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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Vito Giannini, Irving, TX (US);

Brian Paul Ginsburg, Allen, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01R 19/04 (2006.01); G01R 21/12 (2006.01); G01S 7/03 (2006.01); G01S 7/35 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2020.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4004 (2013.01); G01R 19/04 (2013.01); G01R 21/12 (2013.01); G01S 7/032 (2013.01); G01S 7/35 (2013.01); G01S 7/4017 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93274 (2020.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) is provided with a plurality of diode based mm-wave peak voltage detectors (PVD)s. During a testing phase, a multi-point low frequency calibration test is performed on one or more of the PVDs to determine and store a set of alternating current (AC) coefficients. During operation of the IC, a current-voltage sweep is performed on a selected one of the PVDs to determine a process and temperature direct current (DC) coefficient. A peak voltage produced by the PVD in response to a high frequency radio frequency (RF) signal is measured to produce a first measured voltage. An approximate power of the RF signal is calculated by adjusting the first measured voltage using the DC coefficient and the AC coefficient.


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