Rohde and Schwarz Gmbh & Co. Kg

Hendrik Bartko

Corbett Rowell

Adam Tankielun

Mert Celik

Christoph Pointner

Benoit Derat

Vincent Abadie

Bernhard Rohowsky

Gerhard Hamberger

Heinz Mellein

Daniel Markert

Thorsten Hertel

Alexander Pabst

Juan-Angel Anton

Fabricio Dourado

Andreas Lechner

Michael Kunert

Robert Gratzl

Iratxe Fernandez Anton

SiewLeng Ng

Werner Rohde

Thomas Dier

Gert Heuer

A system for testing a device under test, DUT, comprises a holder configured to hold the DUT, wherein the DUT comprises at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface, RIS. A first antenna array generates plane waves at a position of the at least one RIS when the DUT is arranged on the holder. The first antenna array can generate plane waves having different angles of incidence at the position of the at least one RIS. A second antenna array receives a reflection signal originating from a reflection of a plane wave, wherein the plane wave is generated by the first antenna array and is reflected from the at least one RIS. A determination unit determines an angle of incidence on the second antenna array, using the received reflection signal.

System and method for testing a device under test

A device for early warning of a device under test (DUT) failure during an electromagnetic susceptibility (EMS) test is provided. The device is configured to gradually increase perturbation of a DUT during the EMS test. The device is further configured to receive a monitoring result from the DUT being exposed to the increased perturbation, and to determine, by a machine learning (ML) model evaluating the monitoring result, a probability value of the monitoring result corresponding to a faultless operation mode of the DUT. The ML model was trained based on monitoring results obtained during undisturbed operation of the DUT.

Method and device for early warning of device under test failure during an electromagnetic compatibility test

The invention relates to a method and a system for determining test signals for electromagnetic susceptibility, EMS, testing of a device-under-test, DUT. The method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one DUT parameter which defines a property of the DUT; receiving at least one environmental parameter which defines an electromagnetic environment, EME, in which the DUT is to be used; receiving information on an EM emission behavior, in particular an emission spectrum, of the DUT; and inputting the at least one DUT parameter, the at least one environmental parameter and the information on the EM emission behavior to a machine learning, ML, or artificial intelligence, AI, model. The ML or AI model is configured to determine one or more test signals for EMS testing of the DUT based on the at least one DUT parameter, the at least one environmental parameter and the information on the EM emission behavior.

Method for determining test signals for electromagnetic susceptibility testing of a device-under-test

A method and apparatus for removal of a parasitic coupling of a signal source to an output of an antenna array comprising at least one antenna element connected via an associated controllable switch to a signal receiver connected to the output of said antenna array, the method includes measuring a parasitic coupling signal received by the signal receiver connected to the output of said antenna array while all switches of the antenna array are switched off and a first reference signal received by a reference signal receiver; measuring a total reception signal for each antenna element and a second reference signal; calculating a parasitic coupling free reception signal for each antenna element by subtracting a ratio between the measured parasitic coupling signal and the measured first reference signal from a ratio between the total reception signal.

Method and apparatus for removal of a parasitic coupling in an antenna array

Field probe for conducting antenna measurements by phaseless measurements. An antenna arrangement comprises three or four antennas for measuring RF waves. The measured RF waves are pairwise added and subtracted. Based on the result of the adding and subtracting operations, magnitude patterns and phase patterns are determined. In this way, magnitude and phase patterns of electromagnetic waves emitted by a device under test can be determined by a completely passive device.

Field probe and method for conducting antenna measurements

A system for over-the-air testing of a device under test includes a measurement antenna, a reference antenna, a device under test capable of wirelessly transmitting and/or receiving complex radio frequency signals, and an analyzer. The analyzer has at least two ports, wherein the reference antenna is connected with a first port of the analyzer. The measurement antenna is connected with a second port of the analyzer. The analyzer is capable of determining a phase difference and a power ratio of radio frequency signals received via the measurement antenna and the reference antenna. The analyzer is capable of performing an IQ analysis on complex radio frequency signals. Further, a method of over-the-air testing of a device under test is disclosed.

System and method of over-the-air testing of a device under test

A switching system for sequential switching of radio frequency paths is provided. The switching system comprises a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, a plurality of switching elements respectively connected between the plurality of inputs and the plurality of outputs and a trigger module. In this context, multiple signal paths are defined between the plurality of inputs and the plurality of outputs corresponding to specific switch positions of the plurality of switching elements. In addition, the trigger module is adapted to generate a trigger signal in order to switch between the multiple signal paths.

Switching system and method for sequential switching of radio frequency paths

A method for performing active over-the-air measurements of a device under test with an antenna is described. The device under test with the antenna is provided. The device under test is arranged randomly in a measurement zone assigned to a measurement antenna. The phase center of the antenna of the device under test is determined. Measurement positions for the active over-the-air measurements are calculated that depend on an offset between the phase center determined and a center of the measurement zone. Further, a measurement system for over-the-air measurements is described.

Method and measurement system for over-the-air measurements

A system for optimizing signal path calibration is provided. The system comprises at least one transmitting module, at least one measuring unit, connected to the transmitting module via a signal path and a processing unit. In this context, the measuring unit is adapted to perform power measurement on the signal path. In addition, the processing unit is adapted to configure the measuring unit with respect to a predefined measurement accuracy and a predefined test time duration.

System and method for optimizing signal path calibration

A computer-implemented method for determining the phase center of an antenna under test comprises the following steps: acquiring a transmitted near-field or far-field signal of the antenna under test, by rotational movement of a measuring antenna relative to the antenna under test, the rotation covering at least the angle between the z axis and the x axis of the antenna, the rotational movement covering a spherical measurement region, the acquisition being performed at different angles phi to the z axis and while rotating, relative to the measuring antenna, the antenna under test around its z axis, obtaining far-field phase data by applying a field transformation on the near-filed or far-filed signal obtained, determining the main beam peak location within the measurement region, and transforming the coordinate center of the far-field data based on the main beam peak location in order to determine the phase center.

Determining the phase center of an antenna

A method for determining a phase center of an antenna under test is described wherein the antenna under test is placed on a positioning unit within an anechoic space of a measurement system, the positioning unit being configured to set the antenna under test in at least one angular orientation. At least the phase of a measurement signal assigned to the antenna under test is determined in dependency of the angular orientation of the antenna under test. The phase center of the antenna under test is determined by using least-square techniques while taking the phase of the measurement signal into account, and an uncertainty of the determination of the phase center is determined based on the outcome of the determination of the phase center of the antenna under test by using the least-square techniques. In addition, a measurement system is described.

Method and measurement system for determining a phase center of an antenna under test

The present application is related to a method for detection of a signal, the method comprising the steps of performing continuously a direction finding in time-frequency intervals within a time range and a frequency range, determining for each frequency interval a distribution of the direction finding results, DFRs, for all time intervals and evaluating the determined distribution of direction finding results, DFRs, to detect the existence of a signal emitted by a signal source.

Method and apparatus for detection of a signal

An antenna array for at least one of generating and receiving a plane wave in a certain distance is described, the antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas which are movable with respect to each other. The antenna array is configured such that plane waves are at least one of generated and received in the near field of the antenna array. Further, a test system and a method for testing a device under test are described.

Antenna array, test system and method for testing a device under test

A calibration system for calibrating an antenna array comprising antenna elements comprises a measuring unit, and a calibration antenna connected to the measuring unit. The measuring unit sequentially excites each antenna element of the antenna array with an input signal and receives the corresponding output signal through the calibration antenna. Furthermore, the measuring unit measures a transfer function of each antenna element of the antenna array.

Calibration system and method for calibrating an antenna array

A system for phase calibration of an antenna array comprises at least two antenna elements. The system furthermore comprises a device under test comprising the antenna array, a plane wave converter, and a phase measuring unit. Whereas the device under test is configured to transmit or receive a test signal with spatially dependent phase, the plane wave converter is configured to convert the test signal with spatially dependent phase into a signal with constant phase. In addition to this, the device under test or the phase measuring unit is configured to derive calibration values for the phase calibration of the antenna array from the signal with constant phase.

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