• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.106-109
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• 1997

In the area of the speech synthesis techniques, the waveform coding methods maintain the intelligibility and naturalness of synthetic speech. In order to apply the waveform coding techniques to synthesis by rule, however, we must be able to alter the pitches for prosody control of synthetic speech. In this paper, we propose a new pitch alteration technique in time-frequency hybrid domain, that compensates phase distortion of the cepstral pitch alteration method with time scaling method in the time domain. This method can remove some phase spectrum distortion which is occurred in conjunction point between the waveforms in continued frames. Also, we can obtain little magnitude spectrum distortion below 1.18% for pitch alteration of 200%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.411-414
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• 2006

본 논문은 다양한 GPS 재밍대응 기술 중에서 안테나 기반의 CRPA(Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna) 시스템에 관한 소개 및 안테나의 널(null) 패턴 합성에 필요한 핵심 모듈인 디지털 I/Q 벡터모듈레이터(Vector Modulator)를 이용한 GPS용 $2{\times}2$ CRPA 패턴 제어방법에 관한 연구 내용이다. 일반적으로 시스템에서 미리 결정된 방향으로 만들어진 안테나 빔을 이용한 위상배열안테나(phased array antenna)와는 달리 CRPA 구조의 GPS 위성수신용 적응배열안테나(adaptive array antenna)는 각 안테나 소자(element)로부터 수신된 신호들을 실시간으로 해석하여, GPS 배열 안테나의 패턴 특성을 제어한다. 본 연구에서는 $2{\times}2$ 배열 정사각(square) 구조의 CRPA를 채택했으며, 재밍신호 방향으로 널(null) 패턴을 합성하기 위한 방법으로 PC에서 제어 가능한 DAC(Digital to Analog Converter)을 이용하여 I/Q 벡터모듈레이터로 인가되는 RF신호의 위상(phase) 및 진폭(amplitude)을 조절한다. 이때 원하는 널(null) 패턴이 합성되도록 네 개의 각 안테나 소자 쪽으로 8채널의 복소가중치(complex weight)를 인가한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.546-551
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• 2002

In this paper, a triple controlled type DDFS-driven PLL frequency synthesizer with reduced complexity is used to show its applications for broadband wireless communication systems by frequency synthesis control. Since the proposed DDFS-driven PLL synthesizer is very simplified to use only phase accumulator in DDFS, it improves the switching speed and power consumption than the conventional DDFS-driven PLL frequency synthesizer. It is appropriate for applications with requirements of broadband, low-power consumption and high switching speed, since the proposed synthesizer can cover a wide range of frequency bands by the triple frequency control parameters. Method and results of frequency control parameters assignment are shown for the several frequency bands applications such as GSM, IMT-2000, Bluetooth and PCS system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.941-947
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• 2017

This paper reports a fractional-N phase-locked-loop(PLL) frequency synthesizer that is implemented in a $0.35-{\mu}m$ standard CMOS process and generates a quadrature signal for an FRS terminal. The synthesizer consists of a voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO), a charge pump(CP), loop filter(LF), a phase frequency detector(PFD), and a frequency divider. The VCO has been designed with an LC resonant circuit to provide better phase noise and power characteristics, and the CP is designed to be able to adjust the pumping current according to the PFD output. The frequency divider has been designed by a 16-divider pre-scaler and fractional-N divider based on the third delta-sigma modulator($3^{rd}$ DSM). The LF is a third-order RC filter. The measured results show that the proposed device has a dynamic frequency range of 460~510 MHz and -3.86 dBm radio-frequency output power. The phase noise of the output signal is -94.8 dBc/Hz, and the lock-in time is $300{\mu}s$.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.08a
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• pp.460-464
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• 1998

일반적으로 파형 부호화법에서는 발성자의 개성과 메시지 정보를 보존하여 음질의 명료성이 우수하다. 하지만 파형 부호화법이 규칙에 의한 합성에 적응되도록 하기 위해서는 운유 조절에서 피치 변경법이 요구되어 진다. 본 논문에서는 스펙트럼의 왜곡율을 최소화하면서도 위상을 그대로 보존할 수 있는 시간영역에서의 피치변경법을 적용하였다. 이러한 방법들은 시간영역에서만 처리됨으로써 계산량을 줄여 실시간 운율조절에 적합하다. 결과적으로 피치주기를 100%에서 50%로 압축한 경우 평균 스펙트럼 왜곡율은 5.62%이고, 피치주기를 100%에서 200%로 신장한 경우 평균 스펙트럼 왜곡율은 4.20%정도로 비교적 우수한 결과가 얻어졌다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.46 no.9
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• pp.74-80
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• 2009

This paper describes a $2{\sim}6GHz$ CMOS frequency synthesizer that employs only one LC-tank voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). For wide-band operation, optimized LO signal generator is used. The LC-tank VCO oscillating in $6{\sim}8GHz$ provides the required LO frequency by dividing and mixing the VCO output clocks appropriately. The frequency synthesizer is based on a fractional-N phase locked loop (PLL) employing third-order 1-1-1 MASH type sigma-delta modulator. Implemented in a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology, the frequency synthesizer occupies the area of $0.92mm^2$ with of-chip loop filter and consumes 36mW from a 1.8V supply. The PLL is completed in less than $8{\mu}s$. The phase noise is -110dBC/Hz at 1MHz offset from the carrier.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.149-155
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• 2019

In this paper, phase shifter has been designed and manufactured to apply to passive phase array seeker for Ka-band and its performance was confirmed. It was designed as a key element for conducting electric beam steering by adjusting the phase of the array element. Insertion loss of less than 1.5dB and phase accuracy of less than $10^{\circ}$(RMS) in operation bandwidth of 1GHz were checked. The performance identified by the actual fabrication was further analyzed by applying the beam pattern analysis based on the array synthesis theory. The effect of the final performamnce of the proven phase shifter on the performance and pointing error and angular accuracy of the passive phase array antenna beam pattern was analyzed. Then, the validation of the proposed phase shifter has been made.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.249-257
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• 2013

This study newly presents a synthetic phase tuning technique to suppress the unwanted torsional mode while enhancing the desired torsional mode in a pipe. Specifically, we aim at the enhancement of the first torsional mode and the suppression of the undesired, second torsional mode. Earlier efforts were to enhance the desired wave mode only in the hope that the enhancement results in the suppression of the unwanted wave mode. Unlike these efforts, the suggested technique makes the complete cancellation of the unwanted wave mode but it is shown to enhance the desired first mode for torsional wave problems. In the present study, the synthetic phase tuning is developed for the cancellation of the unwanted wave mode, meaning that the number of necessary experimental equipments is reduced. Simulation and experiment were carried out to check the effectiveness of the proposed method. As an application of the suggested technique, we investigated the reflection and mode conversion characteristics of the first torsional mode according to the step thickness variation in a stepped pipe.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.89-95
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• 1995

The waveform coding technique has concerned with simply preserving the waveform shape of speech signal through a redundancy reduction process. In the case of speech synthesis, the waveform coding with high sound quality is mainly used to the synthesis by analysis. However, since the parameters of this coding are not classified into either excitation or vocal tract parameters, it is difficult to applying the waveform coding to the synthesis by rule. In order to apply the waveform coding to the synthesis by rule, the pitch alteration technique is required in prosody control. In this paper, we propose a new pitch alteration method that can change the pitch period in waveform coding by scaling the time-axis and compensating the spectrum. This is relevant to the time-frequency domain method were the phase components of the waveform is preserved with a little spectrum distortion of 2.5 % and less for 50% pitch change.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.99-103
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• 1996

Most waveform coding techniques attempt to reduce redundancy of speech signal while preserving the shape of the waveform. In speech synthesis, wavefrom coding methods are used to the synthesis by rule for high quality speech. However, it is difficult to apply the waveform coding to the synthesis by rule because the parameters of the wavefrom coding cannot be classified as either the excitation or the vocal tract parameters. The proposed method shows little spectrum distortion of 2.7% or less for 50% pitch changes. It also achieves smooth connection of wavefrom magnitudes among the frames by compensating the phase in time domain.