• DocumentCode
    746175
  • Title

    Correction of mixer nonlinearity in quadrature modulators

  • Author

    Faulkner, Michael ; Johansson, Mikael

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Victoria Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, Vic., Australia
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    293
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    Baseband preconditioning is used to partially cancel third order nonlinearities in mixers. Calibration is by means of a simple diode detector, but requires the presence of a carrier leak signal. The technique led to an improvement of 8 dB in IM3 for a 900 MHz system.
  • Keywords
    calibration; error correction; intermodulation; mixers (circuits); modulators; 900 MHz; UHF; baseband preconditioning; calibration; carrier leak signal; diode detector calibration; intermodulation products; mixer nonlinearity; quadrature modulators; third order nonlinearities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920181
  • Filename
    121432
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=746175