US 12,003,281 B1
Radio frequency domain calibration system and method for radio frequency circuit units
Fengyi Huang, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Nanjing (CN)
Appl. No. 18/565,533
Filed by SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, Nanjing (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/136570
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/185070, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202210310816.9 (CN), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 17/14 (2015.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 17/14 (2015.01) [H04B 1/0475 (2013.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio frequency domain calibration system for radio frequency circuit units, comprising calibration units and radio frequency circuit units, wherein
the calibration unit comprises a calibration control unit and a calibration regulation unit;
the calibration control unit comprises a memory, an arithmetic unit, a logic control unit, and a bus;
the memory is configured to store calibration instructions;
the arithmetic unit is configured for data operation in the calibration control unit;
the logic control unit is configured to extract the instructions from the memory, decode the instructions, and send corresponding control signals;
the bus is configured to connect the arithmetic unit, the memory, and the logic control unit, so as to implement information transfer and interaction among the arithmetic unit, the memory, and the logic control unit;
the calibration control unit generates calibration control signals to drive and regulate the calibration regulation unit;
the calibration control units of the radio frequency circuit units are integrated together;
the calibration regulation unit comprises switches or switch array networks, and one of or a combination of tuning networks, resistor networks, transmission line networks, and transformer networks;
component parameters of inductors, capacitors, resistors, transmission lines, and transformers of the calibration regulation unit are discrete or continuously variable values;
the calibration regulation unit regulates structure, geometric scale, and working parameters of the radio frequency circuit unit and working parameters of input/output nodes through the switch or switch array network; and
the calibration control unit is implemented by a silicon-based semiconductor process, and the radio frequency circuit unit and the calibration regulation unit are implemented by the silicon-based semiconductor process or a compound semiconductor process; circuits of the same process are integrated by a single chip, and circuits of different processes are integrated by a system-level package.