Investigation of a self-calibrating SSB modulator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3806-3816

  Treyer, Daniel Marco ^a,b,c   Bächtold, Werner ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Carrier suppression; Frequency shifters; Image suppression; Microwave phase shifters; Single sideband (SSB) mixers; SSB modulators

Indexed keywords

CARRIER SUPPRESSION; FREQUENCY SHIFTERS; MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFTERS; SSB MODULATORS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT;

MODULATORS;

EID: 29544433911     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.859876     Document Type: Article

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