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Duality of Photonic Crystal Radiative Structures and Antenna Arrays

  • Bozorgi, Mahdieh;Granpayeh, Nosrat
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.438-443
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, behaviors of photonic crystal (PC) radiative structures and antenna arrays have been compared for two types of uniform and binomial excitations. Appropriate duality has been shown between them. These results can be generalized to other types of excitation and arrangement of photonic crystal radiative arrays such as linear, planar and circular arrays of three dimensional (3D) photonic crystal termination resonators. Using these results in designing photonic circuits has some advantages for shaping a particular radiative beam at the photonic crystal exit, for instance reducing the divergence angle of the main lobe in order to enhance the directivity, for better coupling, or for splitting the emitted beam, for dividing the output beam to the next devices in photonic integrated circuits (PIC). For analysis and simulation of the photonic crystal structures, the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method has been employed.

Beam pattern analysis for beam homogenization of conformal array sonar (곡면 배열 소나의 빔 균일화를 위한 빔 패턴 분석)

  • Jeong-Ung, Choi;Wooyoung, Hong;Jun-Seok, Lim;Keunhwa, Lee
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.41 no.6
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    • pp.637-646
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    • 2022
  • Sub-arrays of arbitrary conformal array have different geometric shape through steering direction, thus the beam patterns of sub-arrays are always non-uniform. In this paper, we apply the beam pattern synthesis method using convex optimization into the conformal array, and shows the improvement of uniformity of beam performance. The simulation is performed with the conformal array of cut-sphere shape. As a result, the standard deviation of 3 dB beamwidth in elevation is greatly reduced but the directivity index is also reduced. To alleviate this trade-off, we propose a convex optimization using a shading function.

Optical True-Time Delay for High-Directivity Phased Array Antennas (고 지향성 위상 배열 안테나를 위한 실시간 지연선로)

  • 배덕희;신종덕;김부균
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.02a
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    • pp.318-319
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    • 2003
  • 이동통신 시스템에서 데이터, 음성, 영상신호를 효율적으로 전송하기 위해 위상 배열 안테나(Phased-Array Antenna: PAA)에 관한 연구가 최근 국내외적으로 활발히 진행되고 있다. 광통신 기술을 이용한 PAA용 실시간 지연선로 (True Time-Delay: TTD)는 넓은 대역폭, 저 손실, 전자파 간섭에 무관, 소형화, 특히 ‘beam squintr´ 현상이 없는 장점이 있기 때문에 각광을 받고 있다. 특히, 신호의 간섭을 줄이기 위해 안테나 방사 패턴의 부엽 (side lobe)의 크기를 감소시킬 수 있는 안테나 설계기술이 필요하다. (중략)

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Fabrication of 365 nm Wavelength High Transmittance Silicone Resin TIR Lens and High Directivity Light Source Module for Exposure System (365 nm 파장대역 고투과율 실리콘 수지 TIR 렌즈 및 고지향성 노광기 광원모듈 제작)

  • Sung, Jun Ho;Yu, Soon Jae;Anil, Kawan;Jung, Mee Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.267-271
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    • 2018
  • A high directivity TIR (total internal reflection) lens in the UV-A region was designed using a silicone resin, and a UV light source module with a maximum irradiation density of $150mW/cm^2$ was fabricated. The beam angle of the TIR lens was designed to be $8.04^{\circ}$ and the maximum diameter of the TIR lens was Ø13.5. A silicone resin having a UV transmittance of 93% and a refractive index of 1.4 at a wavelength of 365 nm was used, and the lens was manufactured using an aluminum mold, from which silicone could be easily released. The module was fabricated in a metal printed circuit board of COB (chip on board) type using a $0.75{\times}0.75mm^2$ UV chip. A jig was used to adjust the focal length between lens and chip and to fix the position of the lens. The optical characteristics such as illumination distributions of the lens and module were designed using 'LightTools' optical simulation software. The heat dissipation system was designed to use a forced-air cooling method using a heat-sink and fan.

Design and Development Research of a Parametric Array Transducer for High Directional Underwater Communication (고지향 수중 통신을 위한 파라메트릭 어레이 트랜스듀서의 설계 및 개발 연구)

  • Hwang, Yonghwan;Je, Yub;Moon, Wonkyu
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.117-129
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    • 2015
  • A parametric array is a nonlinear phenomenon that generates a narrow beam of low-frequency sound using the nonlinearity of the medium. The low-frequency sound so generated has a low sound pressure compared with that of sound generated directly. Consequently, a transducer that can generate a primary wave with high directivity and level is required. This study designed, fabricated, and evaluated a multi-resonance transducer as a parametric array source. The designs of the unit transducers and array transducer were based on an analysis model. The design process was repeated to fabricate the optimum transducer. The fabricated transducer array can generate a 189 dB, 190 dB primary wave level at 6.3 m and a 134 dB difference frequency wave using the parametric array phenomenon. The difference frequency wave has a frequency of 15 kHz and high directivity with an $8^{\circ}$ half power beam width in a $12{\times}18{\times}10m$ water tank.

A study of 10.5 GHz band Doppler radar for non-contact type hydrometer (비접촉식 유속계를 위한 10.5 GHz 대역 도플러 레이더에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Su;Hwang, Hee-Yong
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.29 no.B
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    • pp.139-144
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    • 2009
  • A Doppler radar is a radar using the doppler effect of the returned echoes from targets to measure their radial velocity. To be more specific the microwave signal sent by the radar antenna's directional beam is reflected toward the radar and compared in frequency, up or down from the original signal, allowing for the direct and highly accurate measurement of target velocity component in the direction of the beam. In this paper, we designed the doppler radar composed of 10.5 GHz band DROs(Dielectric Resonator Oscillator), $90^{\circ}C$ branch line coupler, single balanced mixer and $4{\times}4$ array antenna of high gain, high directivity, for non-contact type hydrometer. Fabricated Doppler radar can detect slow moving objects.

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A Study on the Gain Control for Underwater Side Scan Sonar System (초음파를 이용한 해저면 영상화 기법에서의 Gain Control에 관한 연구)

  • 이철원;오영석;우종식
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.216-221
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    • 2000
  • This paper deals with the Gain Control in the processing of the underwater acoustic image obtained from side scan sonar(SSS) system. At first, this paper describes the principles of SSS that is a surveying equipment for the underground of the rivers or dams as well as sea floor. Then this paper analyzes the cause and effects of the time varying intensity from the view point of transmission loss and beam pattern. At last, the time varying gain filter that is adopted by the towfish is introduced.

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Optimal Design of Deep-water 30kHz Omnidirectional Sonar Transducer Using a Coupled FE-BEM

  • Jarng, Soon-Suck
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.4E
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    • pp.3-9
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    • 1999
  • Deep-water sonar transducers of FFR (Free Flooded Ring) type have been designed using a coupled FE-BEM. The proposed sonar transducers are composed of piezoelectric ceramic tubes and structural steel materials for simple fabrication. In order to have an omnidirectional beam pattern around 30kHz, a conic steel is placed below a piezoelectric tube or a steel disc is placed between two piezoelectric tubes. The dynamics of the sonar transducer is modelled in three dimensions and is analyzed with external electrical excitation conditions. Various results are available such as directivity patterns and transmitting voltage responses. The most optimal structure and dimensions of the steel material were calculated, so that the beam patterns of the sonar transducers had +/- 3dB omnidirectivity at 30kHz.

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Experimental Verification on the Detectability of Surface Flaws at Fillet Weld Hills by Ultrasonic Method (초음파에 의한 필렛 용접힐부의 표면결함 검출능에 관한 실험적 검증)

  • 박익근;이철구
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.46-51
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    • 2000
  • Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (UNDE) technique is commonly used for detecting inner defects in the materials. Recently, new methods are trying to apply for detecting surface and subsurface flaws using Rayleigh wave or creeping wave. These techniques, however, have following problems. Echo amplitude is remarkably affected by the surface conditions and discrimination of echo pattern is usually difficult because shear wave propagate in the material at the same time. We can apply surface SH-wave(which is horizontally polarized shear wave traveling along near surface layer) technique to detect surface flaws. In this paper, directivity, distance amplitude characteristics and detectability of surface flaws at fillet weld hills of the 5 MHz and 2 MHz surface flaws at fillet weld hills of the 5 MHz and 2 MHz surface Sh-wave are experimentally investigated. As a result of the study, it was found out that these techniques are valuable for the detection of fatigue cracks at fillet weld heels which can not be detected by other ultrasonic techniques such as angle beam technique and which are inaccessible for non-destructive testings e.g. MT(magnetic particle testing) or PT(liquid penetrant testing).

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An Algorithm on Optimum Weighting Design in Beamforming for Acoustic Measurement (음향측정을 위한 빔형성에서의 최적 가중상수 설계 기법)

  • Dho, Kyeong-Cheol;Son, Kweon;Lee, Yong-Gon;Son, Kyung-Sik
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.8
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 1999
  • This paper proposes a new beamforming algorithm for acoustic measurement by using the nested linear array. In this algorithm, the weighting is optimized by minimizing the LMS error with the initial value obtained by FIR filter design algorithm. The optimization process is applied to each sub-band, which is divided from the octave band, to produce the uniform directivity index. For the optimization pseudo inverse matrix is used for the transfer matrix. As the simulation results, it is found that the proposed algorithm can get the desired beam pattern and unform directivity index so as to be used efficiently for the acoustic measurement by using a nested linear array.

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