Multipoint voltage and current probe system
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1. A metrology system for monitoring radio frequency (RF) power at a plurality of locations in a circuit, comprising:
- a plurality of sense channels that each generate an output signal based on an electrical property of the RF power at one of the locations in the circuit, each sense channel comprising;
a RF sensor that generates a first signal based on the electrical property of the RF power;
an oscillator that generates a periodic signal; and
a mixer that mixes the first signal with the periodic signal to generate the output signal for the sense channel; and
a RF combiner that generates a second output signal based on the plurality of output signals from the sense channels.
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Abstract
A metrology system monitors radio frequency (RF) power at a plurality of locations in a circuit. The system includes a plurality of RF sensors that generate respective analog signals based on electrical properties of the RF power, a multiplexing module that generates an output signal based on the analog signals, and an analysis module that generates messages based on the output signal. The messages contain information regarding the electrical properties that are sensed by the plurality of RF sensors.
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1. A metrology system for monitoring radio frequency (RF) power at a plurality of locations in a circuit, comprising:
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a plurality of sense channels that each generate an output signal based on an electrical property of the RF power at one of the locations in the circuit, each sense channel comprising; a RF sensor that generates a first signal based on the electrical property of the RF power; an oscillator that generates a periodic signal; and a mixer that mixes the first signal with the periodic signal to generate the output signal for the sense channel; and a RF combiner that generates a second output signal based on the plurality of output signals from the sense channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A metrology system for monitoring radio frequency (RF) power at a plurality of locations in a circuit, comprising:
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a plurality of sense channels that each generate a pair of output signals based on electrical properties of the RF power at one of the locations in the circuit, each sense channel comprising; a RF sensor that generates a pair of analog signals based on the RF power; an oscillator that generates first and second periodic signals that are out-of-phase; a first mixer that mixes the first periodic signal with one of the analog signals to generate one of the output signals of the sense channel; and a second mixer that mixes the second periodic signal with the other one of the analog signals to generate a second one of the output signals of the sense channel; a first RF combiner that generates a first broadband signal based on the plurality of output signals from the first mixers; and a second RF combiner that generates a second broadband signal based on the plurality of output signals from the second mixers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for monitoring radio frequency (RF) power at a plurality of locations in a circuit, comprising:
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generating an output signal based on an electrical property of the RF power at an associated one of the locations in the circuit, each generating step including; generating a first signal based on the RF power; generating a periodic signal; and mixing the first signal with the periodic signal to generate the output signal; and combining the output signals to generate a broadband signal that includes frequency components of each of the output signals. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. The method of claim wherein the frequencies are evenly-spaced in the frequency domain.
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