Title :
Tunable broadband quadrature phase splitting technique
Author :
Watkins, G.T. ; Warr, P.A. ; McGeehan, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
fDate :
6/20/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A tunable microwave quadrature-phase splitter is presented which offers phase and gain balances of +/-3° and +/-0.3 dB over at least 16% bandwidth within the frequency range 1-2 GHz. The technique is suited to I-Q balancing in transceivers for optimum signal (de)modulating or mixing
Keywords :
UHF devices; demodulation; transceivers; tuning; waveguide components; 1 to 2 GHz; I-Q balancing; frequency range; gain balances; phase balances; signal demodulating; signal mixing; signal modulating; transceivers; tunable broadband quadrature phase splitting technique;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020443
