• 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