• DocumentCode
    1165186
  • Title

    On-Chip Testing Techniques for RF Wireless Transceivers

  • Author

    Valdes-Garcia, Alberto ; Silva-Martinez, Jose ; Sánchez-Sinencio, Edgar

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, NY
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    268
  • Lastpage
    277
  • Abstract
    This article describes a set of on-chip testing techniques and their application to integrated wireless RF transceivers. The objective is to reduce final product cost and accelerate time to market by providing means of testing the entire transceiver system as well as its major building blocks without using off-chip analog or RF instrumentation. On-chip test devices fabricated in a standard CMOS process and experimentally evaluated support the proposed test strategy
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit testing; radiofrequency integrated circuits; system-on-chip; transceivers; on-chip testing; product cost reduction; standard CMOS process; time-to-market; wireless RF transceiver; Automatic testing; Baseband; Built-in self-test; Cost function; Life estimation; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device testing; System testing; Transceivers; Wireless communication; Built-in test; Loop-back test; RF test; Wireless Transceivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7475
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDT.2006.100
  • Filename
    1683713