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Production Test Methods for Measuring 'Out-of-Band' Interference of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Devices
Palm Springs, California May 01-May 05
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VTS.2005.6723rd IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS'05)
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Soumendu Bhattacharya, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abhijit Chatterjee, Georgia Institute of Technology
The recent increase in demand within the wireless user community for short-range, very high rate data transmission (data, video) devices has spurred the growth of a new generation of 4G devices, viz. ultra-wideband (UWB). Due to its wide band of operation (3.1-10.6GHz) and non-conventional transmit/receive scheme (using short-duration, narrow baseband pulses), spectral power leakage to outside frequency bands causes interference with other wireless standards. In this paper, we focus on 'out-of-band' interference testing of UWB devices during production test. Due to stringent FCC spectrum regulations and very low power spectral density levels of the associated signals (-41.3dBm/MHz), production testing for interference is a big challenge and can incur significant test time, resulting in increased test cost. We propose a simple, low-cost test methodology for testing UWB devices. Simulation results are presented for a typical home environment. The channel model used can be easily modified and incorporated in any production test environment. Results show that using simple tests, estimates of 'out-of-band' interference can be obtained easily using the proposed test methodology.
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Soumendu Bhattacharya, Abhijit Chatterjee, "Production Test Methods for Measuring 'Out-of-Band' Interference of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Devices," vts, pp.137-142, 23rd IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS'05), 2005
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