Zhang, Guoyan and Farrell, Ronan (2006) Embedded Built-In-Test Detection Circuit for Radio Frequency Systems and Circuits. In: 2006 IEEE Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and systems. IEEE, pp. 87-88. ISBN 1424401852

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Abstract

An embedded rectifier-based Built-In-Test (BIT) detection circuit for the RF integrated circuits is proposed in this work, and charge pump rectifier is adopted to transform the RF output signal into DC signal. In this BIT circuit, low threshold voltage MOS transistor with positive substrate bias is used to act as diode to further improve the conversion efficiency and the detecting sensitivity. With this BIT circuit, the minimum input testing sensitivity can be improved to -50dBm. Also, this circuit doesn't consume current and has very high operating frequency scalability. As an example 2.4GHz low noise amplifier by using this BIT detecting circuit has been verified, and gain and linearity information can be obtained without influencing the performance of the attached RF circuits.

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Keywords:	BIT; Rectifier-based; RF; built-in self test; integrated circuit testing; low-power electronics; MOS integrated circuits; radiofrequency integrated circuits; rectifying circuits;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems
Item ID:	586
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/DDECS.2006.1649582
Depositing User:	Ronan Farrell
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2007
Publisher:	IEEE
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	Enterprise Ireland (EI)
URI:	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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