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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Tomoari Itagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoari Itagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a phase shifter comprising a first multiplier unit that outputs a first output signal obtained by multiplying an input signal input thereto by a multiplication value calculated based upon a first digital control signal also input thereto and specifying a phase shift quantity for the input signal, a second multiplier unit that outputs a second output signal obtained by multiplying an orthogonal input signal input thereto and having a phase perpendicular to the phase of the input signal by a multiplication value calculated based upon a second digital control signal also input thereto and specifying the phase shift quantity, and an adder/subtractor unit that executes addition or subtraction by using the first output signal and the second output signal based upon a third digital control signal corresponding to the phase shift quantity.