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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Brian P. Ginsburg, Allen, TX (US);
Guor-Chaur Jung, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes: generating, via a testing signal source, a test transmission signal; receiving the test transmission signal at an input port of a socket device having the input port, an input coupler, a divider, a combiner, an output coupler and an output port; providing, via the input coupler, an input signal based on the test transmission signal; providing, via the divider, portions of the input signal to each of respective inputs of m receivers of a transceiver having n transmitters and the m receivers; combining, via the combiner, signals provided at the respective outputs of the n transmitters into a combined output signal; providing a coupled output signal to the input coupler; providing a measured output signal to the output port; providing, via the output port, the measured output signal to a receiving signal measuring device; and testing, via the receiving signal measuring device, the measured output signal.