• ETRI Journal
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.259-269
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• 2002

Polymers are emerging as new alternative materials for optical communication devices. We developed two types of polymer-based devices for optical communications. One type is for ultra high-speed signal processing that uses nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers in such devices as electro-optic (EO) Mach-Z${\ddot{e}} $ hnder (MZ) modulators and EO 2${\times}$2 switches. The other is for WDM optical communications that use low-loss optical polymers in such devices as 1${\times}$2, 2${\times}$2, 4-arrayed 2${\times}$2 digital optical switches (DOSs) and 16${\times}$16 arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) routers. For these devices, we synthesized a polyetherimide-disperse red 1 (PEI-DR1) side chain NLO polymer and a low-loss optical polymer known as fluorinated polyaryleneethers (FPAE). This paper presents the details of our development of these polymeric photonic devices considering all aspects from materials to packaging.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2006년도 동계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.89-90
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• 2006

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.2816-2822
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 UWB 대역에서 동작하는 광대역 루프 안테나에 대한 설계 방법을 연구하였다. 제안된 광대역 루프안테나의 구조는 초광대역 특성을 얻기 위하여 원형 루프 안테나에 원형 섹터가 추가되었다. 원형섹터는 50 오옴 급전선과 정합시키기 위하여 기존의 삼각형 섹터 대신에 사용하였다. 원형 섹터 사이의 간격과 원형 루프의 반지름 변화에 따른 입력 반사계수와 이득 특성을 분석하여 최적의 설계 변수를 도출하였다. 최적화된 인쇄형 광대역 루프 안테나를 FR4 기판 상에 $41mm{\times}41mm$ 크기로 제작하였다. 실험 결과, 제안된 안테나는 전압 정재파비(VSWR; voltage standing wave) < 2.25인 대역이 3.1-11.0 GHz으로 UWB 대역에서 동작하는 것을 확인하였다. 측정된 이득은 UWB 대역에서 1.3-5.3 dBi이다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.714-719
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 Ultra-Wideband(UWB) 통신을 위한 새로운 저지대역 안테나를 설계하였다. 설계된 안테나는 광대역 특성을 가지며, IEEE 802.11a와 HIPERLAN/2에 의해 사용이 제한된 5.15~5.825GHz에서 주파수 대역 저지 특성을 갖는다. 광대역 특성을 얻기 위하여 부분 그라운드와 notch cut 구조를 사용하였고 저지 대역 특성을 얻기 위해 패치면에 U-slot을 삽입하였다. 설계된 안테나는 4.90~5.92GHz 대역을 저지하며 3.1~10.6GHz 대역에서 정재파비 2이하를 만족하는 광대역 특성을 나타낸다.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2020

A microstrip feedline based open ended folded-slot antenna is proposed for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. The prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated on the FR4 dielectric substrate. The proposed antenna has a wide n-shaped slot that is useful for designing circuit components on the same printed circuit board (PCB) as that of the radio frequency (RF) modules. The proposed antenna use two kinds of slots as radiators, and each slots have different characteristics because of the different type of ends of the slot. The wideband characteristic can be obtained by resonances of each slot which are occurred at different frequencies. The measured impedance bandwidth (S₁₁≤ -10 dB) is 2.9-11.56 GHz, and the antenna peak gain is 2-4 dBi over the UWB range. The antenna has a stable omni-directional radiation pattern and only a small group-delay variation across the UWB passband. In addition, we present a modified design with band-notched characteristics of a 5 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) frequency band.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2009

An Ultra-WideBand(UWB) Low-Noise Amplifier(LNA) is proposed and is implemented in a $0.18-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The proposed UWB LNA provides excellent wideband characteristics by combining a High-Pass Filter (HPF) with a conventional resistive-loaded LNA topology. In the proposed UWB LNA, the bell-shaped gain curve of the overall amplifier is much less dependent on the frequency response of the HPF embedded in the input stage. In addition, the adoption of fewer on-chip inductors in the input matching network permits a lower noise figure and a smaller chip area. Measurement results show a power gain of + 10 dB and an input return loss of more than - 9 dB over 2.7 to 6.2 GHz, a noise figure of 3.1 dB at 3.6 GHz and 7.8 dB at 6.2 GHz, an input PldB of - 12 dBm, and an IIP3 of - 0.2 dBm, while dissipating only 4.6 mA from a 1.8-V supply.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2011

In this paper, we present the design method for a low-pass type inverter, which can effectively suppress the spurious response associated with band-pass filters. The inverter has a length of ${\lambda}/4$ and employs not only a stepped-impedance configuration but also asymmetrical and bending structures in order to improve frequency selectivity and compactness. The inverter is applied as an impedance/admittance inverter to the ultra-wideband (UWB) band-pass filter. The UWB band-pass filter configuration is based on a stub band-pass filter consisting of quarter-wavelength impedance inverters and shunt short-circuited stubs ${\lambda}/4$ in length. The asymmetrical stepped-impedance low-pass type inverter improves not only the spurious responses, but also the return loss characteristics associated with a UWB band-pass filter, while a compact size is maintained. The UWB band-pass filter using the proposed inverters is fabricated and tested. The measured results show excellent attenuation characteristics at out-band frequencies, which exceed 18 dB up to 39 GHz. The insertion loss within the pass-band (from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz) is below 1.7 dB, the return loss is below 10 dB, and the group delay is below 1 ns.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.754-759
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• 2016

A transformer feedback low-noise amplifier (LNA) is implemented in a standard $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process, which exploits drain-to-gate transformer feedback technique for wideband input matching and operates across entire 3~5 GHz ultra-wideband (UWB). The proposed LNA achieves power gain above 9.5 dB, input return loss less than 15.0 dB, and noise figure below 4.8 dB, while consuming 8.1 mW from a 1.8-V supply. To the authors' knowledge, drain-to-gate transformer feedback for wideband input matching cascode LNA is the first adopted technique for UWB application.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2005

This paper presents a broadband two-stage low noise amplifier(LNA) operating from 3 to 10 GHz, designed with 0.18 ${\mu}m$ RF CMOS technology, The cascode feedback topology and broadband matching technique are used to achieve broadband performance and input/output matching characteristics. The proposed UWB LNA results in the low noise figure(NF) of 3.4 dB, input/output return loss($S_{11}/S_{22}$) of lower than -10 dB, and power gain of 14.5 dB with gain flatness of $\pm$1 -dB within the required bandwidth. The input-referred third-order intercept point($IIP_3$) and the input-referred 1-dB compression point($P_{ldB}$) are -7 dBm and -17 dBm, respectively.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2006

This paper presents the impacts of Ultra-wideband(UWB) applied in the communication applications using frequency band from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz on Broadband Wireless Access(BWA) based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) using frequency band of 3.5 GHz. It proposes low duty cycle(LDC) for enabling UWB to mitigate strong interference to BWA. The effects of interference mitigation are evaluated and analyzed in the environment of UWB coexistence with BWA. UWB with LDC scheme will be given to bring higher transmit power level corresponding to Federal Communications Commission(FCC) provisional limit for enabling UWB operation at 3.5 GHz bands.