Invention Grant
- Patent Title: RF signal system outputs calibration
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Application No.: US16176972Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US11294068B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Neil Christopher Pearse , Mark Geoffrey Holbrow
- Applicant: Spirent Communications, PLC
- Assignee: Spirent Communications, PLC
- Current Assignee: Spirent Communications, PLC
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld, LLP
- Agent Ernest J. Beffel, Jr.
- Main IPC: G01S19/23
- IPC: G01S19/23 ; H04B17/21 ; G01S19/25 ; H04B17/11

Abstract:
A method is provided for calibrating a test platform including a plurality of system outputs to align RF signals generated by the system outputs. RF power of a combined RF signal is detected, where the combined RF signal is from a reference RF signal generated by a reference system output in the plurality of system outputs and a test RF signal generated by a test system output in the plurality of systems outputs. A phase of the test RF signal is iteratively shifted relative to the reference RF signal until the detected RF power reaches a minimum. The test RF signal is inverted to be in-phase with the reference RF signal when the combined RF power reaches the minimum. A system is also provided for calibrating a test platform including a plurality of system outputs to align RF signals generated by the system outputs.
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