• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2010

Ultra-wideband (UWB) systems have witnessed a debate over whether they may cause interference to other existing and future narrowband systems sharing their band of operation. The detect and avoid (DAA) mechanism was developed as a solution to reduce interference to narrowband systems in order to ease regulatory concerns. It works by adaptively reducing the transmitted power at the overlapping bands upon detecting an active narrowband link. However, employing DAA degrades the performance of UWB transmissions. In this paper, we present the Korean UWB regulations as an example of regulations that require DAA in certain bands. We investigate DAA's impact on performance and propose a method to mitigate it, which provides UWB with the more efficient support of the DAA mechanism and enables it to avoid a larger number of narrowband users while sustaining the data rate. Results show significant improvement in performance with the application of our technique compared to conventional performance.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2013

The ultra-wideband (UWB) spectrum available for commercial applications has offered us an opportunity to achieve high-speed wireless communications and high-accuracy location applications. As one of key research areas in UWB technology, a lot of innovative broadband and miniaturization techniques for UWB antennas have been greatly invented and developed for years. This paper reviews the development of UWB antenna design in the past decade. Starting with a brief introduction of the specific requirements and promising applications of UWB systems, the unique design challenges of UWB antennas are highlighted. Next, the important milestones of UWB antenna designs are briefed. After that, a variety of planar UWB antennas invented for broadband operation, miniaturization, and multiple functions are introduced. Last, the comments on the development of UWB antennas in future are shared.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.73-74
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 DTV용 광대역 사각형 루프 안테나에 대한 설계 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 제안된 루프 안테나는 사각형 루프 안테나와 중앙 급전점과 연결하는 원형 섹터가 결합된 형태이다. DTV응용을 위해 75옴 입력 임피던스와 정합하도록 입력 반사계수와 이득 특성을 분석하였다. 최적화된 안테나를 FR4 기판에 설계하였고, 전압 정재파비(VSWR; voltage standing wave) < 2인 대역이 464-1,310 MHz으로 DTV 대역(470-806 MHz)에서 동작하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.771-776
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• 2014

In this paper, an agile programmable chirp spread spectrum generator for wideband frequency-jamming applications from 20 MHz to 3 GHz is proposed. A frequency-mixing architecture using two voltage-controlled oscillators is used to achieve a wideband operating frequency range, and the direct digital synthesizer (DDS)-based chirping method with a two-point modulation technique is employed to provide a programmable and consistent chirp bandwidth. The proposed signal generator provides the various programmable FM signals from 20 MHz to 3 GHz with a modulation bandwidth from 0 to 400 MHz. The prototype successfully demonstrates arbitrary sequential jamming operation with a fast band-to-band hopping time of < 10 ${\mu}sec$.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.104-112
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• 2013

A novel miniaturized artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is proposed for dual-band operation. An AMC unit cell that employs four slots in the metallic patch is used to achieve miniaturization as well as easy control of the second/first resonant frequency ratio, which can be varied from 1.5 to 3.26 by simply changing the slot shape for a given metallic patch size. A dual-band antenna composed of a wideband monopole suspended over the proposed AMC surface is designed and tested to validate this approach. The measurements result in a satisfactory and good matching condition for the dual-band antenna.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.661-668
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• 2012

높은 전력과 광대역에서 동작하는 동축선을 이용한 임피던스 트랜스포머는 추가적인 동축선을 이용하면 다양한 임피던스 변환 비율을 가질 수 있다. 50-${\Omega}$ to 25-${\Omega}$의 임피던스 변환 비율의 동축선 임피던스 트랜스포머에 50-${\Omega}$ 선로 두 개를 25-${\Omega}$ 지점에 병렬 연결하면 쉽게 광대역에서 동작하는 전력 분배기를 제작할 수 있다. 이런 동축선을 이용한 광대역 전력 분배기는 두 개의 출력 단자의 단자 정합 특성과 출력 단자사이의 격리 특성이 매우 낮아 개선이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 단일 종단 여파기 설계 방식을 이용하여 동축선을 사용한 전력 분배기의 단자 정합 특성과 격리 특성을 개선하였다. 먼저, 저주파 대역 통과 단일 종단 여파기 계수를 이용하여 ADS 시뮬레이션을 통해 2-way 전력 분배기의 정합 단자 수와 Ripple에 따른 동작 특성을 살펴보았고, 종단 정합이 없는 전력 분배기와 2단 정합과 4단 정합을 가지는 전력 분배기를 제작하여 출력 단자의 정합 특성 및 격리 특성의 개선 정도를 살펴보았다.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2009

We have developed a novel digital feedback predistortion(DFBPD) linearization based on RF feedback PD for the wide bandwidth modulated signals. The wideband PD operation is carried out by combining the DFBPD and memory lookup table(LUT). To experimentally demonstrate the linearization performance of the proposed PD technique for wideband signal, a class-AB amplifier using an LDMOSFET MRF6S23140 with 140-W peak envelope power is employed at 2.345 GHz. For a forward-link 2FA wideband code-division multiple-access signal with 10 MHz carrier spacing, the proposed DFBPD with memory LUT delivers the adjacent channel leakage ratio at an 10 MHz offset of -56.8 dBc, while those of the amplifier with and without DFBPD are -43.2 dBc and -41.9 dBc, respectively, at an average output power of 40 dBm. The experimental result shows that the new DFBPD with memory LUT provides a good linearization performance for the signal with wide bandwidth.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.972-980
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• 2016

An ultra-wideband microwave monolithic integrated circuit high-power amplifier with excellent input and output return losses for phased array jammer applications was designed and fabricated using commercial $0.25-{\mu}m$ AlGaN/GaN technology. To improve the wideband performance, resistive matching and a shunt feedback circuit are employed. The input and output return losses were improved through a balanced design using Lange-couplers. This three-stage amplifier can achieve an average saturated output power of 15 W, and power added efficiency of 10% to 28%, in a continuous wave operation over a frequency range of 6 GHz to 18 GHz. The input and output return losses were demonstrated to be lower than -15 dB over a wide frequency range.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.188-198
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• 2018

In this study, we propose an approach for the design and satisfy the requirements of the fabrication of a small, lightweight, reliable, and stable ultra-wideband receiver for millimeter-wave bands and the contents of the approach. In this paper, we designed and fabricated a stable receiver with having low noise figure, flat gain characteristics, and low noise characteristics, suitable for millimeter-wave bands. The method uses the chip-and-wire process for the assembly and operation of a bare MMIC device. In order to compensate for the mismatch between the components used in the receiver, an amplifier, mixer, multiplier, and filter suitable for wideband frequency characteristics were designed and applied to the receiver. To improve the low frequency and narrow bandwidth of existing products, mathematical modeling of the wideband receiver was performed and based on this spurious signals generated from complex local oscillation signals were designed so as not to affect the RF path. In the ultra-wideband receiver, the gain was between 22.2 dB and 28.5 dB at Band A (input frequency, 18-26 GHz) with a flatness of approximately 6.3 dB, while the gain was between 21.9 dB and 26.0 dB at Band B (input frequency, 26-40 GHz) with a flatness of approximately 4.1 dB. The measured value of the noise figure at Band A was 7.92 dB and the maximum value of noise figure, measured at Band B was 8.58 dB. The leakage signal of the local oscillator (LO) was -97.3 dBm and -90 dBm at the 33 GHz and 44 GHz path, respectively. Measurement was made at the 15 GHz IF output of band A (LO, 33 GHz) and the suppression characteristic obtained through the measurement was approximately 30 dBc.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 클랩형 전압 제어 발진기 회로를 바탕으로 UHF 대역에서 광대역 주파수 합성기를 설계하는 방법을 제시하였다. 전압 제어 발진기의 동작 조건 중 부성 저항 회로와 부하 회로의 위상 변화 특성을 해석하여 동작 범위를 증가시킬 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다. 이러한 방법을 적용하여 광대역 전압 제어 발진기를 설계하고, PLL 기반의 광대역 주파수 합성기를 설계하고 제작하였다. 제작된 주파수 합성기는 0~5 V의 버랙터 제어 전압에서 740~1,530 MHz의 발진 주파수 범위를 갖고, 2~-6 dBm의 출력 전력을 얻었다. 또한 위상 잡음은 10 kHz에서 -77 dBc/Hz, 100 kHz에서 -108 dBc/Hz로 측정되었다.