Measurement method for imbalance factors in direct-conversion quadrature radar systems

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 403-405

  Park, Byung Kwon ^a,b   Yamada, Shuhei ^a,b   Lubecke, Victor ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct conversion; Doppler radar; Imbalance factor; Quadrature receiver

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-CONVERSION; PHASE IMBALANCE FACTORS; PRECISE IMBALANCE; QUADRATURE RECEIVER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; PHASE SHIFTERS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247554368     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.895742     Document Type: Article

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