Provided is a radio frequency phase shifter. The radio frequency phase shifter includes multiple sections of first transmission lines, multiple sections of second transmission lines, multiple mixers, and multiple couplers. Multiple sections of first transmission lines are sequentially connected to form a bus transmission line. Multiple sections of second transmission lines are sequentially connected to form another bus transmission line. Moreover, multiple sections of first transmission lines have a one-to-one correspondence with multiple sections of second transmission lines. One coupler is connected between two adjacent sections of first transmission lines. One coupler is connected between two adjacent sections of second transmission lines. One mixer is connected between the two corresponding couplers. In the case where two input signals with different frequencies are transmitted on two bus transmission lines respectively, the multiple mixers arranged in sequence output a group of signals with a phase gradient.

A phase-variable frequency multiplier includes: a 90-degree divider for dividing an input signal into an I-signal and a Q-signal; an amplitude setting circuit for distributing each of the I-signal and the Q-signal to two paths, setting amplitudes of two of four signals including the two distributed I-signals and the two distributed Q-signals depending on a phase shift amount of the input signal, and outputting as set signals, the four signals including the signals with the set amplitudes; a first mixer for multiplying one of the two I-signals included in the set signals by one of the two Q-signals included in the set signals to generate a first signal having a frequency being twice the frequency of the input signal; a second mixer for multiplying the other of the two I-signals included in the set signals by the other of the two Q-signals included in the set signals to generate a second signal with an amplitude ratio with respect to the first signal, being a tangent or a reciprocal of a tangent of the phase shift amount and with a frequency being twice the frequency of the input signal; and a 90-degree combiner for applying a phase difference of 90 degrees between the first signal and the second signal, and combining the first signal having the phase difference of 90 degrees from the second signal with the second signal.

A phase-variable frequency multiplier includes: a 90-degree divider for dividing an input signal into an I-signal and a Q-signal; an amplitude setting circuit for distributing each of the I-signal and the Q-signal to two paths, setting amplitudes of two of four signals including the two distributed I-signals and the two distributed Q-signals depending on a phase shift amount of the input signal, and outputting as set signals, the four signals including the signals with the set amplitudes; a first mixer for multiplying one of the two I-signals included in the set signals by one of the two Q-signals included in the set signals to generate a first signal having a frequency being twice the frequency of the input signal; a second mixer for multiplying the other of the two I-signals included in the set signals by the other of the two Q-signals included in the set signals to generate a second signal with an amplitude ratio with respect to the first signal, being a tangent or a reciprocal of a tangent of the phase shift amount and with a frequency being twice the frequency of the input signal; and a 90-degree combiner for applying a phase difference of 90 degrees between the first signal and the second signal, and combining the first signal having the phase difference of 90 degrees from the second signal with the second signal.

The present technology pertains to a system and method of operation of a metamaterial phase shifter having various use applications. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a phase shifter includes a network of tunable impedance elements and a controller. The controller is coupled to the network of tunable impedance elements and configured to receive a phase shift input value and determine a corresponding tuning voltage to be supplied to each tunable impedance element of the network of tunable impedance elements based on the phase shift input value, the network of tunable impedance element being configured to shift a phase of an input signal based on tuning voltages supplied to the network of tunable impedance elements by the controller.

The present technology pertains to a system and method of operation of a metamaterial phase shifter having various use applications. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a phase shifter includes a network of tunable impedance elements and a controller. The controller is coupled to the network of tunable impedance elements and configured to receive a phase shift input value and determine a corresponding tuning voltage to be supplied to each tunable impedance element of the network of tunable impedance elements based on the phase shift input value, the network of tunable impedance element being configured to shift a phase of an input signal based on tuning voltages supplied to the network of tunable impedance elements by the controller.

An apparatus which includes a multiphase signal generator circuit. The multiphase signal generator circuit is configured to receive as input a complementary analog signal having a fundamental frequency, and generate a plurality of output complementary analog signals. Each output complementary analog signal comprises the same fundamental frequency as the input complementary analog signal, and wherein each output complementary analog signal comprises a different phase.

A filter circuit includes a polyphase filter used to generate a plurality of output signals with different phases according to a plurality of input signals. The polyphase filter includes a switch circuit and a feed-forward capacitor. The switch circuit has a control terminal used to receive a control voltage, a first connection terminal used to output one of the output signals, and a second connection terminal used to receive one of the input signals. The feed-forward capacitor has a first plate coupled to the second connection terminal of the switch circuit and a second plate coupled to the control terminal of the switch circuit.

A phase shifter includes an active region, a first and a second set of gates and a set of contacts. The active region extends in a first direction and is located at a first level. The first and second set of gates each extend in a second direction, overlap the active region and are located at a second level. The second set of gates are positioned along opposite edges of the active region, are configured to receive a first voltage, and are part of a first transistor. The first transistor is configured to adjust a first capacitance of the phase shifter responsive to the first voltage. The set of contacts extend in the second direction, are over the active region, are located at a third level, and are positioned between at least the second set of gates.

An apparatus is disclosed for phase-shifting signals with a compensation circuit. In example implementations, an apparatus for phase-shifting signals includes a phase shifter having a first port and a second port. The phase shifter also includes a signal phase generator, a compensation circuit, and a vector modulator. The compensation circuit includes a first capacitor with a first capacitance and a second capacitor with a second capacitance. The first capacitance is different from the second capacitance. The signal phase generator is coupled between the first port and the compensation circuit. The vector modulator is coupled between the compensation circuit and the second port.

A radiation pattern of a phased array antenna, comprising a plurality of antenna elements, may be dynamically modified using phase shifters to apply variable phase shifts between antenna elements. In a phased array antenna designed for airborne applications, the phase shifters may be required to enable a fine phase-shifting resolution and to operate over a wide temperature range. The phase shifters may also be required to perform while exhibiting small process variations, small form factor, low power consumption, and low loss. One possible solution to this is a passive vector-interpolating phase shifter configured to exhibit such characteristics.