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Abstract

A quadrature modulator divides a first signal input as a local signal into an I channel signal and a Q channel signal orthogonal to each other and outputs a second signal having a desired phase delay corresponding to direct current voltages as for the first signal by giving the direct current voltages Vi and Vq to the I channel signal and the Q channel signal, respectively. A phase comparison unit detects a phase difference θ between the first signal and the second signal. A setting unit sets the desired phase delay. A controller section controls the direct current voltages supplied to the I channel signal and the Q channel signal respectively in the quadrature modulator so that an output value corresponding to the phase difference θ detected by the phase comparison unit is equal to a value corresponding to the desired phase delay set by the setting unit, and controls the direct current voltages to be the direct current voltages Vi and Vq satisfying the relation of Vi=cos θ and Vq=sin θ.

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