• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.425-432
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• 2014

Necessity of compact X-band solid-state weather radar is required to provide weather data, which generate locally in a lot of Korea's mountainous area, rather than tube-type radar. Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) for using Dual-polarization method in weather radar is able to obtain desired high output by combining many low output power devices in parallel. Thus, Power combiner applying to high-output power amplifier has disadvantages such as path loss, ballast resistance problem by high frequency and high power, heat release. Therefore, In this paper we demonstrated the excellence of isolation, which is the result from modified Gysel power combiner. As a result, we designed X-band 250W solid state power amplifier with peak power 54dBm, 25% power efficiency for weather radar.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.29 no.6 s.325
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• pp.88-89
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• 1996

72년 이어폰 잭 부품을 조립 수출하는 단순 조립공장으로 출범한 흥창물산은 80년대말 참여한 이동통신기기산업으로 제2의 도약을 이루며 종업원 1천명에 1천억 매출의 중견기업으로 성장했다. 서울과 인천에 연구소를 두고 있는 흥창물산은 무인기지국 원격제어장치와 고주파 전력증폭기 등을 생산, 국내 이동통신에 납품하여 호평을 받고 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.1602-1609
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• 1998

In this paper, the design and implementation of the novel RF front end circuit for CDMA based PCS phone is described. This novel scheme is realized by building the power amplifier module combined with duplexer. The dielectric filters which are parts of duplexer are broken up and relocated into the module. Electromagnetic analysis for via holes and coupling between narrow transmissio lines is icluded to design a circuit. The combined moule has been minimaturized to be as small as 1.5CC. It has satisfied IS-95 requirements for linearity performances of CDMA signal at 24-dBm output power as well as played apart as a duplexer. The operating current of about 95mA has been saved owing to both rearranging dielectric filters and limiting operating point to class-B by considering real working power range of CDMA phones.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.837-838
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• 2015

본 논문은 차량 충돌 방지 장거리 레이더용 고 이득 77-GHz CMOS 전력 증폭기를 제안한다. 이러한 회로는 1.8볼트 전원전압 및 77-GHz의 주파수에서 동작한다. 제안한 회로는 TSMC $0.13-{\mu}m$ 혼성신호/고주파 CMOS 공정($f_T/f_{max}=120/140GHz$)으로 설계되어 있다. 전체 칩 면적을 줄이기 위해 가능한한 많은 부분을 실제 수동형 인덕터 대신 전송선을 이용하였다. 제안한 회로는 최근 발표된 연구결과에 비해 가장 높은 전력이득과 가장 작은 칩 면적 특성을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.726-732
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• 2019

In this study, we proposed an asymmetric differential inductor to improve the linearity of differential power amplifiers. Considering the phase error between differential signals of the differential amplifier, the location of the center tap of the differential inductor was modified to minimize the error. As a result, the center tap was positioned asymmetrically inside the differential inductor. With the asymmetric differential inductor, the AM-to-AM and AM-to-PM distortions of the amplifier were suppressed. To confirm the feasibility of the inductor, we designed a 2.4 GHz differential CMOS PA for IEEE 802.11n WLAN applications with a 64-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), 9.6 dB peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), and a bandwidth of 20 MHz. The designed power amplifier was fabricated using the 180-nm RF CMOS process. The measured maximum linear output power was 17 dBm, whereas EVM was 5%.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.327-333
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• 1997

We designed and constructed the high frequency magnetic characteristics measurement system to measure core loss, B-H curve, permeability of toroidal ferrite core, amorphous core and various materials for high frequency application. The system consists of universal equipments such as digitizing oscilloscope, signal generator, power amplifier, PC in order to make upgrade easily. The power source is composed of waveform synthesizer and power amplifier ranging from DC to 20 MHz, and output signal H and B from sample core are digitized by oscilloscope with sampling rate 1 GS/ s per channel. Computer controls power source and oscilloscope, reads data from oscilloscope, displays analyzed waveform and saves data with file. The entire procedures finishes within few seconds.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05d
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• pp.21-24
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• 2003

휴대이동전화의 고성능화, 소형화에 따라서 전자부품들은 고집적화가 요구되고 있다. 이에 따라서 많은 수의 수동부품을 회로 기판 내에 내장화하기 위한 LTCC(Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic: 저온동시소성)기술이 적용된 부품의 출현이 계속되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 저온동시소성 기술을 활용하여 제품을 개발하기 위해서 고주파수 대역의 소자의 특성을 측정 하였다. 측정된 소자의 특성을 적용하기 위해서 소자 쿠폰을 제작하으며 고주파 회로 분석과 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해서 수동소자가 내장된 PAM( 전력증폭기), FBAR용 모듈 기판을 제작하였다.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.45-53
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• 1993

The shielding effectiveness of materials is determined by measuring the ratio of the incident electromagnetic power to that which passes through the material under test. The measurement system is constructed using several test fixtures, tracking generator, spectrum analyzer, step attenuator, RF switches, and amplifiers, etc.. The automation of measurements is completed using a personal computer. Especially, incident power, reflected power, and transmitted power are measured with only one spectrum analyzer using a dual directional coupler and RF switches. Therefore the system is to be used in design of shielding materials, as well as shielding effectiveness measurements. This system has dynamic range of more than 120 dB in the frequency range of 10 MHz to 1 GHz, and it can be used to measure shielding effectiveness of composite materials.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.67-72
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• 2022

This study presents the design of power amplifier (PA) in 60 nm GaN/Si HEMT technology. A customized transistor model enables the designing circuits operating at W-band. The all matching network of the PA was composed of equivalent transformer circuit to reduce matching loss. And then, equivalent transformer is several advantages without any additional inductive devices so that a wideband power characteristic can be achieved. The designed die area is 3900 ㎛ × 2300 ㎛. The designed results at center frequency achieved the small signal gain of 15.9 dB, the saturated output power (Psat) of 29.9 dBm, and the power added efficiency (PAE) of 24.2% at the supply voltage of 12 V.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.421-432
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• 2020

This paper proposes a 2-kW solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) developed by employing power amplifier pallets designed using gallium-nitride high electron mobility transistors, which is used in S-band military radars and to replace existing traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA). The SSPA consists of a high-power amplifier module, which combines eight power amplifier pallets, a drive amplifier module, a digital control module, and a power supply unit. First, the amplifier module and component were integrated into a small package to account for space limitations; next, an on-board harmonic filter was fabricated to reject spurious components; and finally, an auto gain control system was designed for various duty ratios because recent military radar systems are all active phase radars using the pulse operation mode. The developed SSPA exhibited a max gain of 48 dB and an output power ranging between 63-63.6 dBm at a frequency band of 3.1 to 3.5 GHz. The auto gain control function showed that the output power is regulated around 63 dBm despite the fluctuation of the input power from 15-20 dBm. Finally, reliability of the developed system was verified through a temperature environment test for nine hours at high (55 ℃) / low (-40℃) temperature profile in accordance with military standard 810. The developed SSPA show better performance such as light weight, high output, high gain, various safety function, low repair cost and short repair time than existing TWTA.