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Ku-Band RF Transceiver System Design for UAV Line-Of-Sight Datalink

무인항공기 가시선 데이터링크 Ku 대역 RF 송수신 시스템 설계

  • Choi, Jaewon (Agency for Defense Development Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems PMO) ;
  • Kim, Jihoon (Agency for Defense Development Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems PMO)
  • 최재원 (국방과학연구소 제 7기술연구본부 UAV 체계개발단) ;
  • 김지훈 (국방과학연구소 제 7기술연구본부 UAV 체계개발단)
  • Received : 2014.07.27
  • Accepted : 2014.08.28
  • Published : 2014.09.25
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Abstract

In this paper, ku-band RF transceiver system is designed for the unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) line-of-sight(LOS) datalink. The RF transceiver system is consisted of the transmitting and receiving unit, RF front-end unit, and high power amplification unit. The transmitting and receiving unit has the functions of frequency up/down converting and channel changing. The RF front-end unit has the functions of transmitting and receiving signal duplexing, antenna selection, small signal amplification, and frequency filtering excluding the receiving signal. The high power amplification unit has the functions of ku-band power amplification and transmitting power variation(High/Middle/Low/Mute). The frequency up/down converting of transmitting and receiving unit is designed by using the superheterodyne method. The RF transceiver system is designed to obtain the broadband and high linearity properties for the reliable transmission and reception of high data-rate and high speed data. Also, the channel changing function is designed to use selectively the frequency as the operation environment of UAV.

본 논문에서는 무인항공기 가시선 데이터링크 Ku 대역 RF 송수신 시스템을 설계하였다. RF 송수신 시스템은 송수신반, RF 전단반, 고출력증폭반으로 구성되어 있다. 송수신반은 주파수 상/하향 변환 기능과 채널 변경 기능을 제공하며, RF 전단반은 송/수신 신호 이중화, 안테나 선택, 소신호 증폭, 수신신호 외 주파수 필터링 기능을 제공한다. 고출력증폭반은 Ku 대역 전력증폭과 송신출력 가변(고/중/저/Mute) 기능을 제공한다. 송수신반의 주파수 상/하향 변환은 슈퍼헤테로다인 방식으로 구현하였다. RF 송수신 시스템은 대용량 고속 데이터의 신뢰성 있는 송수신을 위하여 광대역 고선형 특성을 갖도록 설계하였다. 또한, 무인항공기 운용 환경에 따른 주파수의 선택적 사용을 위하여 채널 변경이 가능하도록 설계하였다.

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