Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location of a source of passive intermodulation in a frequency selective device
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Application No.: US15812382Application Date: 2017-11-14
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Publication No.: US10263713B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Simon Gale , David Damian Nicholas Bevan , Fiona Wilson , Nigel Chapman
- Applicant: AceAxis Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Harlow
- Assignee: AceAxis Limited
- Current Assignee: AceAxis Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Harlow
- Agency: EIP US LLP
- Priority: GB1701600.7 20170131
- Main IPC: H04B17/00
- IPC: H04B17/00 ; H04B17/20 ; H04B17/26 ; G01R23/20 ; H04B17/11

Abstract:
A location is identified of at least one PIM (passive intermodulation) source in a frequency selective device by applying an excitation waveform to the frequency selective device and measuring a PIM response signature of the frequency selective device. The PIM response signature is a characteristic of PIM produced in response to the excitation waveform. The measured PIM response signature is compared with each of a plurality of example PIM response signatures, each of the plurality of example PIM response signatures corresponding to a characteristic of PIM expected for a respective location of a PIM source in the frequency selective device. The location of the at least one PIM source within the frequency selective device is determined on the basis of the comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180219636A1 LOCATION OF A SOURCE OF PASSIVE INTERMODULATION IN A FREQUENCY SELECTIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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