DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTER
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240258997A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18018332

    申请日:2022-08-09

    申请人: Fujikura Ltd.

    发明人: Yusuke Uemichi

    IPC分类号: H03H11/16

    CPC分类号: H03H11/16

    摘要: A digital phase shifter in which a plurality of digital phase shift circuits are connected in cascade. One of the digital phase shift circuits includes at least a signal line, a pair of inner lines provided at both sides of the signal line, a pair of outer lines provided outside of the pair of inner lines, a first ground conductor connected to each first ends of the pair of inner lines and the pair of outer lines, a second ground conductor connected to each second ends of the pair of outer lines, and a pair of electronic switches provided between each of the second ends of the pair of inner lines and the second ground conductor. The pair of outer lines adjacent to each other are separated between the digital phase shift circuits adjacent to each other and the first ground conductor and the second ground conductor adjacent to each other are separated between the digital phase shift circuits adjacent to each other.

    Method of operating an N-way power combiner network and an N-way power combiner network

    公开(公告)号:US11962059B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US17250560

    申请日:2018-08-29

    申请人: SAAB AB

    发明人: Magnus Isacsson

    摘要: Method of operating a power combiner network (1), the power combiner network (1) comprising a power combiner device (10) having N secondary ports (11(1, 2, N)) combining into one primary port (12), wherein respective N secondary port (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) is provided with a phase shifter arrangement (13) and a load control arrangement (14). Respective phase shifter arrangement (13) is configured to set a phase of a signal fed through respective N secondary port (11(1, 2, . . . , N)). Respective load control arrangement (14) is configured to set the N secondary ports (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) in an active or in an inactive operation mode. For I inactive secondary ports (11(1)) the load control arrangement (14) is further configured to set a phase of the signal reflected from the I inactive secondary ports (11(1)). The method comprises the method steps of; step A (100), selecting which of the N secondary ports (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) that should be set in an inactive operation mode and which of the N secondary ports (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) that should be set in an active operation mode, step B (110), setting selected I inactive secondary ports (11(1)) in an inactive operation mode by means of the load control arrangement (14), step C (120), retrieving a phase required for respective I inactive secondary port (11(1)) and retrieving a phase required for respective A active secondary port (11(2)) in order for respective A active secondary port (11(2)) to minimize the reflected signal from the power combiner device (10) and provide desired power to the primary port (12), step D (130), setting respective load control arrangement (14) for respective I inactive secondary port (11(1)) according to respective retrieved phase, and step E (140), setting respective phase shifter arrangement (13) for respective A active secondary port (11(2)) according to respective retrieved phase.

    Phase detector
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11879917B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-23

    申请号:US17554464

    申请日:2021-12-17

    IPC分类号: G01R25/00 H03H11/16 H03H11/04

    CPC分类号: G01R25/00 H03H11/04 H03H11/16

    摘要: A phase detector includes: a phase shift circuit to phase-shift a first positive-phase signal included in a first differential signal and a first negative-phase signal included in the first differential signal, and phase-shift a second positive-phase signal included in a second differential signal and a second negative-phase signal included in the second differential signal; a multiplication circuit to perform multiplication of two signals for all combinations of the first positive-phase signal and the first negative-phase signal with the phase-shifted second positive-phase signal and the phase-shifted second negative-phase signal, and perform multiplication of two signals for all combinations of the phase-shifted first positive-phase signal and the phase-shifted first negative-phase signal with the second positive-phase signal and the second negative-phase signal; and a phase difference calculating circuit to calculate a phase difference between the first differential signal and the second differential signal using multiplication signals of the multiplication circuit.

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE PHASE SHIFT BETWEEN TWO SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20220116024A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17496548

    申请日:2021-10-07

    IPC分类号: H03H11/16 H03F3/24 H04B1/3827

    摘要: In an embodiment, a method for determining the phase shift between a first signal and a second signal includes: delivering the first signal to a first input of a 90° hybrid coupler; delivering the second signal to a second input of the 90° hybrid coupler; determining a first piece of information relating to a power of a first output signal delivered to a first output of the 90° hybrid coupler; determining a second piece of information relating to a power of a second output signal delivered to a second output of the coupler; and adjusting the phase of the second signal until obtaining a calibrated phase for which the first piece of information is substantially equal to the second piece of information, wherein the first and second signals have identical frequencies, and wherein the phase shift between the first signal and the second signal is equal to the calibrated phase.

    DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTER
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210313968A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17224961

    申请日:2021-04-07

    申请人: Cubic Corporation

    IPC分类号: H03H17/08 H03H11/16 H01P3/08

    摘要: Phase shifters such as networks that can be used in MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) and hybrid digital phase shifters, for low loss, wide bandwidth, and high linearity. A digital phase shifter includes input port for receiving signals and output ports for transmitting the signals. Multiple transmission lines are arranged between the input and output ports of the phase shifter. The transmission lines are arranged in a ring with first pair of the transmission lines which are arranged in series in a first path and second pair of the transmission lines arranged in series in a second path. One of the transmission lines of the first and second pairs include quarter-wave hybrid coupled line with coupled-ports and through-ports terminated in short-circuit. Hybrid coupled line can be a Lange coupler with or without RF crossover.

    RF phase shifting device
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10778190B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US15981165

    申请日:2018-05-16

    申请人: IMEC VZW

    摘要: A device for phase shifting is disclosed, comprising an input amplifier, a biasing circuit, a first output amplifier and a second output amplifier being variable-gain amplifiers, and a quadrature hybrid coupler. The input amplifier is connected to an input port of the coupler, the first output amplifier is connected to a through port of the coupler, the second output amplifier is connected to a coupled port of the coupler, and the biasing circuit is connected to an isolated port of the coupler. The device also includes, the quadrature hybrid coupler configured to receive, at the input port, an input signal from the input amplifier, output, at the through port, a through signal, receive, at the isolated port, a bias signal from the biasing circuit, and output, at the coupled port, a coupled signal having a phase differing from a phase of the through signal.

    Continuously digitally adjustable phase actuator

    公开(公告)号:US10365336B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-30

    申请号:US15998589

    申请日:2018-08-15

    IPC分类号: H03H11/16 G01R33/36

    摘要: A phase actuator for a continuously adjustable phase displacement at a first frequency is provided. The phase actuator has a first inductance with tapping point, a first continuously variable capacitor, and a transformation network. A signal input and a signal output of the phase shifter are connected by the first inductance. The first continuously adjustable capacitor is connected in parallel to the first inductance. The tapping point is connected via a transformation network to a reference mass, where an impedance value of the transformation network corresponds to a quarter wave transform of a capacitance value of the first continuously variable capacitance at the first frequency.

    Octagonal phase rotators
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10320332B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15809812

    申请日:2017-11-10

    发明人: Pier A. Francese

    摘要: Octagonal phase rotator includes an I-mixer having an I-DAC for steering current between positive and negative phases of an in-phase signal depending on k I-DAC control bits of a control code, a Q-mixer having a Q-DAC for steering current between the positive/negative phases of a quadrature signal depending on k Q-DAC control bits of the code, and an IQ-mixer having n IQ-mixer units each comprising an IQ-DAC for switching a second current unit between the in-phase and quadrature signals, in dependence on a respective bit of n IQ-DAC control bits, and between the positive/negative phases of the in-phase and quadrature signals via I and Q polarity switches respectively of that component. I and Q polarity switches of some different IQ-DAC components switch depending on different I-DAC control bits and Q-DAC control bits respectively. A summation circuit sums weighted output signals from the mixers to produce an output signal of phase.