Method for conducting digital interface and baseband circuitry tests using digital loopback
View Patent ↗In a mobile device having a primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit and an interface between the primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit, a method for testing the interface and primary and secondary baseband circuits comprising the steps of: setting the secondary baseband circuit into a loopback mode; sending a first signal from the primary baseband circuit to the secondary baseband circuit; receiving at the primary baseband circuit a second signal, the second symbol being the first signal looped back from the secondary baseband circuit; and comparing the second signal with an expected result.
1. A mobile device comprising:
a first audio baseband circuit configured to generate a test signal;
a second audio baseband circuit configured to be set into a loopback mode; and
an interface between the first audio baseband circuit and the second audio baseband circuit, said interface configured to:
carry the test signal sent from the first audio baseband circuit to the second audio baseband circuit while the second audio baseband circuit is in loopback mode; and
carry a second signal to the first audio baseband circuit, the second signal being the test signal sent to, and looped back from, said second audio baseband circuit
wherein the mobile device is configured to internally test the interface and first and second audio baseband circuits by comparing the second signal with an expected result corresponding to the test signal sent, where successful internal voice path verification is predicated based on the comparison.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising a register for storing the second signal.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the interface is a code-decode digital interface.
4. The mobile device of claim 3 , wherein the code-decode digital interface is a pulse code modulation interface.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein said first audio baseband circuit comprises a digital audio baseband chip of a radio frequency baseband chip.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein said second audio baseband circuit comprises a digital audio baseband chip of a Bluetooth baseband chip.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the loopback mode of said second audio baseband circuit comprises loopback in a digital interface.
8. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the loopback mode of said second audio baseband circuit comprises loopback in an analog interface.
9. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the first audio baseband circuit comprises a dual tone multiple frequency generator module, the test signal being one of a dual tone multiple frequency tone and a single frequency tone.
10. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein said mobile device is configured to check said second signal for an expected signal level and an expected frequency.