Analog signal treatment in six port technology

Author

Tatu, Serioja Ovidiu ; Moldovan, Emilia ; Wu, Ke ; Bosisio, Renato G.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Genie Electr., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

4-7 May 2003

Firstpage

1925

Abstract

In this paper, analog signal processing is used to obtain phase and amplitude measurements in microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Six-ports used in direct conversion receivers and radars at 28 and 94 GHz, were designed in our laboratory and fabricated in various technologies as monolithic hybrid microwave integrated circuit (MHMIC), monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) or micromachined waveguides in metal blocks. This paper presents a new method and results of analog signal treatment applied in six-port technology that can be used to obtain a low-cost vector analyzer, a phase shift key (PSK) demodulator or a radar sensor. Analog signal treatments in six-port technology for phase and amplitude measurements offer a unique advantage by reducing circuit complexity and increasing the speed of the signal treatment.

Keywords

MMIC; analogue processing circuits; circuit complexity; demodulators; discriminators; multiport networks; phase measurement; phase shift keying; radar receivers; signal processing; vector processor systems; 28 GHz; 94 GHz; amplitude measurement; analog signal processing; direct conversion receivers; micromachined waveguides; monolithic hybrid microwave integrated circuit; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; phase measurement; phase shift key demodulator; radar sensor; six-port technology; vector analyzer; Hybrid integrated circuits; Integrated circuit technology; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave measurements; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Monolithic integrated circuits; Phase measurement; Radar signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003. IEEE CCECE 2003. Canadian Conference on

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7781-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2003.1226290

Filename

1226290