This paper proposes a method and an on-chip test circuit to measure the center frequency and the bandwidth of RF front-end circuits using the peak amplitudes and the periods of the output signal in response to a realistic step input signal. The method is also suitable for implementation in external test instrumentation.
Citation:
Qi Wang, Yi Tang, Mani Soma, "GHz RF Front-end Bandwidth Time Domain Measurement," vts, pp.223, 22nd IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2004