caused by the at least one radio frequency test signal being generated from the first test signal and at least one second test signal; and an intermodulation determination module operably coupled to the at least one receiver module and arranged to determine a first received intermodulation performance. A first transmitter module of the plurality of transmitter modules is operably uncoupled from the test signal generator and at least a first test signal and at least one second test signal re-applied to the remaining transmitter modules, such that the intermodulation determination module determines a second received intermodulation performance in order to determine an intermodulation distortion contribution of the first transmitter module therefrom.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170176507A1 ACTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHODS OF DETERMINING INTERMODULATION DISTORTION PERFORMANCE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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