An
integrated circuit arrangement (1; 2; 3; 4) for setting a predefined
phase difference (phi_target) between a first high-frequency
signal (x1; x1p, x1n) and a second high-frequency
signal (x2; x2p, x2n), comprising:e) a chain connection of a plurality (N) of basic circuits (10; 20; 30; 40), whereby each basic circuit has a first
transmission line (11; 11p, 11n) for transmitting the first
signal (x1; x1p, x1n), a second
transmission line (12; 12p, 12n) for transmitting the second signal (x2; x2p, x2n), and a controllable phase-influencing means (13; 23; 33; 43), connected to the first
transmission line, for controllably influencing the phase of the first signal,f) a
phase difference detector (14; 34), which is connected to the output-side basic circuit and is formed to detect a current
phase difference (phi_actual) between the first and second signal,g) a
control unit (15; 35), which is connected to the phase difference
detector and each controllable phase-influencing means (13; 23; 33; 43) and is formed to generate first
digital control voltages, dependent on the current phase difference (phi_actual), as control signals (vt1, vt2, . . . ) for each phase-influencing means (13; 23; 33; 43), whereby the
digital control voltage can assume only two different
voltage values, andh) whereby each controllable phase-influencing means (13; 23; 33; 43;) has at least one first tunable capacitive unit (16; 16p, 16n; 46p, 46n), which is connected to the first transmission line and the
control unit and is designed to
delay the first signal depending on one of the first control signals.