Low cost on-chip built-in self-test architecture for millimeter wave radio freqency integrated circuit

A radio frequency (RF) built-in self-test (BIST) system, comprising:

• a receiver;
• a transmitter;
• and
• a built-in self-test (BIST) device, wherein the BIST device is configured to:
• inject a receiver tone at an input of the receiver,
• calibrate the receiver based on the receiver tone,
• inject a transmitter tone at an input of the transmitter, and
• calibrate the transmitter based on the transmitter tone.

A built-in self-test (BIST) method for a radio frequency (RF) device including a receiver block and a transmitter block, the BIST method comprising:

• injecting a receiver tone at an input of the receiver block of the RF device;
• calibrating the receiver block based on the receiver tone;
• injecting a transmitter tone at an input of the transmitter block;
• and
• calibrating the transmitter block based on the transmitter tone.