• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.516-521
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• 2011

In this paper, an inverted-triangle patch UWB antenna with an uneven ground planes and an inverted T-slot for 5 GHz WLAN band rejection is presented. The operating bandwidth of the proposed antenna fed with the CPW line is expanded from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz for about -10 dB return loss using three angular parameters correlated to the main patch and the ground plane. The fabricated antenna on Taconic RF-60A substrate with 6.16 relative dielectric constant and 0.64 mm thickness has a main antenna patch size of 36 mm${\times}$19.5 mm. The measured results show return losses of about -10 dB and nearly omni-directional radiation patterns. The proposed UWB antenna has advantages of easily adjustable impedance characteristics by the three angular parameters and easily accomplishable band rejection characteristics by the inverted T-slot.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.10
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• pp.1137-1144
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• 2012

In this paper, a 2.6 GHz switched parasitic array(SPA) antenna is designed to resolve the device interference in the femtocell. The designed SPA antenna structure consists of a central ${\lambda}/4$ monopole antenna as a radiator and surrounding four parasitic elements operating as a reflector or a director depending on the switching state. In addition, open state monopoles around the parasitic elements are placed to improve the directivity. The designed antenna utilizes RF FETs as switching elements instead of conventional PIN diodes, which enables beam steering with a simple structure consuming low power. To select the proper FET switch, the performance of the SPA antenna depending on the switch characteristics is analyzed. The fabricated antenna has 65 mm radius and 35 mm height, which shows about 15 dB front-back-ratio(FBR) at 2.6 GHz and enables eight-directional beam steering.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.86-93
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• 2022

Generally, a deployable solar panel is used primarily to achieve sufficient power output to perform the mission. However, temperature distribution on the antenna reflector may increase due to the shading effect induced by the presence of the deployable solar panels. Appropriate thermal design is critical to minimize the thermal deformation of the mesh antenna reflector in harsh on-orbit thermal environments to ensure remote frequency (RF) performance. In this paper, we proposed a dual-surface primary reflector consisting of a mesh antenna and a flexible fabric membrane sheet. This design strategy can contribute to thermal stabilization by using a flexible solar panel on the rear side of membrane sheet to reduce the temperature distribution caused by the deployable solar panel. The effectiveness of the mesh antenna design strategy investigates through on-orbit thermal analysis.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.297-303
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• 2012

This paper proposes the effective design procedure for a broadband, double-ridged horn antenna for evaluating the performance of the RF energy harvesting system with a multi-band rectenna. Using multi-mode network analysis, the higher-mode scattering parameters of the transition and horn were acquired and applied to the antenna design, respectively. As a result, the computing time could be reduced and the calculated VSWR(voltage standing wave ratio) of the antenna was very similar to the analyzed result using fully electromagnetic simulation. And there was also good agreement between the simulated and measured results. The designed broadband antenna has a bandwidth of 660~6360 MHz and 6~13.7 dBi peak radiation gain.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.632-636
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• 2006

It is needed to use the beam scanning to control the cell coverage of the base station considering operation conditions, season, time period, radiation character and mobility of customers and vehicles for varied wireless communication service and quality improvement. This paper proposes a mobile antenna system which can obtain the characteristics of the beam scanning by controlling the directivity depending on the operation condition. Radiation block is made of 2 sub-array of $1\times3$ patched antennas for ITS of 5.8GHZ bandwidth with the gain of 13dBi, and of 2 sub-array of single patched antenna for WiBro of 2.3GHZ bandwidth with the gain of 12dBi. RF module is made of a switch, an amplifier, a PAD, a 3-Bit phase shifter, and a power divider. The system is able to control the beam tilting with electronic methode by using 3-bit phase shifter$(45^{\circ},\;90^{\circ},\;180^{\circ})$.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.130-133
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 X-band 절전센서용 마이크로스트립 구형패치 배열 안테나의 설계 방법을 제안 하고자 한다. 제안된 배열 안테나는 송 수신 안테나가 각각 1x2배열로 구성 되었다. 안테나는 CST MWS를 사용하여 시뮬레이션 하였고 FR-4 기판(h=1.0mm, ${\varepsilon}_r$=4.4)을 사용하여 제작하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 대역폭이 4%(VSWR${\leq}$2), 이득은 6.3dBi, 빔폭은 약 $60^{\circ}$(El)/$15^{\circ}$(Az)로 예측되었다. 안테나는 시뮬레이션 결과를 바탕으로 제작 되었고 절전센서용 RF 송수신기 회로 뒷면에 설치되어 무반사실에서 방사 특성을 측정하였다. 측정된 결과는 대역폭이 7%(VSWR${\leq}$2), 이득은 4.8dBi, 빔폭은 약 $55^{\circ}$(El)/$15^{\circ}$(Az)로 시뮬레이션 결과와 매우 유사한 결과를 얻었다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.217.2-217.2
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• 2012

저궤도위성 관제용 소형안테나시스템의 송수신채널은 저궤도위성의 특성상 안테나구동부의 물리적인 제약조건을 갖으며 이러한 제약조건은 Rotary Joint 포트 수에 의존한다. 다목적 실용위성 5호와 같이 RH 및 LH 편파를 동시 사용하는 위성의 경우 지상안테나의 RF채널은 물리적으로 4포트가 필요하게 된다. 이러한 물리적 채널을 구현하기위해서는 안테나구동부가 대형화될 뿐만 아니라 고비용의 소요된다. 이와 같이 대형화 및 고비용의 단점을 극복하기위하여 Channel Combine Filter를 적용하여 채널이중화를 구현하였으며 단일채널을 갖는 저궤도위성 지상안테나시스템을 RH 및 LH 편파를 동시수신 가능하도록 성능을 개선하였다. 금번 개발된 Channel Combiner는 하나의 물리적 채널을 이용하여 위성으로부터 수신되는 수신신호 및 지상에서 송신하는 송신신호를 동시에 전송하도록 설계한 것으로서 수신되는 신호대비 송신신호의 크기가 상대적으로 고출력이기 때문에 송수신신호간의 간섭영향을 최소화할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 채널이중화를 위하여 개발된 Channel Combiner의 설계방법 및 성능 시험결과에 대하여 상세하게 기술하였으며, 최종적으로 RH 및 LH 편파를 동시에 사용하는 저궤도 위성을 이용한 수신결과에 대하여 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.6.1-6.1
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.695-698
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• 1998

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1996.06a
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• pp.163-163
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• 1996