Novel Design For Test (DFT) Concept to Check the Spectral Mask Compliance Defined in the IEEE Std. 802.15.6-2012 of Wireless-Body-Area-Network (WBAN) IC-Devices

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a novel design for test (DFT) concept to check the compliance of wireless-body-area-network devices for medical applications with the spectral mask for IR-UWB and FM-UWB defined in chapter 9.13 of the IEEE Std. 802.15.6-2012. The design enables a fast and repeatable IC-production test solution for medium to high volume testing, which is independent of the tester type and does not need any extra circuitry on a test board / device interface board.