Transmit / Receive Module Test Throughput Optimization
应用文章
Overview
Radar, satellite and electronic warfare (EW) systems utilize a wide variety of microwave modules. Across these applications, a common set of issues tends to occur during testing in the engineering and production environments. This application brief illustrates those issues by focusing on transmit/receive (T/R) modules used in radar systems. T/R modules are produced in large quantities for use in phasedarray radar systems such as the one shown in Figure 1. The T/R hardware is used behind each antenna element in a phased array, potentially requiring hundreds or thousands of modules in a single radar system.