Test device for wireless electronic devices

• US 9,157,933 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Peng, Huang-Tse, Huang, Chin-Lien, Ku, Kuang-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Koval, Melissa
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRUNG Q
• Application Number:
  US13/735,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20130176047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 324/500, 32475022-75026, 324/754.08, 324/754.19, 324/754.21, 324/754.31
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/18 Screening arrangements against electric or magnetic fields, e.g. against earth's field
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 29/0821 rooms and test sites therefor, e.g. anechoic chambers, open field sites or TEM cells for testing antennas G01R29/105
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/085 Slot-line radiating ends
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing

Abstract

A test device for wireless electronic devices includes a metal casing, a RF-absorbing material, a measurement antenna, and an impedance adjustment module. The impedance adjustment module includes a dielectric layer, a microstrip line, and a slot line, wherein the slot line is electrically connected to the measurement antenna. The microstrip line and the slot line are disposed on two opposite sides of the dielectric layer and respectively include a first body and a second body, which are parallel to each other.

Claims

1. A test device for a wireless electronic device, comprising:

a metal casing;

a RF-absorbing material disposed in the metal casing to enclose an inner space, wherein the RF-absorbing material includes a clamping groove formed at one end of the RF-absorbing material;

a first measurement antenna disposed in the clamping groove and located at one end of the inner space; and

an impedance adjustment module electrically connected to the first measurement antenna for receiving a signal transmitted from the first measurement antenna or transmitting an electrical signal to the first measurement antenna, wherein the impedance adjustment module comprises;

a dielectric layer;

a microstrip line disposed at one side of the dielectric layer and comprising a first body; and

a slot line disposed at the other side of the dielectric layer opposite to the microstrip line, the slot line electrically connected to the first measurement antenna and comprising a second body, wherein the first body and the second body are substantially parallel to each other.

2. The test device of claim 1, wherein the microstrip line comprises a first adjustment portion extending from one end of the first body, the slot line comprises a second adjustment portion extending from one end of the second body, the projection of the first adjustment portion on the dielectric layer at least partially overlaps that of the second adjustment portion.

3. The test device of claim 2, wherein the impedance adjustment module further comprises an impedance adjustment groove formed in the dielectric layer and adjacent to the second adjustment portion.

4. The test device of claim 2, wherein the first adjustment portion comprises a first adjustment arm and a second adjustment arm, the second adjustment portion comprises a third adjustment arm and a fourth adjustment arm, the projection of the first adjustment arm on the dielectric layer at least partially overlaps that of the fourth adjustment arm, the projection of the second adjustment arm on the dielectric layer at least partially overlaps that of the third adjustment arm.

5. The test device of claim 4, wherein the impedance adjustment module further comprises an impedance adjustment groove formed in the dielectric layer and adjacent to the fourth adjustment arm of the slot line.

6. The test device of claim 4, wherein the first adjustment arm and the second adjustment arm extend from one end of the microstrip line and include a first angle, the third adjustment arm and the fourth adjustment arm extend from one end of the slot line and include a second angle, the first angle is substantially equal to the second angle.

7. The test device of claim 4, wherein the first adjustment arm and the third adjustment arm are substantially parallel to each other in an extending direction thereof, the second adjustment arm and the fourth adjustment arm are substantially parallel to each other in an extending direction thereof.

8. The test device of claim 2, further comprising a signal feed-in portion electrically connected to one end of the microstrip line opposite to the first adjustment portion.

9. The test device of claim 1, wherein the first measurement antenna is in form of a sheet and has a first metal arm and a second metal arm connected to the impedance adjustment module and substantially extending along different positions of an inner surface of the RF-absorbing material, the inner space is located between the first metal arm and the second metal arm.

10. The test device of claim 9, wherein the RF-absorbing material comprises a first absorbing layer and a second absorbing layer, the clamping groove is formed between the first absorbing layer and the second absorbing layer.

11. The test device of claim 1, wherein the impedance adjustment module receives a first signal from outside and transmits a second signal to the first measurement antenna according to the first signal, the first measurement antenna produces an electromagnetic field in the inner space according to the second signal, wherein the magnitude of the electromagnetic field is distributed evenly outward with respect to an axis that passes through the center of the inner space and is perpendicular to a plane of the inner space.

12. The test device of claim 1, wherein the metal casing and the RF-absorbing material are substantially a conical casing.

13. The test device of claim 1, wherein the inner space is substantially a cone.