DocumentCode
1154297
Title
Subharmonically pumped direct vector modulator
Author
Di Alessio, F.L. ; D´Orazio, A.
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettronica ed Elettrotecnica, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Volume
39
Issue
1
fYear
2003
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
71
Abstract
An attractive means to reduce the complexity of the radio-frequency hardware is obtained by direct modulation. An alternative architecture of a direct vector modulator is described, working over the ETSI 15 GHz band realised using a subharmonic mixer. It includes on-board phase tuning for correcting the quadrature phase error.
Keywords
mixers (circuits); modulators; 15 GHz; ETSI band; direct vector modulator; on-board phase tuning; quadrature phase error; radiofrequency hardware architecture; subharmonic mixer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030051
Filename
1182358
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