Patent ID: 6751570
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An electronics system operable to provide a standard RF test and measurement environment within an RF enclosure for a plurality of RF devices, comprising:one or more nests located within the RF enclosure, operable to receive an RF device of the plurality of RF devices, wherein a nest of the one or more nests has functionality specific to the RF device that in combination with a standard set of electronics of the electronics systems facilitates testing of the RF device; one or more nest interfaces located within the RF enclosure, coupled to the one or more corresponding nests, wherein a first distance from any nest interface of the one or more nest interfaces to the RF device is greater than a second distance from any of the one or more nests to the RF device; one or more fixture interfaces located within the RF enclosure, coupled to the one or more nest interfaces, said one or more fixture interfaces physically further from the RF device that than the one or more nests wherein a third distance from any fixture interface of the one or more fixture interfaces to the RF device is greater than a fourth distance from any of the one or more nests to the RF device; and one or more fixture controllers, coupled to the one or more fixture interfaces.