• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.7A
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• pp.433-439
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• 2003

In this paper, we proposed a novel true time-delay (TTD) feeder for phased array antennas (PAAs) using fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and fibers coated with Cr/Au film. This structure requires less number of FBGs than the previously proposed FBG TTD feeders since one FBG is replaced with a metal film reflector in a strand of optical delay line connected to each antenna element and also provides the flexible wavelength selection since the metal film shows wide reflectance spectrum. A TTD for 10 GHz linear PAAs capable of steering beams in three different directions at 0$^{\circ}$and $\pm$30$^{\circ}$has been built. Experimental results on time delays are in good agreement with those calculated at all the steering angles. A 10 GHz linear array antenna with eight antenna elements red from the proposed TTD has been designed and the far-field radiation pattern or this antenna has been obtained by simulation.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.5B
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• pp.529-536
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• 2001

광섬유 지연선로 정합 여파기를 광 패킷 어드레스 처리기로 사용한 완전 광 패킷 교환 노드들로 구성된 슬러티드 링 통신망에서 가우시언, 2차 초가우시언, 그리고 RZ 구형파 형태의 입력 광 펄스에 대한 노드의 패킷 오율 변화에 관하여 고찰하였다. 전송속도의 증가에 따라 모든 입력 펄스 형태에 대해 패킷오율이 증가하였고, 산탄 잡음의 영향이 크게 나타났다. 패킷 오율 $10^{-9}$에서 전송속도가 같은 경우에는 가우시언 펄스, 2차 초가우시언 펄스, RZ 구형파 순으로 첨두 파워가 증가한 반면, 펄스 에너지는 모든 펄스 형태에서 거의 같게 나타났다. 넓은 펄스폭을 갖는 가우시언 펄스는 대역폭 감소로 인해 잡음 전력이 감소하는 효과보다, ISI로 인한 각 어드레스 코드의 상관 출력레벨 변동으로 발생하는 파워 패널티 효과가 더 크게 나타났다. 따라서, ISI에 의한 영향을 최소화하기 위해서는 가우시언 펄스의 rms 폭을 1/(4B)이하로 유지해야 함을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.8-9
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• 2004

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.94-100
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• 2019

The near-field subwavelength squint-less focusing system of a phased array antenna is designed and demonstrated by numerical simulation. The Huygens-Fresnel principle is applied to numerical simulation for calculation of the phased array antenna at microwave frequency. It was shown that beam squinting can be eliminated, utilizing true-time optical delay lines based on a chirped fiber grating in the proposed system. Furthermore, subwavelength focusing with high numerical aperture can be achieved by considering the fact that the array elements of the phased-array antenna can be treated as diffractive elements in an optical lens system. Also, side lobes can be suppressed by decreasing the distance between element antennas to less than half of the wavelength.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.90-91
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• 2000

광섬유는 수십THz이상의 넓은 대역폭과 0.2-0.4 dB/Km의 적은 전송손실의 우수성을 가지고 있으므로 이를 CDMA시스템에 적용하면 고속, 대용량의 데이터 전송 및 비동기식 전송의 장점이 있으므로 광 LAN이나 광 교환기 등의 광통신 네트워크에 유용하게 사용할 수 있다$^{[1][2]}$ . 그러나 광CDMA시스템은 다수 사용자가 동시에 데이터를 전송할 때 다른 사용자의 데이터 전송으로부터 발생되는 오류정보를 최소화하기 위해 최적의 자기상관 및 상호상관특성을 가져야 자신의 정보데이터를 복원할 수 있다$^{[3]}$ . 따라서 본 논문에서는 광섬유 지연선을 이용한 광 CDMA시스템에서 코드구성을 광 직교 코드로 하였을 경우 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통한 시스템 해석에 대하여 서술한다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 광 직교 코드를 사용한 경우 사용자수가 증가함에 따른 최적의 자기상관 및 상호상관특성을 갖는 코드를 구하고, 임계값 변화에 따른 에러확률을 분석한다. (중략)

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.466-472
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• 2003

In this paper, we proposed an optical true time-delay (TTD) feeder system for phased array antennas (PAAs). The system possesses high-speed beam scan capability since, in this scheme, different lengths of fiber delay-lines are selected by optical 2${\times}$2 MEMS switches at high speed. An optical TTD capable of beam scanning in one of eight different directions has been built for 10 GHz linear PAA systems. Experimental results on time delay measurements show that the maximum time delay error is less than 0.2 ps corresponding to a scan angle error of less than 0.84o. We have also designed a 10 GHz linear PAA composed of eight micro-strip patch antenna elements driven by the proposed TTD, and the radiation patterns of this PAA have been analyzed by simulation.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.385-390
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• 2004

In this paper, we designed a 4-bit optical true time-delay(TTD) for phased array antennas(PAAs), which is composed of a wavelength-fixed optical source, 2 ${\times}$ 2 optical MEMS switches, and fiber-optic delay lines. A 4-bit TTD with a unit time delay difference of 6 ps for 10-GHz PAAs has been implemented. Measurement results on time delay show an error of -0.4 ps at maximum, corresponding to a radiation angle error of less than 1.63$^{\circ}$. Thus, the TTD implemented in this research performs in excellent agreement with theory. Each TTD line, composed of MEMS switches and fiber-optic delay lines, connected to the corresponding antenna element has insertion loss in between 1.36 ㏈ and 2.40 ㏈ depending upon the setup of the switches. On the other hand, the insertion loss difference between TTD lines was 0.32 ㏈ at maximum for a fixed radiation angle. The TTD structure proposed in this paper might be more reliable and economical than those previously proposed using tunable wavelength sources if proper power equalization either with gain control of RF amplifiers or variable attenuators is achieved.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 1996.06a
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• pp.300-303
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• 1996

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.36D no.5
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• pp.80-87
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• 1999

We propose a new recirculating fiber delay-line filter structure. In proposed system, we insert a fiber Bragg grating(FBG) into a recirculating fiber delay line and it operates as a partially reflection mirror. Therefore, the transfer function of the system is given by the recirculating delay output part and the multiple-reflected output part due to a FBG. By adjusting the parameters such as coupling coefficient, reflectivity of FBG, and gain, we can make the system operate in various filter.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1190-1196
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• 2014

This paper presents the design of a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave(FMCW) radar altimeter with wide altitude range and low measurement errors. Wide altitude range is achieved by employing the optic delay in the transmitting path to reduce the dynamic range of measuring altitude. Transmitting power and receiver gain are also controlled to have the dynamic range of the received power be reduced. In addition, low measurement errors are obtained by improving the sweep linearity using the Direct Digital Synthesizer(DDS) and minimizing the phase noise employing the reference clock(Ref_CLK) as the offset frequency of the Phase Locked Loop(PLL).