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wallace0075
Post subject: IQ phase Error and Image rejection Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:06 pm

Lieutenant

Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:32 am
Posts: 4
hello guys,

two questions:

I have a device (Zero-IF) and an analyzer with IQ inputs , I'd like to measure- the image rejection. How can I do it?

-what is the relation between IQerror and image rejection??

regards,
Wallace

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jaslovkel
Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:53 am

Captain

Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:27 am
Posts: 11
Location: Dallas, TX
Hi wallace0075,

For Image Rejection you may need to do a basic theoretical analysis. You can set up a basic block diagram (signal flow diagram) for an I/Q receiver. Add some gain mismatch in one path and add some phase mismatch to the LO path. Then, sum up the outputs of the I and Q paths (you can take the difference also, and get the same relationship) so that you end up with a SSB response at the output.

Your expression will then contain an expression for the desired frequency and for the sideband frequency. You then take the powers of the desired and undesired and take the quotient. This will then give you an expression for SBRR based on amplitude and phase mismatch.

An example of this can be found here:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.tamu ... mber=33037
Hope this helps!

-J

Posted 11/12/2012