Date of Award
Fall 2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Richie, James
Second Advisor
Luglio, Juan
Third Advisor
Lee, Chung Hoon
Abstract
Phase shifters are two-port microwave devices which take an input signal and output a phase shifted version of the signal. These devices can be used in phased antenna arrays, frequency translators, and IQ modulator/demodulator systems. The goal for this work is to construct a hybrid coupler phase shifter which will provide a 90 degree phase shift to a signal with a center frequency of 1800 MHz over a 5% bandwidth. This work is novel because the hybrid coupler phase shifter has not been extensively studied. Some papers have provided rough guidelines for constructing these shifters, but there is little exploration of performance. This work uses RF Sim as a simulation tool to provide design analysis, and experimental work was performed in the RF laboratory at the Marquette University College of Engineering. The basis for the design of the phase shifter comes from idealized design guidelines found in white papers. Realistic effects inherent in the design are shown in the final results. Updated simulation results are provided which provide compensation for these effects to achieve the desired performance.