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External Cavity Lasers Composed of Higher Order Gratings and SLDs Integrated on PLC Platform

  • Shin, Jang-Uk;Oh, Su-Hwan;Park, Yoon-Jung;Park, Sang-Ho;Han, Young-Tak;Sung, Hee-Kyung;Oh, Kwang-Ryong
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.452-456
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    • 2007
  • Very compact 4-channel 200-GHz-spacing external cavity lasers (ECLs) were fabricated by hybrid integration of reflection gratings and superluminescent laser diodes on a planar lightwave circuit chip. The fifth-order gratings as reflection gratings were formed using a conventional contact-mask photo-lithography process to achieve low-cost fabrication. The lasing wavelength of the fabricated ECLs matched the ITU grid with an accuracy of ${\pm}0.1$ nm, and optical powers were more than 0.4 mW at the injection current of 80 mA for all channels. The ECLs showed single mode operations with more than 30 dB side lobe suppression.

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Microstrip 8$\times$2 circularly polarized phased array antenna (마이크로스트립 원형 편파 8$\times$2 위상 배열 안테나)

  • 윤재승;이영주;박위상
    • Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.345-349
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    • 2000
  • A microstrip polarized 8${\times}$2 linear phased array antenna with four 4-bit phase shifters is designed at 10 GHz. The 180$^{\circ}$and 90$^{\circ}$ sections of the phase shifter are of the switched line type, and the rests are of the loaded line type. A 2${\times}$2 sequential sub-array is adopted for a broad axial ratio bandwidth. The construction of the array antenna is of the tile type placing the phase shifters on the same layer containing the feed network. The element spacing is chosen to be 0.45λ$\sub$0/ to exclude the grating lobe. Measurement results show a gain 9.69 dB at broadside and 8.3 dB at the beam-tilt angle of 16$^{\circ}$ by imposing a progressive phase of 90$^{\circ}$.

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Scanned Array Antenna using Fabry Perot Resonator (패브리 패롯 공진기형 위상배열 안테나 설계)

  • Kim, Jong-Sung
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2012
  • Fabry-Perot (FP) resonator antennas with scan capabilities are described in this paper. The proposed antennas, excited by a thinned array, not only achieve higher directivities but also improve suppression of sidelobes relative to that of the thin array alone. Compared to the conventional microstrip patch array, the directivity enhancement and suppression of sidelobe level were achieved by increase of the aperture size of the proposed Fabry-Perot resonator antenna.

A Study on the Beam forming method suitable receive area shape using planar array antenna (평면 배열 안테나를 이용한 수선 지역 형태에 적합한 빔 형성 방법에 관한 연구)

  • 이봉수;장재철;안도희
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.90-96
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, arranged the isotropic point source of N number with the structure which is identical with the receive area. And against the array structure which has the radiation pattern which is identical with the receive area it researched. The arranged the element space flees grating lobe and in order to set the characteristic of optimum with half-wave equally space it selects. After inducing the array factor of each array structure, it calculated a radiation pattern. As a result of, the radiation pattern of the each Planar array antenna with structure of the receive area was similar and the possibility of getting an beam characteristic it was.

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A study on the Enhancement of Gain and Axial Ratio Bandwidth of the Multilayer CP-DRA (다층 CP-DRA의 이득 및 축비대역폭 증대에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ho-Sang;Jo, Dong-Ki;Jung, Young-Ho;Kim, Cheol-Bok;Son, Ho-Cheol;Lee, Mun-Soo
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.46 no.7
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    • pp.52-60
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    • 2009
  • In this pater, a CP-DRA(Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna) using cross-slot-feed is studied to enhance the gain and axial ratio bandwidth. First, a single layer CP-DRA is studied as a reference for comparison. Then a new type of multilayer CP-DRA is proposed to enhance the gain and axial ratio bandwidth. In consideration of the antenna gain enhancement, the spacing between the elements of the multilayer CP-DRA is examined through analysis of the radiation performance of a 2$\times$2 planar amy of DRAs with a spacing of 0.7$\lambda_0$ and 1.2$\lambda_0$ using CST Microwave Studio. The measured result shows that the gain and bandwidth of the multilayer structure is approximately twice that of the single layer one. In the case of the array antenna in which the spacing between multilayer CP-DRA element is 1.2$\lambda_0$, a grating lobe is reduced, in contrast to what we can expect from a conventional antenna array. The gain is 13.4dBi and axial ratio bandwidth is 0.8GHz.

Array Configuration Analysis of Ka-Band Phase Array Antenna (Ka-대역 위상배열안테나 배열 구조 분석)

  • Kim, Youngwan;Kwon, Junbeom;Kang, Yeonduk;Park, Jongkuk
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, a beam pattern performance analysis was performed according to number of array elements and spacing of the phase array antenna. The distance between array elements in an array structure design was reduced due to the electrical length of Ka-band, which increases the number of array elements in applying the aperture. If the number of elements reduce by widening the array distance, the grating lobes of the same size as the main beam will occur in visible region. If the number of array elements should be applied to a system where the number of array elements should be minimized, the analysis was performed on a plan to reduce the number of array elements and minimize degradation of performance, such as beam width and side lobe level.

Implementation of Distributed Feedback Filters using Cascaded Gratings with Different Period (주기가 다른 격자들로 구성된 DFB 필터의 구현)

  • Ho, Kwang-Chun
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.77-82
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    • 2013
  • The filtering characteristics of planar distributed feedback (DFB) waveguides composed by gratings with different period are solved using equivalent transmission-line network. To analyze explicitly its band-pass and resonance properties, a longitudinal modal transmission-line theory (L-MTLT) based on Floquet's theorem and Babinet's principle is newly developed. The numerical results reveal that this approach offers a simple and analytic algorithm to analyze the filtering characteristics of cascaded DFB structure with different period, and the bandwidth and side-lobe suppression of cascaded DFB filter are sensitively dependent on the variation of aspect ratio and the number of grating at each region.

Design of Array Antenna for Radar Wind Profiler using Bend-Dipole (Bend-다이폴을 이용한 RWP 배열안테나 설계)

  • Jeon, Jung-Ik;Choi, Young-Jo;Lee, Hyeong-Ki;Jeon, Jeong-Hwan
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.43-51
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, the design of 64 array antennas applied to RWP (Radar Wind Profiler) was described. The design point of the antenna is to ensure isolation between each element and to match the vertical / horizontal radiation pattern. To this end, a single element of the array antenna was proposed as a Bend dipole type, and through simulation, When sequentially sending 5 beams including vertical, the east/west/south/north direction was ±20°, and it was confirmed that no Grating Lobe occurred when steering the beam. The 64 array antenna proposed in this paper was designed with performance equal to or higher than that of overseas products, and was confirmed to be applicable to RWP.

태양풍 관측기 시제품 개발

  • Lee, Bang-Won;Park, Yong-Seon;Kim, Chang-Hui;Choe, Han-Gyu;Kim, Jeong-Hun;No, Jin-Cheol;Lee, Cheol-Hwan
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.67.1-67.1
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    • 2011
  • 태양으로부터 날아오는 고에너지 하전 입자들은 인공위성이나 지구의 통신장비에 심각한 고장을 일으킬 수 있다. 이런 사고를 방지하기 위해서는 사전에 태양풍의 물리량을 알아내는 것이 중요하다. 이를 위해 inter planetary scintillation 현상을 이용하여 태양풍의 운동을 예보하는 시스템을 전파연구소와 협력하여 개발할 예정이다. 그 첫 단계로 이 시스템보다 작은 규모의 시제품을 만들어 동작을 입증하고자 한다. 이 시제품은 각각 16개의 다이폴 안테나로 구성된 타일 3개로 이루어져 있다. 다이폴 안테나들의 중심주파수는 350MHz이고, 대역폭은 약10MHz이다. 48개의 다이폴 안테나들의 총 집광면적은 약 30m2이고, 타일 내의 다이폴 안테나들을 나선형으로 배열해 grating lobe의 크기를 감소시켰다. 각 안테나에서 나오는 신호는 저 잡음의 LNA를 이용해 증폭하여 beam former로 인가된다. Beam former는 안테나에서 나오는 신호의 위상을 조절하고 합쳐서 약 15도 크기의 빔을 만들고 전자적으로 천체를 추적한다. Beam former에서 나온 신호는 수신기에서 저주파의 신호로 변환되는데, 국부발진기를 조절하여 radio frequency interference에 능동적으로 대처할 수 있도록 하였다. 수신기에서 나오는 아날로그 신호는 digitizer를 최대 107sps의 빠르기로 2바이트의 디지털 신호로 전환된다. Labview 프로그램을 사용하여 3개의 타일에서 나온 신호를 합성해서 태양 근처의 전파원을 추적하도록 하였다.

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Selection of PAUT probes for submarine pressure hull integrity assessment

  • Jung, Min-jae;Park, Byeong-cheol;Lim, Chae-og;Lee, Jae-chul;Shin, Sung-chul
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.578-595
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    • 2020
  • Submarine pressure hulls must withstand high hydraulic pressure and be free of defects. To improve the precision of defect detection, we herein examined different probes for optimal defect assessment by applying the Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) method. Two sets of probe design parameters were selected by considering pressure hull characteristics and analyzed through modeling. PAUT probes were applied, and defect assessment results were compared based on ultrasonic signals of various simulated defects in specimens designed to be the same as actual pressure hulls. The final selected design parameters for the submarine probe, which were designed to minimize the grating lobe of wave interference effect and improve the ultrasonic resolution of pressure hull welds, were identified through the experiment. The improvement in the probe's ability to detect defects in a pressure hull was verified. Furthermore, the accuracy of defect length measurement was improved, enhancing the applicability of the technique.