• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.236-241
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• 2019

This paper will read about a multichannel frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar sensor with switching transmit (TX) antennas is developed at W-band. To achieve a high angular resolution, a uniform linear array consisting of 5 switching-TX and 12 receive (RX) antennas is employed with the digital beamforming technique. The overall radar front-end module comprises a W-band transceiver and TX/RX antennas. A multichannel transceiver module consists of 5 up-conversion and 12 down-conversion channels, where one of the TX channels is sequentially switched ON. For developing transmitter, we developed an HPA (high power amplified) MMIC chip for W-band radar system and fabricated a transmitter module using this chip. In order to develop the W-band transmitter, we analyzed the important antenna transition structure from HPA MMIC line to W/G (Waveguide)antenna via M/S(microstrip) and fabricated it with 5 transmission channels. As a result, the output power of the transmitter was within 1 dB of the error range after analysis and measurement under normal temperature and environmental conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.357-358
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• 2005

Compact power amplifier modules (PAM) for WCDMA/KPCS and GSM/WCDMA dual-band applications based on multilayer low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrates are presented in this paper. The proposed modules are composed of an InGaP/GaAs HBT PAs on top of the LTCC substrates and passive components such as RF chokes and capacitors which are embedded in the substrates. The overall size of the modules is less than 6mm $\times$ 6mm $\times$ 0.8mm. The measured result shows that the PAM delivers a power of 28 dBm with a power added efficiency (PAE) of more than 30 % at KPCS band. The adjacent-channel power ratio (ACPR) at 1.25-MHz and 2.25-MHz offset is -44dBc/30kHz and -60dBc/30kHz, respectively, at 28-dBm output power. Also, the PAM for WCDMA band exhibits an output power of 27 dBm and 32-dB gain at 1.95 GHz with a 3.4-V supply. The adjacent-channel leakage ratio (ACLR) at 5-MHz and 10-MHz offset is -37.5dBc/3.84MHz and -48dBc/3.84MHz, respectively. The measured result of the GSM PAM shows an output power of 33.4 dBm and a power gain of 30.4 dB at 900MHz with a 3.5V supply. The corresponding power added efficiency (PAE) is more than 52.6 %.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.210-216
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a noncoherent On-Off Keying (OOK) Ultra Wide Band (UWB) system based on power detection with noise power calibration for low power applications. The proposed UWB system achieves good bit error rate performance which is favorably comparable to that of the system using the ideal adaptive threshold, while maintaining simple receiver structure, In addition, low power Analog Front-End (AFE) blocks for the proposed noncoherent UWB transceiver are proposed and verified using CMOS technology. Simulation results on the pulse generator, delay time generator and 1-bit Analog-to-Digital (AID) converter show feasibility of the proposed UWB AFE system.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.117-124
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• 2018

Wearable devices have become widespread. Fitness band is one of common wearable devices, providing useful functions. It helps users to monitor and collect their status such as heart rate and travel distance. Wearable devices, including fitness bands, are designed in small size and it ends up having small battery capacity. In that regard, it is necessary to expand the lifetime of wearable devices. Conventional power management scheme of wearable devices is based on DVFS Ondemand Governor and peripheral control by timeout event, such as turning off the LCD. In this paper, we propose a hybrid governor applying hardware supporting low power mode such as sleep mode to exploit the periodicity of fitness band task. In addition, we show hybrid governor outperforms in power consumption than conventional power management scheme of wearable devices based on Ondemand Governor through experiments.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.71-80
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• 2019

Gallium nitride (GaN) can be used in high-voltage, high-power-density/-power, and high-speed devices owing to its characteristics of wide bandgap, high carrier concentration, and high electron mobility/saturation velocity. In this study, we investigate the technology trends for X-/Ku-band GaN RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers, focusing on gate-length scaling, channel structure, and power density for GaN RF power devices and output power level and output power density for GaN MMIC power amplifiers. Additionally, we review the technology trends in gallium arsenide (GaAs) RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers and analyze the technology trends in RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers based on both GaAs and GaN. Furthermore, we discuss the current direction of national research by examining the national and international technology trends with respect to X-/Ku-band power devices and MMIC power amplifiers.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1601_1602
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• 2009

본 논문은 SSN(Simultaneous Switching Noise) 이 유전체를 통해 다른 시스템에 유기되는 것을 막기 위한 방법인 EBG(Electromagnetic Band-Gap)에 관한 연구이다. 이에 대한 EBG 구조를 설계하기 위해 PDN(Power Delivery Network)에 주기적인 패턴을 삽입한다. 패키지에 EBG 구조를 적용하기 위해 인쇄 회로기판 범위에서 연구되었던 구조를 변형 및 개조하여 EBG 구조가 내포하고 있는 필터의 차단 주파수의 범위를 넓히며 차단 시작 주파수를 1GHz 아래로 낮추는 소형화 방법을 모색한다. 이 연구에서 실시할 EBG 구조에 대한 간단한 고찰과 인쇄 회로 기판에 적합한 AI-EBG(Alternating impedance Electromagnetic Band-Gap) 구조를 이용한 EBG 의 소형화에 대해 언급하고, 소형화를 위한 3-D EBG 의 설계구조에 대해 설명한다. 그리고 저주파에서 차단특성을 높이기 위한 방법으로 3-D EBG를 사용하고 AI-EBG와 비교하여 차단특성의 변화를 Full-wave 시뮬레이션과 측정으로서 비교한다.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.136-143
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• 2010

Embedded systems widely used for wireless communication such as W-LAN, Bluetooth and ZigBee operate on ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band but they can be seriously affected by electromagnetic interference radiated from ISM apparatus. Therefore C.I.S.P.R. reports proposed limits for the protection of telecommunication from interference from ISM equipment. In this paper, we clarify the methods for calculating limits for disturbance signal for Embedded Systems in ISM band and propose simple way of calculating limits for interference signal in both above and below 1 GHz band cases.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.142-149
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• 1999

In this paper, Aperture-coupled microstrip array antenna was designed and manufactured for satellite communication at Ka-Band. We analyzed a microstrip radiation element and designed power divider using $\lambda$g/4 transformer and T-junction power divider. A manufactured Aperture-coupled $2\times2$ microstrip array antenna has a resonant frequency of 20 GHz. The experimental results are as followings : resonant frequency of 19.62 GHz, VSWR 1.0692, return loss -29.61 dB, Bandwidth 1.76 GHz and -3 dB beamwidth $42^{\circ}$.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.316-319
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• 1998

RPWM(Random Pulse Width Modulation) is a switching technique to spread the voltage and current harmonics on the wide frequency area. Using randomly changed switching frequency of the inverter, the power spectrum of the electromagnetic acoustic noise cab be spread to the wide-band area. The wide-band noise is much more comfortable and less annoying than the narrow-band one. So RPWM have been attracting an interest as an excellent method for the reduction of acoustic noise on the inverter drive system. In this paper a new RPPWM (Random Position PWM) is proposed and implemented. Each of three pulses is located randomly in each switching interval. Along with the randomization of PWM pulses, the space vector modulation is executed in the C167 microcontroller also. The experimental results show that the voltage and current harmonics were spread to wide band area and that the audible switching noise was reduced by proposed RPPWM method.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.513-519
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• 1990

In order to realize an efficient and stable X-band harmonic generator, a 100 MHz frequency multiplier, an impulse generator using SRD(Step Recovery Diode) module, and a narrow-band bandpass waveguide filter have been designed and tested. By properly combining these devices an X-band harmonic generator has been realized. The output power of the harmonic generator was measured to be -1.5 dBm at 9 GHz which is the 90th harmonic of the 100MHz input. The power fluctuation of the harmonic generator due to temperature variation was observed to the about 0.15 dB during 24 hours of 4\ulcorner temperature variation.