What is gain imbalance?
IQ gain imbalance is the ratio of the gain of the in-phase (I) portion of the signal to the gain of the quadrature phase (Q) portion of the signal at a point in the time signal. Because Gain Imbalance is expressed as a logarithmic value, it may have a positive or negative value.
What is IQ modulation?
What's an IQ Modulator? An IQ modulator is a device that converts baseband information into RF signals. Internally, two double-balanced mixers are combined as shown below. By modulating with both in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) inputs, any arbitrary output amplitude and phase can be selected.