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Granted Patent B2
US 12,230,890 · App. 17/935,039 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Methods and measurement systems for precisely evaluating a device under test

Inventors: Paul Simon Holt Leather (Berlin, DE); Ramez Askar (Berlin, DE); Kei Sakaguchi (Berlin, DE); Thomas Haustein (Potsdam, DE); Leszek Raschkowski (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
H01Q3/267H01Q3/2676H04B5/73H04B10/073H04B17/102H04B17/23
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Patent No.
US 12,230,890
App. No.
17/935,039
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes defining a Center-of-Radiation Reference for a device under test, the CORR indicating a reference origin of an electromagnetic wave pattern formable with the DUT; determining a 3-dimensional orientation information with respect to the CORR, the 3-dimensional orientation information indicating a direction of the electromagnetic wave pattern; and providing the CORR and the 3-dimensional orientation information to a measurement system.

Claims (8)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display; and

an interface configured to receive a signal indicating a request that the apparatus is requested to perform a test mode;

wherein the apparatus is configured to switch to the test mode responsive to the signal and to display a predefined optical signal pattern with the display, the optical signal pattern providing at least a part of a set of reference markers at the apparatus;

wherein the apparatus is configured to display the predefined optical signal pattern as at least the part of the set of reference markers at the apparatus for an evaluation a position of the set of reference markers with regard to a Center-of-Radiation Reference, CORR, for the apparatus, the CORR indicating a reference origin of an electromagnetic wave pattern formable with the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to display the optical signal pattern independently from a user input indicating a change of displaying the optical signal pattern.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the optical signal pattern is a barcode of at least one dimension.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to subsequently switch on one of a plurality of test modes and to subsequently display one of a plurality of optical signal patterns, the displayed optical signals pattern associated with the current test mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2022
From: LEATHER, PAUL SIMON HOLT; ASKAR, RAMEZ; SAKAGUCHI, KEI; HAUSTEIN, THOMAS; RASCHKOWSKI, LESZEK
To: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Reel/Frame 061199/0939 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17176398 · Jun 16, 2017 · regional
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16712776 · Dec 12, 2019
Continuation PCTEP2018065860 · Jun 14, 2018
Related Publication 20230198143A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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