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Impedance of a RF output/input pin of a chipset

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Hi,

Is it possible to measure/test the impedance of an RF output/input pin of a chipset which has RF functions?

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ckJJ
 

Yes is possible to do this test.
One option, but very expensive is to use a RF Probe Station like this:
http://bridgetec.com/rf.html
Second option is to de-embed all the PCB losses between board connector and the pin that you are looking to measure, and do the characterization using a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). This de-embedding and calibration of the VNA require some RF experience
You can search on the net for some examples like this:
**broken link removed**
 

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