The present invention suppresses a harmonic component without impairing
the phase orthogonality of a pair of complex signals. A polyphase filter
is configured so that K pieces of filter circuits, each of which
comprises a resistor and a capacitor, are connected and +360/K degrees
out of phase with a preceding one. Since counterclockwise rotation occurs
when expression is given in terms of the complex plane, a notch occurs in
a negative frequency region. A RC value is set so that a notch occurs in
a specified frequency band to suppress a (4N+1)-order harmonic component.
Since the polyphase filter has a symmetrical structure, an unbalanced
component contained in an input signal is eliminated at a frequency that
agrees with a pole determined by the RC value. This action improves the
orthogonality.