An IQ-Steering Technique for Amplitude and Phase Control of mm-Wave Signals

Akshay Visweswaran; Carmine De Martino; Emilio Sirignano; Marco Spirito

doi:10.1109/ARFTG.2015.7381471

An IQ-Steering Technique for Amplitude and Phase Control of mm-Wave Signals

Akshay Visweswaran
, Carmine De Martino
, Emilio Sirignano
, Marco Spirito

Electronics

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

In this contribution we present a custom test-bench capable of delivering multi-path mm-wave signals with amplitude and phase control to an on-wafer environment. The setup employs direct IQ up-conversion in the 7.5GHz to 10GHz band, with high resolution DACs to modulate both amplitude and phases of n coherent LO signals. Signal amplification followed by frequency multiplication generates mm-wave signals in the 30 to 40GHz range. An amplitude pre-distortion technique, to level the IQ mixer output power versus phase angle, and a calibration technique are developed to achieve accurate amplitude and phase control between the signals at the wafer probe-tip level.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Microwave Measurements with Applications to Bioengineering and Biomedicine
Place of Publication	Danvers, MA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-9247-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG.2015.7381471
Publication status	Published - Dec 2015
Event	86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Microwave Measurements with Applications to Bioengineering and Biomedicine - Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: 3 Dec 2015 → 4 Dec 2015 Conference number: 86

Conference

Conference	86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference
Abbreviated title	ARFTG MMC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	3/12/15 → 4/12/15

Keywords

mm-wave
IQ modulation
phase coherent
calibration

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Visweswaran, A, De Martino, C, Sirignano, E & Spirito, M 2015, An IQ-Steering Technique for Amplitude and Phase Control of mm-Wave Signals. in Proceedings - 86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Microwave Measurements with Applications to Bioengineering and Biomedicine. IEEE, Danvers, MA, pp. 1-4, 86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States, 3/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG.2015.7381471

An IQ-Steering Technique for Amplitude and Phase Control of mm-Wave Signals. / Visweswaran, Akshay; De Martino, Carmine; Sirignano, Emilio et al.
Proceedings - 86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Microwave Measurements with Applications to Bioengineering and Biomedicine. Danvers, MA: IEEE, 2015. p. 1-4.

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