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PIMD Performance Test of Active Baseband Antenna

능동형 기지국안테나의 PIMD 특성분석

  • Kim, Jae-Hak (Laboratory, Ace Technology Inc.) ;
  • Jung, Young-Bae (Dept. of Electronics and Control Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • Received : 2013.06.05
  • Accepted : 2013.06.12
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

As the mobile services have been increased, the interference of the neighboring base stations is increased and the PIMD(Passive Inter-Modulation Distortion) has been a main issue for the design of base station antenna systems. In this paper, it is proposed the PIMD test method for the active basestation antenna whose radiators are directly connected with main active parts including amplifiers, and we presents its test results using a developed active basestation antenna. From the results, the active basestation antenna has the better PIMD performance than conventional passive structure by 8.4dB. The proposed PIMD test method can be used to get the accurate PIMD test result because the test environment is very similar with real basestation.

이동 통신 서비스가 확대됨에 따라 인접 기지국 간의 간섭 문제가 증가하게 되었으며, 이에 따라 이동통신 시스템의 수동 상호변조왜곡(PIMD: Passive Inter-Modulation Distortion)에 대한 문제가 크게 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 수동형 안테나구조에서 증폭기 등의 핵심 능동부가 기지국안테나의 방사소자에 직접 연결되는 안테나 일체형 능동안테나에 대한 새로운 PIMD 특성시험 방안을 제안하고 이에 대한 시험결과를 제시한다. 제안된 시험결과 통하여, 능동형 기지국안테나는 기존의 수동형 구조에 비하여 약 8.4dB의 PIMD 개선효과를 가지며, 제안된 PIMD 시험방식은 기지국안테나가 실제 기지국에서 운용되는 환경에 근접하게 시행됨으로써 보다 정확한 시험결과를 도출할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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