Measurement of transceiver performance parameters in a radar system

A system-on-a-chip (SOC) comprising:

• one or more receive channels;
• one or more transmit channels;
• and
• transmission generation circuitry coupled to the one or more transmit channels, the transmission generation circuitry operable to generate a signal when the radar SOC is operated in test mode;
• and
• a control module coupled to the one or more receive channels, the control module operable to:
• collect a noise data signal from a receive channel of the one or more receive channels;
• and
• compute a noise figure for the receive channel using the noise data signal.

A system-on-a-chip (SOC) comprising:

• one or more receive channels;
• one or more transmit channels;
• and
• transmission generation circuitry coupled to the one or more transmit channels, the transmission generation circuitry operable to generate a signal when the radar SOC is operated in test mode,
• a transmit channel in the one or more transmit channels is operable to transmit a test signal based on the generated signal;
• and
• a receive channel in the one or more receive channels is operable to receive a reflected test signal;
• and
• a control module coupled to the receive channel, the control module operable to compute a radar system noise figure using the reflected test signal. system noise figure for the combination of the receive channel and the transmit channel.