Patent ID: 11525888

Abstract:
A self-diagnosis device of a radar system or a phased-array antenna module including a general-purpose multi-channel IC and a transmission phase shifter IC having a plurality of transmission output terminals and reception terminals is configured to perform a self-diagnosis of the transmission phase shifter by utilizing a signal that is generatable by the general-purpose multi-channel IC, which is enabled by a built-in self-test circuit that (A) generates a self-diagnosis monitor signal converted into a low frequency band, which is a mixture of (i) a self-diagnosis signal generated from (a) a third output signal and a fourth output signal output in sync from same PLL with (b) a first output signal to be supplied to a reception frequency converter of the general-purpose multi-channel IC, and (ii) a composite signal of the transmission channel, and (B) analyzes a phase of the self-diagnosis monitor signal.