• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.171-176
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• 2009

Purpose : To investigate the effect of coating material in RF coil, which is one of main parts in MRI machine, on the Q-factor and SNR(signal-to-noise ratio) in MR images. Materials and Methods : RF coils with inner diameter of 1.7 mm were made by using copper wires coated with polyester, polyurethane, polyimide, polyamideimide, and polyester-imide, and by using copper wires in which coating materials had been removed. Q-factors of the RF coils were measured by network analyzer, and SNR values in the spin-echo MR images obtained by 600 MHz (14.1 T, Bruker DMX600) micro-imaging system for the coated and uncoated cases. Results : The measured SNRs were almost same for the RF coils with coat-removed copper wires, however SNRs and Q-factors were different for the coated cases depending on the coating material. They were maximized in the polyurethane-coated case in which the SNR was > 30% greater than polyester-coated case. Conclusion : We made solenoid-type RF coils which were easily used for MR micro-imaging in Bruker MRI probe. There was a significant coating-material dependence in the measured Q values and SNRs for the home-made RF coils. The study demonstrated that the choice of coating material of RF coil may be a critical factor in the MRI sensitivity based on SNR value.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.39-45
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• 2011

In this paper, the design method of portable signal analysis system is proposed and the hardware module is implemented for operation of base stations based on a common platform for mobile WiMax. The new signal analysis method is implemented as two modules; a broadband RF module and a DSP based digital signal analysis module. The RF module performs the RF-IF down conversion and gain control. And the digital module measure the base staion signal. The differences of performance are insignificant in the experiment results performed through the comparison of other fixed-large system and proposed system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.387-389
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• 2010

유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에서 다양한 위치 기반 서비스(LBS)를 위해 객체 위치 인식은 필수적인 기술이다. 객체의 위치를 판별하기 위해서 GPS 시스템, 다수의 RF 신호 세기를 이용한 시스템이 이용되고 있다. GPS 시스템의 경우 고가의 수신기가 필요하며 실내 측위 환경에서 활용될 수 없으며, RF 신호를 이용한 위치 인식 시스템의 경우 빠른 신호 속도와 페이딩의 영향으로 충분한 신호의 해상도확보하기 어렵다. 하지만 상대적으로 느린 초음파를 이용한 경우 신호의 해상도가 높아 RF 기반 위치 측위 시스템보다 높은 정확도의 위치 인식이 가능하다. 초음파를 이용한 위치 인식 기술은 RF 통신을 통해 해당 초음파의 정보를 식별하고, 초음파와 RF 신호의 도달 시간의 차를 이용해 위치를 판별한다. 본 논문에서는 초음파 신호 부호화 기법을 통해 RF 통신 모듈 없이 다중 객체의 위치를 인식하는 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.68-78
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• 2023

In this paper, improvement measures were studied for false alarm (abnormal lighting) of emergency hydraulic warning light due to RF radiation signals in aircraft. When the warning lamp of the emergency hydraulic system is lit during flight due to electromagnetic interference caused by RF radiation signals, it affects flight mission and safety which can result in efficiency degradation and maintenance of flight mission. For false alarm of emergency hydraulic warning light, root cause analysis and troubleshooting were carried out. By shielding a composite strip under fuselage of the aircraft located in the path of the RF radiation signal, the RF radiation signal flowing into the emergency hydraulic indicator was blocked. Results of applying the improvement method through ground and flight monitoring were also described.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.2164-2170
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• 2010

Digital Radio Frequency Memory, ( as DRFM ), is a device with the ability to restore output to the input RF signal in the required time after storing the incoming RF signals. Therefore DRFM is widely used in Jammer, EW Simulator, Target Echo Generator, and so on. This paper proposes its hardware implementation composed with the high frequency part and the digital processing part consisting of RF input/output module and local oscillator module. It is also proposed the replicated signal generation method which is consisted of the Analog-Digital conversion in the form of pulsed RF signal quantization, and FPGA to save and produce the playback signal, and RF signals to produce a Digital-Analog Conversion in the digital processing unit. This proposed scheme applied to test board and confirmed the validity of the proposed scheme through the test results obtained by the simulated input signals.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.08a
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• pp.131-136
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• 2008

System을 통해 출력되는 신호를 측정할 때 정확한 측정을 방해하는 요소로 잡음이 있다. 이런 신호 측정의 방해 요소인 잡음을 제거 하는 방법 중의 하나로 Lock-in Amp(LIA)가 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 잡음 신호의 제거를 위해 사용 하는 LIA를 제작 하고 특성을 파악 하였으며 RF통신을 이용하여 무선 형태로 제작 하였다. 현재 상용화된 LIA는 프로브를 통한 유선으로 측정신호의 입력을 받게 되지만 본 논문에서 제작된 LIA는 무선신호 형태로 입력 하게 된다. RF통신의 케리어 주파수는 447.9[MHz]로 Digital GMSK 변복조방식을 이용하였다. LIA의 제작은 Dual Phase Sensitive Detecter을 사용하였으며, 주요 구성 요소인 Phase Locked Loop, Phase Shifter, Phase Sensitive Detector, Low Pass Filter등의 구조와 특성을 조사하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.18-26
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• 2015

In this paper, we studied the method for analyzing and estimating the parameters that induce I/Q imbalance in the repeater using direct conversion RF. In repeater, amplitude, phase, and filter mismatch are generated in the receiving-end which converts RF signal to baseband signal. And amplitude and phase mismatch are generated in the transmitting-end which converts baseband signal to RF signal. Accordingly, we modeled the parameters that cause I/Q imbalance in the structure of the repeater in order, and proposed a feedback test structure from the transmitting-end to the receiving-end for estimating the corresponding parameters. By comparing the test transmitting signal and received signal, it is possible to estimate the I/Q imbalance parameters which occurred from mixed components of real and imaginary part. And it was confirmed that I/Q imbalance phenomenon has been properly compensated with estimated parameters at the direct conversion RF repeater.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.11A
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• pp.909-917
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• 2009

In this paper, we proposed and implemented the method to efficiently generate TDD synchronization signal and the digital circuit for the RF repeater which can eliminate the shadow region in the wireless communication field using the time division duplex (TDD) method. After detecting the TDD signal from the transmitted or received RF signal, the detected TDD signal is fed to the RF repeater for the normal operation. The proposed technique detects the envelop of the downlink signal and amplifies the detected envelop, and then restores the degraded envelop with the proposed digital filtering method. Finally the restored envelop is manipulated to the TDD synchronization signal. Our focus on the proposed algorithm is to develop it with simple feature and low cost but robust performance. The proposed scheme was implemented to the integrated system which has both RF and digital circuit and tested under the same condition with the commercial WiBro service.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.274-277
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• 2004

An integrated photonic radio frequency (RF) phase shifter has been proposed and fabricated using a nested dual Mach-Zehnder modulator configuration in a new electro-optic polymer. The fabricated device shows a continuous voltage control of the RF signal phase. A near-linear phase shift exceeding 108$^{\circ}$was obtained for a 16-GHz microwave signal by tuning the do control voltage over a 7.8- $V_{pp}$ range.e.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.277-283
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• 2016

In this paper, a system of self-interference signal cancelation for in-band full duplex has been implemented and tested in RF/analog region. The system performance has been evaluated with NI5791 platform and NI Flex RIO. Due to the low power level of the NI5791, the RF signal is amplified by SKYWORKS SE2565T power amplifier. A circulator is used to feed the antenna both the transmitter and receiver. The RF FIR filter is designed by twelve delay taps in two different groups, and the interval between each delay tap is designed to have 100 ps. The amplified signal is distributed to antenna and the FIR filter by use of a 10 dB directional coupler. The tap coefficients of the RF FIR filter are tuned to estimate the self-interference signal coming from antenna reflection and the leakage of the circulator, and the self-interference signal is subtracted. The system is test with 802.11a/g 20 MHz OFMD at 2.56 GHz, and the output power of the amplifier of 0 dBm. The self-interference signal is canceled out by 53 dB.