Patent ID: 8588337

Claim:
A vector modulator, comprising: a first phase shifter configured to shift a phase of an in-phase (I) channel signal of an input signal within a first predetermined phase range; a second phase shifter configured to shift a phase of a quadrature (Q) channel signal of an input signal within a second predetermined phase range; a first coupler configured to convert the phase-shifted I channel signal into first and second channel signals having a 90 degree phase difference; a second coupler configured to convert the phase-shifted Q channel signal into third and fourth channel signals having a 90 degree phase difference; a third phase shifter configured to shift the phase of the first channel signal within a third predetermined phase range; a fourth phase shifter configured to shift the phase of the second channel signal within a fourth predetermined phase range; a fifth phase shifter configured to shift the phase of the third channel signal within a fifth predetermined phase range; a sixth phase shifter configured to shift the phase of the fourth channel signal within a sixth predetermined phase range; a first combiner configured to combine the phase-shifted first channel signal and the phase-shifted second channel signal into a combined I channel signal (I f ); a second combiner configured to combine the phase-shifted third channel signal and the phase-shifted fourth channel signal into a combined Q channel signal (Q f ); and a third combiner configured to combine signals output from the first and second couplers, wherein a phase-shift area of the combined channel signal I f is within a range of 0 to 270 degrees, and wherein a phase-shift area of the combined channel signal Q f is within a range of 90 to 360 degrees.