Aligning and testing system for communication device manufacturing
First Claim
1. A method for aligning and testing during manufacturing at least one communication device operable in at least one frequency band by running a test procedure which is programmed in a memory of the communication device and in a memory of a control unit of a measurement unit, said test procedure comprising aligning and testing operations, the method comprising the steps of:
- executing at least part of the test procedure by the communication device itself; and
minimizing information transfer between the control unit of the measuring device and the communication device during the test procedure.
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Abstract
A system and method for aligning and testing a communication device during production speeds up the overall production testing and thus shortens the testing time. The system comprises a measuring unit, RF switch, power supply and test bed comprising several modular test places, and is synchronized to perform test procedures with a minimum amount of control information transfer between the device under test and the test system. This is achieved by using low level and real time control operations, and configuring the test hardware to be only a little bit better and a little bit faster than the device under test itself.
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1. A method for aligning and testing during manufacturing at least one communication device operable in at least one frequency band by running a test procedure which is programmed in a memory of the communication device and in a memory of a control unit of a measurement unit, said test procedure comprising aligning and testing operations, the method comprising the steps of:
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executing at least part of the test procedure by the communication device itself; and
minimizing information transfer between the control unit of the measuring device and the communication device during the test procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for aligning and testing during manufacturing at least one communication device operable in at least one frequency band arranged to run a test procedure which is programmed in a memory of the communication device and in a memory of a control unit of a measurement unit, said test procedure comprising aligning and testing operations, the system comprising:
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means for executing at least part of the test procedure by the communication device itself; and
means for minimizing information transfer between the control unit of the measuring device and the communication device during the test procedure. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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- 39. An interface for aligning and testing during manufacturing at least one communication device operable in at least one frequency band to co-operate with an operating system of the communication device, by running a test procedure which is programmed in a memory of the communication device and in a memory of a controller of a measuring unit, said test procedure comprising aligning and testing operations, and said operating system comprising system operations, the interface comprising computer program code for executing at least part of the test procedure by the communication device itself and for minimizing information transfer between the control unit of the measuring unit and the communication device during the test procedure.
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