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Quasi-Transmission-Line Variable Reactance Circuits for a Wide Variable-Phase Range X-Band Monolithic Phase Shifter
Masashi NAKATSUGAWA Masahiro MURAGUCHI
Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics
Vol.E80-C
No.1
pp.168-173 Publication Date: 1997/01/25 Online ISSN:
DOI: Print ISSN: 0916-8516 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Keyword: phase shifter, transmission line, quadrature hybrid, shunt capacitor, reflection,
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Summary:
This paper describes a novel quasi-transmission-line variable-reactance circuit that extends the variable-phase range of phase shifters. It consists of a transmission line and two shunt varactors. By appropriately choosing the characteristic impedance and electrical length of the transmission line, the variable-phase range can be significantly increased. Since the proposed circuit can be fabricated by the conventional MESFET process, a phase shifter can be integrated with other functional circuits. This enables fully monolithic integration of RF circuits as a one-chip multi-functional MMIC in radio communication systems. The variable-phase range of the prototype X-band monolithic phase shifter is 208 degrees, which is approximately four times as large as that of conventional one.
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