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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Hussein Esfahlani, Kirkland, WA (US);

Cagdas Varel, Kirkland, WA (US);

Mohsen Sazegar, Redmond, WA (US);

Steven Howard Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Ryan Stevenson, Seattle, WA (US);

Mohammad Ranjbarnikkhah, Redmond, WA (US);

Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/08 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2020.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/0086 (2013.01); G01J 1/42 (2013.01); G01R 29/0885 (2013.01); G01R 31/2632 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for performing optical inspection of varactor diodes in an antenna are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method of testing an antenna having varactor diodes comprises: selecting a plurality of varactor diodes to be placed in a light emitting state; forward biasing the selected varactor diodes to a magnitude at which the selected varactor diodes are to emit light; and detecting one or more faulty varactor diodes of the selected varactor diodes based on their emitted light intensity.


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