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4. Digital Compensation and Mitigation of I/Q Gain and Phase Imbalance

Authors : David del Rio, Ainhoa Rezola, Juan F. Sevillano, Igone Velez, Roc Berenguer

Published in: Digitally Assisted, Fully Integrated, Wideband Transmitters for High-Speed Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communication Links

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Wideband mmW communication systems suffer from a series of imperfections that can greatly jeopardize the signal quality. One of the most detrimental effects is the frequency-selective I/Q imbalance, which is present in most wideband mmW transceivers. This chapter analyzes the frequency-selective I/Q imbalance in detail, explaining its mathematical fundamentals and outlining methods to detect and compensate for it.

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Title: Digital Compensation and Mitigation of I/Q Gain and Phase Imbalance
Authors: David del Rio
Ainhoa Rezola
Juan F. Sevillano
Igone Velez
Roc Berenguer
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Digitally Assisted, Fully Integrated, Wideband Transmitters for High-Speed Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communication Links
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-93280-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-93281-1

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93281-1_4