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Implementation of the omnidirectional target bearing detector utilizing towed linear arrays (예인선배열 센서를 이용한 전방위 표적방위 탐지기 구현)

  • 이성은;천승용;황수복;이형욱
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2002
  • Passive sonar system forms the various beams in any desired directions to obtain the improvement in Signal-to-Noise(S/N) ratio, bearing detection and localization of targets, and the attenuation of interferences from other directions. Detection of modern underwater targets is becoming increasingly difficult as noise reduction technology leads to considerably low-level acoustic emissions. Therefore, the improvement of beamforming is very important to detect modern underwater targets at the long range in the complex environmental sea. Also, to react to the fast attack mobiles such as torpedoes, port and starboard discrimination is required to be performed very quickly. In this paper, we proposed the implementation of omnidirectional target bearing detector without port and starboard ambiguity to detect effectively the low-level underwater targets. The port and starboard discrimination is performed by cardioid processing and the improvement of beamforming utilizes the cross correlation matrix of individual hydrophone pairs of linear array sensors. The sea test result shows that the system implemented is good for the detection of the low-level underwater targets.

Design of a K-band microstrip array antenna for an adaptive cruise control system (지능형 순항제어 시스템용 24GHz 대역 배열 안테나 설계)

  • Chae, Gyoo-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.10 no.8
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    • pp.1839-1842
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes a K-band microstrip patch antenna suitable for an adaptive cruise control(ACC) system. The presented transmitting and receiving patch antennas are designed with $1{\times}2$ array. The antennas are simulated using CST MWS and manufactured using RO-4003(h=0.5mm, ${\epsilon}r=3.38$). The antennas are installed on the backside of the sensor circuit and measured. The estimated gain and beamwidth are 8.5dBi and about $50^{\circ}$ respectively. The measured bandwidth is about 1GHz($VSWR{\le}2$) which satisfies the desired specification.

Simulation Study on the Multipath Tracking Errors (다중경로 추적오차 모사 알고리즘 연구)

  • Kim, Min-Nyun;Lim, Joong-Soo;Chae, Gyoo-Soo;Ye, Sung-Hyuck;Ryu, Chung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.10 no.9
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    • pp.2274-2279
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes the radar tracking errors due to the presence of surface reflected waves. We investigate the previous studies on tracking errors and developed a tracking error estimation program using Matlab. We suggest an accurate error prediction method by considering the antenna beamwidth and surface reflection coefficient. The presented results well agree with theoretical predictions.

Broadband multimode antenna and its array for wireless communication base stations

  • Wu, Rui;Chu, Qing-Xin
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.167-175
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    • 2019
  • A wideband dual-polarized antenna coupling cross resonator is proposed for LTE700/GSM850/GSM900 base stations. An additional resonance is introduced to obtain strong coupling between the dipole and resonator. Moreover, the input impedance of the proposed antenna is steadily close to $50{\Omega}$, which results in better impedance matching. Therefore, a wide bandwidth can be achieved with multiresonance. A prototype is fabricated to verify the proposed design. The measured results show that the antenna has a fractional bandwidth of 35.7% from 690 MHz to 990 MHz for ${\mid}S_{11}{\mid}$ < -15 dB. Stable radiation patterns as well as gain are also obtained over the entire operating band. Moreover, a five-element antenna array with an electrical downtilt of $0^{\circ}$to $14^{\circ}$ is developed for modern base station applications. Measurement shows that a wide impedance bandwidth of 34.7% (690 MHz to 980 MHz), stable HPBW (3-dB beamwidth) of $65{\pm}5^{\circ}$, and high gain of $13.8{\pm}0.6dBi$ are achieved with electrical downtilts of $0^{\circ}$, $7^{\circ}$, and $14^{\circ}$.

Use of Sleeve Baluns to Improve the Radiation Pattern of a Broadband Biconical Antenna (슬리브 발룬을 활용한 광대역 바이코니컬 안테나의 방사패턴 개선 연구)

  • Soily, Srabonty;Kim, Dong-Woo;Oh, Soon-Soo
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.563-570
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    • 2022
  • We designed a biconical antenna with sleeve baluns that exhibited an improved radiation pattern from 3-40 GHz. In the antenna, the edges of the ring of the upper cone are blended to a cylinder. Sleeve baluns operating at specific frequencies are connected to the antenna to minimize leakage currents on the surface of the feeding coaxial cable. The radiation pattern was improved with the sleeve baluns, and the angular 3-dB beamwidth ranged from 67.1-101.1° over 3-40 GHz, which is much broader than the 21-99° of the conventional antenna.

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.

Audio Signal Processing using Parametric Array with KZK Model (KZK 모델을 이용한 파라메트릭 어레이 음향 신호 처리)

  • Lee, Chong-Hyun;Samuel, Mano;Lee, Jea-Il;Kim, Won-Ho;Bae, Jin-Ho
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.139-146
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    • 2009
  • Parametric array for audio applications is analyzed by numerical modeling and analytical approximation. The nonlinear wave equations are used to provide design guidelines for the audio parametric array. A time domain finite difference code that accurately solves the KZK (Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov) nonlinear parabolic wave equation is used to predict the response of the parametric array. The time domain code relates the source size and the carrier frequency to the audible signal response including the output level and beamwidth to considering the implementation issues for audio applications of the parametric array, the emphasis is given to the frequency response and distortion. We use the time domain code to find out the optimal parameters that will help produce the parametric array with highest achievable output in terms of the average power within the demodulated signal. Parameters such as primary input frequency, audio source radius and the modulation method are given utmost importance. The output effect of those parameters are demonstrated through the numerical simulation.

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Compact Doppler Sensor Using Oscillator Type Active Antenna (능동 발진 안테나를 이용한 소형 도플러 센서)

  • Yun, Gi-Ho
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, a compact doppler sensor with oscillator type active antenna operating at 2.4GHz frequency band is proposed to measure the distance or speed of a moving object. The active antenna has been realized by oscillator using radiator, patch antenna, as its resonator. The oscillation frequency is shifted depending on approaching of the object, and a detection circuit discriminates the frequency deviation. The oscillator type active antenna has been designed and simulated. The prototype fabricated has a very small circular disk type of diameter 30mm and height 4.2mm. As for antenna performance, broadside radiation pattern with beamwidth of $130^{\circ}$ and oscillation frequency of 2.373GHz has been measured. Test results as a doppler sensor shows that doppler signal voltage of about 190mV has been obtained for conducting plate moving 1 meter away from the sensor. And, doppler signal voltage has been linearly increased to the ground from 4.5m height by free-falling the sensor.

Tactical Beamforming for Anti-Jamming Under Limited Feedback (제한된 피드백 상황에서의 항재밍을 위한 전략적 빔형성)

  • Lim, Sung-Ho;Han, Sungmin;Lee, Jaeseok;Choi, Ji-Woong
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.41 no.11
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    • pp.1410-1413
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    • 2016
  • Array beamforming for anti-jamming means that jamming signals are superposed destructively, while superposing information signals constructively at a receiver. However, according to channel state variation, the anti-jamming performance of the beamforming can be degraded because of large beamwidth of the sidelobe and lower selectivity of the mainlobe. To mitigate this problem, we introduce a beamformed decoy signal which uses frequency band distinguished from the information signal to make the jammer concentrate its jamming power to a wrong target under limited feedback. In this paper, we show that the performance of the proposed scheme can approach that of optimal one with perfect feedback.

Design and Fabrication of X-band Wideband Array Antenna for SAR Applications (SAR를 위한 X-band 광대역 배열 안테나의 설계 및 제작)

  • Won Young-Jin;Lee Young-Ju;Kong Young-Kyun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.17 no.2 s.105
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    • pp.184-192
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    • 2006
  • Synthetic Aperture Radars(SAR) are used mainly for high-resolution imaging of the terrain. This paper describes the $16{\times}16$ array antenna designed for an X-band, automobile-based SAR(AutoSAR) system. This antenna has the structure of several layers such as radome, radiators, slots, feed network, and honeycomb cores. Each layer is adhesively bonded to meet different combination of structural and electrical design requirements. Using the Strip-Slot-Foam-Inverted-Patch(SSFIP) structure and honeycomb cores, a wide bandwidth and a structural hardness were achieved. Measurement results were compared with simulation results. It was observed that this antenna had a bandwidth of 1.7 GHz, side-lobe levels of less than -20 dB, half-power beamwidth of $5^{\circ}$ and $5^{\circ}$, and gains of 25.0 dBi. The observed results show that the designed array antenna will be applicable to the wideband SAR system.