IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
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A 28GHz High-Accuracy Phase and Amplitude Detection Circuit for Dual-Polarized Phased-Array Calibration
Yudai YAMAZAKIJoshua ALVINJian PANGAtsushi SHIRANEKenichi OKADA
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2023 Volume E106.C Issue 4 Pages 149-156

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This article presents a 28GHz high-accuracy phase and amplitude detection circuit for dual-polarized phased-array calibration. With dual-polarized calibration scheme, external LO signal is not required for calibration. The proposed detection circuit detects phase and amplitude independently, using PDC and ADC. By utilizing a 28GHz-to-140kHz downconversion scheme, the phase and amplitude are detected more accurately. In addition, reference signal for PDC and ADC is generated from 28GHz LO signal with divide-by-6 dual-step-mixing injection locked frequency divider (ILFD). This ILFD achieves 24.5-32.5GHz (28%) locking range with only 3.0mW power consumption and 0.01mm2 area. In the measurement, the detection circuit achieves phase and amplitude detections with RMS errors of 0.17degree and 0.12dB, respectively. The total power consumption of the proposed circuit is 59mW with 1-V supply voltage.

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