Systems and methods using the systems of testing radio frequency receivers include a radio frequency receiver testing device that has 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.

A technician's progress may be tracked using a location data from a mobile device being carried by the technician. For instance, when the technician undocks a test instrument, such as a handheld meter for measuring leakage signal, the mobile device may be triggered to track and transmit its locations. Therefore, the test instrument-mobile device combination may continuously generate two pieces of information-leakage signal measurement from the test instrument and the location from the mobile device. Both the test instrument and the mobile device may transmit the corresponding pieces of information to a remote server, which may associate the leakage signal measurements and locations. The present system may have a visibility of the location of the technician and the corresponding leakage signal measurement when the technician is outside the vehicle, compared to the conventional systems that are generally blind in these situations.

An electronic device for improving a performance of a signal chain is described. The signal chain includes multiple electronic components. The electronic device further includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a set of figures of merit, wherein the set of figures of merit includes at least one component-specific figure of merit for several different settings of several of the electronic components, respectively. The control circuit is configured to determine and/or receive at least one n-th moment characteristic of a signal of the signal chain. The control circuit is configured to determine at least one performance parameter for a plurality of different combinations of settings of the electronic components, respectively, wherein the at least one performance parameter is indicative of a performance of the signal chain. The control circuit is configured to determine the at least one performance parameter based on the set of figures of merit and based on the at least one n-th moment characteristic. The control circuit is configured to select a combination of settings of the electronic components based on the performance parameters determined for different combinations of settings of the electronic components. Further, a configuration method of configuring a signal chain is described.

Systems and methods using the systems of testing radio frequency receivers include a radio frequency receiver testing device that has 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.

An electronic device for improving a performance of a signal chain is described. The signal chain includes multiple electronic components. The electronic device further includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a set of figures of merit, wherein the set of figures of merit includes at least one component-specific figure of merit for several different settings of several of the electronic components, respectively. The control circuit is configured to determine and/or receive at least one n-th moment characteristic of a signal of the signal chain. The control circuit is configured to determine at least one performance parameter for a plurality of different combinations of settings of the electronic components, respectively, wherein the at least one performance parameter is indicative of a performance of the signal chain. The control circuit is configured to determine the at least one performance parameter based on the set of figures of merit and based on the at least one n-th moment characteristic. The control circuit is configured to select a combination of settings of the electronic components based on the performance parameters determined for different combinations of settings of the electronic components. Further, a configuration method of configuring a signal chain is described.

The invention relates to a measurement system, including a signal analyzer or monitoring receiver, for measuring and analyzing modulated signals. The system includes a signal acquisition device having input port(s), wherein the signal acquisition device is configured to capture modulated signal(s) applied to the input ports, wherein each captured modulated signal can be represented as an I/Q signal; wherein the signal acquisition device generates at least two digital I/Q data streams based on the one or more modulated signals, wherein the at least two digital I/Q data streams are generated in parallel. The measurement system includes a selection device to select at least one target frequency bandwidth in each of the at least two digital I/Q data streams; and a signal processing device configured to analyze the at least two digital I/Q data streams in the selected target frequency bandwidths.

A method is presented for evaluating precipitation static (p-static) radiofrequency interference. The method comprises receiving an aircraft surface model and generating a p-static charging model for the aircraft surface model. A charge state of the p-static charging model is adjusted based on a charge dissipation model. An emitted power spectra from the aircraft surface model is determined based on the adjusted charge state. Electrostatic emissions coupling to an antenna are determined based on the emitted power spectra. A level of p-static radiofrequency interference is indicated based on the electrostatic emissions coupling to the antenna.

A method includes generating a shaped gate signal using a gate voltage generator and providing the shaped gate signal to a gate of an active component of a radio frequency (RF) chain in a time delay-based array. The method also includes amplifying noise with a changing gain based on the shaped gate signal using the active component and generating shaped noise data based on the amplified noise using the RF chain. The method further includes measuring a path length for the RF chain based on an arrival time for the shaped noise data and calculating a time delay for the RF chain based on the path length to calibrate the array.

A technician's progress may be tracked using a location data from a mobile device being carried by the technician. For instance, when the technician undocks a test instrument, such as a handheld meter for measuring leakage signal, the mobile device may be triggered to track and transmit its locations. Therefore, the test instrument-mobile device combination may continuously generate two pieces of information-leakage signal measurement from the test instrument and the location from the mobile device. Both the test instrument and the mobile device may transmit the corresponding pieces of information to a remote server, which may associate the leakage signal measurements and locations. The present system may have a visibility of the location of the technician and the corresponding leakage signal measurement when the technician is outside the vehicle, compared to the conventional systems that are generally blind in these situations.