A phased array RFIC with built-in self-test capabilities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-148

  Inac, Ozgur ^a   Shin, Donghyup ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Built in self test (BIST); phase shifters; phased arrays

Indexed keywords

ARRAY FACTORS; BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (BIST); CAPACITIVE COUPLERS; ON CHIPS; RF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; S-PARAMETER DATA; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; TEST CONDITION; VECTOR RECEIVERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

BUILT-IN SELF TEST;

EID: 84855459855     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2170704     Document Type: Article

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