Configuration of a frequency converter, frequency converter kit and method for configuring a frequency converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10198276-B2
Application number	US-201514974846-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-readable data portions stored thereon, the data portions including configuration data items relating to configurable parameters of a frequency converter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A frequency converter kit, comprising:
a first frequency converter having a first data input/output interface and a first dedicated reflectometer module with a first frequency multiplier, a first directional coupler, a first down-conversion mixer, and a second down-conversion mixer;
a second frequency converter having a second data input/output interface and a second dedicated reflectometer module with a second frequency multiplier, a second directional coupler, a third down-conversion mixer, and a fourth down-conversion mixer; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable data portions, the data portions comprising configuration data items relating to configurable parameters of components of the first frequency converter,
wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is configured to be coupled to the second data input/output interface for transmitting the configuration data items to the second frequency converter,
the configurable parameters comprising power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters of the first dedicated reflectometer module,
wherein the power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters set a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the first dedicated reflectometer module, and
wherein a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the second dedicated reflectometer module is set to be same as the power flatness correction or output power linearization of the first dedicated reflectometer module based on the transmitting of the configuration data items to the second frequency converter.

2. The frequency converter kit of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises one of a USB flash drive, a memory card, an optical storage device, a magnetic data storage tape, a zip disk, an external hard disk drive, a Microdrive® and a floppy disk, and wherein the data input/output interface of the frequency converter includes one of a USB interface, a FireWire interface, a SATA interface, a Serial Attached SCSI interface, a PCIe interface, a Thunderbolt interface and an Ethernet interface.

3. A frequency converter comprising:
a dedicated reflectometer module with a frequency multiplier, a directional coupler, a first down-conversion mixer, and a second down-conversion mixer;
a microprocessor embedded in the frequency converter;
a data input/output interface coupled to the microprocessor; and
a data storage medium embedded in the frequency converter and coupled to the microprocessor, the data storage medium comprising computer-readable data portions, the data portions comprising configuration data items relating to configurable parameters of a further frequency converter,
wherein the microprocessor is configured to retrieve the computer-readable data portions from the data storage medium and to configure components of the frequency converter based on the configuration data items contained in the retrieved computer-readable data portions,
wherein the microprocessor is further configured to receive configuration data items relating to configurable parameters of the further frequency converter via the data input/output interface and to store the received configuration data items as the computer-readable data portions on the data storage medium,
the configurable parameters comprising power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters of a dedicated reflectometer module of the further frequency converter,
wherein the power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters set a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the dedicated reflectometer module of the frequency converter to be same as a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the dedicated reflectometer module of the further frequency converter based on receiving the configuration data items relating to the configurable parameters of the further frequency converter.

4. A system, comprising:
a network analyzer;
a first frequency converter having a first data input/output interface and a first dedicated reflectometer module with a frequency multiplier, a directional coupler, a first down-conversion mixer, and a second down-conversion mixer, the first frequency converter being configured to receive an RF input signal with a first RF frequency from the network analyzer and to generate and output an RF testing signal with a second RF frequency on the basis of the RF input signal, the second RF frequency being an integer multiple of the first RF frequency;
a second frequency converter having a second data input/output interface and a second dedicated reflectometer module with a frequency multiplier, a directional coupler, a third down-conversion mixer, and a fourth down-conversion mixer, the second frequency converter being configured to receive an RF input signal with a third RF frequency from the network analyzer and to generate and output an RF testing signal with a fourth RF frequency on the basis of the RF input signal, the fourth RF frequency being an integer multiple of the third RF frequency; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable data portions, the data portions comprising configuration data items relating to configurable parameters of components of the second frequency converter,
wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is configured to be coupled to the first data input/output interface for transmitting the configuration data items to the first frequency converter,
the configurable parameters comprising power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters of the second dedicated reflectometer module,
wherein the power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters set a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the second dedicated reflectometer module, and
wherein a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the first dedicated reflectometer module is set to be same as the power flatness correction or output power linearization of the second dedicated reflectometer module based on the transmitting of the configuration data items to the first frequency converter.

5. A signal generation system, comprising:
a first frequency converter having a first data input/output interface and a first dedicated reflectometer module with a first frequency multiplier, a first directional coupler, a first down-conversion mixer, and a second down-conversion mixer;
a second frequency converter having a second data input/output interface and a second dedicated reflectometer module with a second frequency multiplier, a second directional coupler, a third down-conversion mixed and a fourth down-conversion mixer;
a signal generator coupled to the second frequency converter and configured to input baseband test signals to the second frequency converter; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable data portions, the data portions comprising configuration data items relating to configurable parameters of components of the second frequency converter,
wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is configured to be coupled to the first data input/output interface for transmitting the configuration data items to the first frequency converter,
the configurable parameters comprising power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters of the second dedicated reflectometer module,
wherein the power flatness correction parameters or output power linearization parameters set a power flatness correction or output power linearization of the second dedicated reflectomet

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz
• Rohde & Schwarz Ghbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Simon Hans-Joachim
• Ruf Marcel

Classifications

• G06F13/102

  where the program performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver (G06F13/105 takes precedence; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52) · CPC title

• G06F9/44505 Primary

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• H03K5/00006

  Changing the frequency (modulating pulses H03K7/00; frequency dividers H03K21/00 - H03K29/00; additive or subtractive mixing of two pulse rates into one G06F7/605; pulse rate dividers G06F7/68) · CPC title