Patent ID: 8913973

Claim:
A method of testing a plurality of wireless electronic devices having storage and processing circuitry and power amplifier circuitry, comprising: with the storage and processing circuitry of each wireless electronic device, configuring that wireless electronic device to operate under a given operating condition; with test equipment, measuring a performance metric of the power amplifier circuitry for each wireless electronic device while that wireless electronic device is operating under the given operating condition; with the test equipment, measuring a power savings metric of the power amplifier circuitry for each wireless electronic device while that wireless electronic device is operating under the given operating condition; with the test equipment, computing a cost function value for each wireless electronic device by taking a product of the performance metric and the power savings metric for that wireless electronic device; and with the test equipment, obtaining an optimum operating setting for the power amplifier circuitry based on the measured performance metric and the measured power savings metric.