US 12,438,626 B2
Receiver test apparatus and method
Kevin Owen Shoemaker, Mineral, VA (US)
Assigned to Associated Universities, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by Associated Universities, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,555.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,122, filed on Jun. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403088 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 17/29 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 17/294 (2023.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio frequency receiver testing device, comprising:
a PIN switch adapted to receive a radio transmission;
a thermal diode coupled to the PIN switch and controlling the amount of noise within the PIN switch; and
a noise diode providing a stable noise source to the radio frequency receiver testing device.