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Reflectarray Antenna Capable of 1-Bit Switchable W-Band Beamforming Network

  • Asamani, Bismark;Pyo, Seongmin
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.408-411
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    • 2021
  • This paper presents a new reflectarray antenna capable with 1-bit switchable capability for W-band beamforming network. The proposed antenna has been optimized using two unit-cells with sizes of 1.0 mm and 1.3 mm to form a total number of 193 radiating elements on a square aperture surface of length 30 mm. These radiating elements are spaced 0.5 wavelengths apart and fed by a 15 dBi pyramidal horn antenna as the feed antenna placed 53 mm away from the aperture center. The proposed reflectarray achieves a realized peak gain of 22.52 dBi, a half-power beamwidth of 5.1° in both E- and H-planes at the test frequency of 80 GHz and operates over a wide bandwidth from 74 GHz to 90 GHz.

Ka-band Feed Horn Antenna Including Circular-polarizer and Straight Type Mode Converter (Ka-대역 원형편파기와 직선구조 모드변환기를 포함한 급전 혼 안테나)

  • Jung, Young-Bae;Eom, Soon-Young;Jeon, Soon-Ik;Kim, Chang-Joo;Park, Seong-Ook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.569-571
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, hem antenna composed of rectangular hern, circular polarizer and straight-type mode convertor is designed and fabricated. The circular polarizer is designed as a dielectric type having broadband characteristic, and it is inserted into the rectangular hem with $45^{\circ}$ inclination. The straight-type mode convertor has a terrace-type structure in order to convert the TEM mode signal of coaxial cable to the TE mode of rectangular waveguide, and this structure minimizes conversion loss. Fabricated hem antenna operates at $30.085\sim30.885GHz$ and has VSWR < 1.5, Axial ratio < 1.0dB and antenna gain of $6.7\sim7.0dBi$ in the band.

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EMC Measurements above 1 GHz Using an Offset Parabola Antenna System (옵셋 파라볼라 안테나를 이용한 1 GHz 이상에서의 전자파 적합성 평가)

  • Chung, Yeon-Choon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.1184-1193
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    • 2010
  • The upper frequency of international EMC regulations is being expanded above 1 GHz. Radiated emissions above 1 GHz are different from those below 1 GHz that is existing upper regulation frequency, and which have lower field strength and sharper and tilted beam-width, relatively. In this paper, an effective evaluation method to be used above 1 GHz is studied using an offset parabola antenna system having a double-ridged horn antenna as a feed. First, simple model is proposed for calculating antenna factor and field uniformity of the parabola antenna system, and then real radiated emission and radiated susceptibility measurements are performed using a constant noise emitter and the suggested antenna system. The results show that the proposed antenna system has higher gain and power efficiency, and wider field uniformity relative to a conventional double-ridged horn antenna. Therefore, it is confirmed that the proposed system can be effectively used for EMC measurements above 1 GHz.

A Design of Gaussian Beam Guiding System for Cassegrain Antennas (카세그레인 안테나용 가우시안 빔 가이딩 시스템 설계)

  • Han, Seog-Tae;Lee, Jeong-Won;Kang, Jiman;Chung, Moon-Hee;Je, Do-Heung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.26 no.10
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    • pp.851-868
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    • 2015
  • A radio telescope which has been dominantly used for millimeter and submillimeter wave radio astronomy is a cassegrain antenna. A various receivers with specified observing bandwidths are installed on cassegrain antenna so as to carry out to investigate a diverse radio astronomy. A beam guiding system should be required so that a various receiver can be conducted their own observational frequency bands. The beam guiding system based on Gaussian beam transmission theory consists of quasi-optical circuit used such ellipsoidal mirror, dielectric lens and feed horn. In this paper, not only Gaussian beam transformations based on Gaussian beam theory are presented, but also design techniques for quasi-optical circuit are given. By using proposed design techniques, both Gaussian beam quasi-optical circuits to be used for cassegrain antenna and design results are also described. Properties of key focusing elements such ellipsoidal mirror and dielectric lens and feed horn are also discussed. It is expected that beam guiding system to be applied cassegrain antenna could be easily designed by using proposed design techniques.

A Design on the Four-Horn Triple-Mode Type Monopulse Feeder at X-Band (X-대역 4혼 삼중 모드 모노펄스 급전기 설계)

  • Kim, Chan-Hong;Kim, Seung-Gak
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.528-536
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    • 2010
  • A monopulse feeder gives the most important impact upon the radiation pattern characteristics of a multi-function radar or a tracking radar which uses the space feed. It is described that the triple-mode type monopulse feeder which possesses the optimum aperture illumination for three monopulse channels is designed and measured in this paper. The measured results show that the designed feeder has not only the characteristics of the optimum aperture illimination in each channel and also very low return loss over the 10 % of fractional bandwidth at X-band. This means that the feeder provides the antenna system with low sidelobe level and high monopulse slope characteristics.

The Effects of Light Colors on the Behavior and Performance of Broiler Chickens (조명의 색이 육계의 행동과 생산성에 미치는 영향)

  • Son, Jang-Ho;Ravindran, Velmurugu
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.329-335
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    • 2009
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate the behavior and performance of male and female broiler chickens reared under three different colors of light (white, blue and red) in a 23L:1D of lighting program. Day-old broiler chicks were obtained and assigned to six pens (16 males and 16 females per pen). Two pens each were located in three different rooms in an environmentally controlled shed and received the different light colors. All birds received same husbandry conditions. After a 3-day adaptation to the light color, behavior observations (pecking, resting, standing and walking) were made on six focal birds per pen, representing the sex ratio, by direct visual scans for 120 minutes daily for five days a week throughout the 5-week study. Body weights and feed intake were recorded at weekly intervals. On days 19 and 33, welfare indicators (tonic immobility reaction on the 19 and 33 days old; gait scores, foot pad and hock burns scores on 33 days old) were determined. Light color had no significant effect (P>0.05) on the weight gain and feed intake of broilers, but significantly (P<0.05) influenced the feed conversion ratio. Birds receiving the blue light were more (P<0.05) efficient than those receiving white and red lights. Resting was observed to be the major behavior pattern, irrespective of sex or light color. During early growth, resting behavior tended to be lower in birds receiving red light. However, standing and walking behaviors tended to be higher in birds receiving red light in 4 to 18 day-old age and all of experimental periods, respectively. These data indicate that light color can influence broiler performance and behavior.

Design of Offset Dual-Shaped Reflector Systems for Compact Antenna Test Range (콤팩트 안테나 테스트 레인지용 경면수정 오프셋 복반사경 시스템의 설계)

  • Noh, Sung-Min;Choi, Hak-Keun;Lim, Sung-Bin
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.451-460
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    • 2008
  • Gregorian offset dual-shaped reflector antennas have been widely used in the satellite communication systems for their high gain and low sidelobe characteristics. However, in this paper, it is designed as the CATR(Compact Antenna Test Range) reflector system, and its near-field characteristics are investigated. The CATR facility needs to provide an uniform plane wave with the minimum amplitude and phase ripple and the low cross polarization to the test region. Therefore, the reflector near-field patterns are calculated and presented with the variations of the aperture power distribution, the feed horn pattern, and the distance from the aperture to the test zone. Also, the offset dual-shaped reflector is fabricated at 30 GHz, and its near-field patterns are measured. The measured results are in good agreement with the calculated results. From theses results, we confirm that the designed offset dual-shaped reflector can be used as the reflector system for the compact antenna test range.

A Study on UAV DoA Estimation Accuracy Improvement using Monopulse Tracking (모노펄스 추적을 이용한 무인기 DoA 추정정밀도 향상 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Son, Eutum-Hyotae;Yoon, Chang-Bae
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.1121-1126
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    • 2017
  • Various studies such as INS(: Inertial Navigation System) are conducting to estimate the position of UAV, because the GPS information of UAV is at risk like the GPS jamming. The position estimation using DoA and RTT are used to apply many radar systems, and that process can be applied in datalink of UAV. The general monopulse feed in UAV datalink is Multi-horn, because of the wide BW(: Band Width) and frequency range. And it needs wide SNR range of tracking because of the limited transmit power of airborne unit. The estimation error of position increase at low SNR, and the DoA is valid in only 3dB beam width but high SNR causes false of mainlobe detection because of large sidelobe. In this paper, We propose the method to achieve higher accuracy of DoA estimation on low SNR and review some idea that able to detect mainlobe.

Studies of the Life Cycle and Rearing Methods of Whitebacked Planthopper (Sogatella furcifera Horváth) (흰등멸구의 생활환 및 사육방법 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Min;Park, Young-hie
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.357-360
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    • 2018
  • This study developed a method to minimize rice damages and enhance timely control by accurately classifying Whitebacked Planthopper (WBPH). The body size of the 1st-3rd instar was 1.5-2 mm, and the body size of the 4-5 instar was 2.5-3.5 mm. In the third instar, the ratio of the front wing bud and the back wing-bud was 1:1. The fourth instar occupied 3/4 of the front wing-bud, and the 5th instar showed that the front wing-bud covers the back wing-bud. It was confirmed that the 1st instar does not have a sensory plate, the 2nd instar has 2-3, the 3rd instar has 4-5, the 4th instar has 6-9, the 5th instar has 10-15, and the adult instar has 15-20 sensory plates. The female spawning organs were reddish when the spawning horn was inserted. WBPH showed that the larvae of 2-3 larvae most actively feed on rice, and the damaged area was the stem of rice near the ground. In addition, a partial black wound was observed after the feeding. WBPH-susceptible 'Chucheong' was yellowish, and early growth was slower than that of 'Cheongcheong', which was resistant; moreover, a difference between susceptibility and resistance was observed. The identification of the number of such wounds in the bioassay will be a better basis for understanding the difference in susceptibility between WBPH strains and cultivars. These results will be used as basic data for cultivating the WBPH-resistant varieties of rice.

Design of 77 GHz Automotive Radar System (77 GHz 차량용 레이더 시스템 설계)

  • Nam, Hyeong-Ki;Kang, Hyun-Sang;Song, Ui-Jong;Cui, Chenglin;Kim, Seong-Kyun;Nam, Sang-Wook;Kim, Byung-Sung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.24 no.9
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    • pp.936-943
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    • 2013
  • This work presents the design and measured results of the single channel automotive radar system for 76.5~77 GHz long range FMCW radar applications. The transmitter uses a commercial GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit(MMIC) and the receiver uses the down converter designed using 65 nm CMOS process. The output power of the transmitter is 10 dBm. The down converter chip can operate at low LO power as -8 dBm which is easily supplied from the transmitter output using a coupled line coupler. All MMICs are mounted on an aluminum jig which embeds the WR-10 waveguide. A microstrip to waveguide transition is designed to feed the embedded waveguide and finally high gain horn antennas. The overall size of the fabricated radar system is $80mm{\times}61mm{\times}21mm$. The radar system achieved an output power of 10 dBm, phase noise of -94 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset and a conversion gain of 12 dB.