Automatic testing method for mixer third order inter-modulation distortion of radio-frequency tuner chip

A technology of radio frequency tuning and third-order intermodulation, which is applied in electronic circuit testing, instruments, spectrum analysis, etc., can solve the problems of high test cost and long test time, and achieve the goal of reducing test cost, improving test efficiency and ensuring test accuracy Effect

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-27
SOUTHEAST UNIV
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[0003] Technical problem: the purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic test method for the third-order intermodulation distortion of the mixer in the radio fre

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[0026] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0027] The framework of the automatic test method for the third-order intermodulation distortion of the mixer in the proposed RF tuner chip is shown in Figure 1. It is composed of the main control computer, the Agilent GPIB connection module 82357A, the chip under test, and the Agilent E4438C vector signal generator. device, Agilent E4402B spectrum analyzer, Agilent E3649A digital power supply, parallel port cable, RF cable and power cable; install the IEEE488 driver on the main control computer, and connect the module 82357A to the Agilent E4438C vector through the Agilent USB to GPIB port. The signal generator, Agilent E4402B spectrum analyzer and Agilent E3649A digital power test instrument are connected in parallel, each instrument has a specific address to facilitate host addressing; the main control computer uses the Agilent conn...

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The invention relates to an automatic testing method of mixer third-order intermodulation distortion inside a radio frequency tuner chip, in particular to an automatic testing method of mixer third-order intermodulation distortion inside a DVB-C digital television tuner chip. The automatic testing method adopts the radio frequency apparatus made by Agilent Company as the testing platform. The main equipment of the testing method comprises an Agilent spectrum analyzer E4402B, an Agilent vector signal generator E4438C, an Agilent digital power supply E3649A, an Agilent GPIB link module 82357A and a computer. By means of the IEEE488 communication protocol, the programmable apparatus standard command (SCPI) and chip I<2>C control protocol, test software controls the operating state of the chip and sets and reads relevant parameter of a testing apparatus through the read-write operation of a register arranged inside a tuner chip, thereby realizing automatic radio frequency testing. In addition, the test software consists of an IEEE488 drive module, a parallel port drive module, an I<2>C module and a mixer test module.

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technical field [0001] The invention is suitable for testing radio frequency chip parameter indexes requiring low cost, fast and accurate. It belongs to the field of radio frequency testing. Background technique [0002] RF tuner chips work in a wide frequency range, and usually need to measure the entire frequency band. Among them, the third-order intermodulation distortion measurement of the mixer usually uses two radio frequency signal sources to generate two channels of fixed frequency signals, synthesizes one channel through a power combiner, inputs it to the mixer, and generates a local oscillator LO through an additional radio frequency signal source Signal, the output signal is measured by the spectrum analyzer, and the correct setting of the spectrum analyzer measures the third-order intermodulation signal and the amplitude of the output dual-tone signal, and finally calculates the third-order intercept point of the mixer. For measuring the third-order intercept p...

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IPC IPC(8): G01R31/28G01R23/00H04B17/00H04B17/309
Inventor 吴建辉徐佳黄成徐丽何素东
Owner SOUTHEAST UNIV
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