• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1994년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.180-182
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• 1994

In an electron storage ring of Pohang Light Source (PLS), electrons lose their energy in every turn by the synchronous radiation. A high power RF amplifier is employed to compensate the electron energy that is lost by the synchronous radiation. The specification of RF amplifier is an continuous output power of 60 kW at 500.082 MHz operating frequency. The power is supplied to RF cavities in the storage ring tunnel. Total number of amplifier system currently required is three. Tile total number will be increased upto five as the operating condition of storage ring is upgraded. The RF amplifier is mainly consisted of a high voltage DC power supply, an intermediate RF power amplifier (IPA), and a klystron tube. In this article, the design of RF amplifier system and characteristics of the klystron tube will be discussed.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.7-14
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• 1977

주로 TWT로 사용되어 오던 2GHz 대 고출력증식기를 근래 개발되어 시판되기 시작한 microwave bipolar transistor를 사용하여 설계 제작하였다. 특히 고출력을 얻을 목적으로 balanced amplifier로 구성하였으며 microstripline을 사용해서 우수한 impedance정합효과를 얻었다. RF출력의 divider 및 combiner로서는 제작상의 편의를 감안해서 stripline directional coupler방식을 채택했으며 이것은 quadrature hybrid coupler로서 좋은 동작특성을 보였다. 직접 실용화를 감안해서 설계, 시작된 본 마이크로파 트랜지스터 증폭기는 측정결과 RF출력 14watt, 이득 14dB, 편파수대역폭 180MHz, 효율 40%의 우수한 종합특성을 얻었다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.679-688
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• 2011

A new discrete-amplitude pulse width modulation (DAPWM) scheme for a high-efficiency linear power amplifier is proposed. A radio frequency (RF) input signal is divided into an envelope and a phase modulated carrier. The low-frequency envelope is modulated so that it can be represented by a pulse whose area is proportional to its amplitude. The modulated pulse has at least two different pulse amplitude levels in order that the duty ratios of the pulse are kept large for small input. Then, an RF pulse train is generated by mixing the modulated envelope with the phase modulated carrier. The RF pulse train is amplified by a switching-mode power amplifier, and the original RF input signal is restored by a band pass filter. Because duty ratios of the RF pulse train are kept large in spite of a small input envelope, the DAPWM technique can reduce loss from harmonic components. Furthermore, it reduces filtering efforts required to suppress harmonic components. Simulations show that the overall efficiency of the pulsed power amplifier with DAPWM is about 60.3% for a mobile WiMax signal. This is approximately a 73% increase compared to a pulsed power amplifier with PWM.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권5호
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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.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.826-831
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• 2009

In this paper, a high power RF amplifier module using AlN substrate of high thermal conductivity has been proposed. This RF amplifier module has the advantage of compact size and effective heat dissipation for the packaging of high power chip. To fabricate the thru-hole and scribing line on AlN substrate, the key parameters of $CO_2$ laser were experimented. And then, microstrip lines and spiral planar inductors were fabricated on an AlN substrate using the thin-film process. The fabricated microstrip lines on the AlN substrate has an attenuation value of 0.1 dB/mm up to 10 GHz. The fabricated spiral planar inductor has a high quality factor, a maximum of about 62 at 1 GHz for a 5.65 nH inductor. Packaging of a RF power amplifier was implemented on an AlN substrate with thru-hole. From the measured results, the gain is 24 dB from 13 to 15 GHz and the output power is 33.65 dBm(2.3 W).

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 플라즈마 응용을 위 한 고효율 및 고안정성을 가지는 RF 발생기용 1 kW급 전력증폭기를 설계 및 제작하였다. 전력증폭기는 푸쉬풀 MOSFET 1개와 고전류 구동 IC로 구성하였으며, E급 증폭기의 구조를 사용함으로써 효율을 개선하였다. 플라즈마 응용에 적합하도록 전력증폭기에 선택적 감쇠기를 사용하여 3가지 모드로 동작하게 함으로써 효율과 안정성을 선택적으로 고려할 수 있도록 하였다. 초기 방전 구간의 불안정성을 개선하기 위하여 RF 발생기의 출력 안정영역을 선택적 감쇠기를 사용하여 전압정재파비(VSWR)를 3.8:1 미만보다 개선된 4.5:1 미만으로 확장하였다. 또한 기존에 적용되는 증폭기에 비하여 크기를 30 % 줄였으며, 주파수 13.56 MHz, 출력 1 kW에서 효율 80 %를 얻으므로 기존에 비하여 효율을 약 13 % 개선하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.275-280
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• 2006

We propose Doherty power amplifier structure which can be integrated in Silicon RF ICs. Doherty power amplifiers are widely used in RF transmitters, because of their high Power Added Efficiency (PAE) and good linearity. In this paper, it is proposed that a method to replace the quarter wavelength coupler with IQ up-conversion mixers to achieve 90 degree phase shift, which allows on-chip Doherty amplifier. This idea is implemented and manufactured in CMOS 5 GHz band direct-conversion RF transmitter. We measured a 3dB improvement output RF power and linearity.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.145-148
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• 2002

This paper has been studied a predistorter which is able to linierizing of RF amplifier using schottkey. If input signal level is low, input signal is delivered directly. And if input signal level is high, input signal Is delivered with decreasing. So RF amplifier always works at saturation region .When this predistorter is used to simplified C-class RF amplifier, we have concluded that efficiency is improved about 3%.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.851-854
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• 1999

A high efficient, CMOS RF power amplifier at a 2.SV power supply for the band of 902-928MHz was designed and analyzed in 0.25${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ standard CMOS technology. The output power of designed amplifier is being digitally controlled from a minimum of 2㎽ to a maximum of 21㎽, corresponding to a dynamic range of l0㏈ power control. The frequency response of this power amplifier is centered roughly at 915MHz. The power added efficiency of designed amplifer is almost 48% at maximum output power of 21㎽.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.501-502
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• 2006

In this paper low power high gain amplifier is suitable for application in low power systems was designed and fabricated. The amplifier used both subthreshold bias for low power and positive feedback Q-enhancement technique for high gain. The amplifier used TSCM $0.18{\mu}m$ RF CMOS technology measures a power gain of 32.3dB, a quality factor of 366 and a power consumption of 3mW in a supply voltage of 1.8V.