METHOD FOR TESTING IMPLICIT BEAMFORMING PERFORMANCE OF A MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT RADIO FREQUENCY DATA PACKET SIGNAL TRANSCEIVER

摘要

Method for testing implicit beamforming performance of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT). The data packet signals forming the sequential data packet signal transmissions used for beamforming are produced with a selectively varied phase difference and conveyed via internal RF signal paths to external transmit terminals. Combining these transmitted data packet signals produces a combined data packet signal in which a peak power occurs during which a particular phase difference is being induced between the sequential DUT data packet signal transmissions used for the beamforming. This phase difference corresponds to the difference in RF signal phase lengths between the internal RF signal paths of the DUT, and is thereby indicative of the amount of phase shift needed between the sequential DUT data packet signal transmissions used for the beamforming to enable optimal implicit beamforming performance.