• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.12
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• pp.865-873
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• 2019

To improve the survivability of a missile, it needs to be lowered that the detection possibility by radars on the ground. The radar exposure of the target is given as a function of relative distance from the radar to the target and RCS (Radar Cross Section). The RCS of the missile is determined by the incidence angle of the target to electromagnetic radiation emitted from the radar. Under the assumption that the missile equips appropriate attitude control system, the attitude of the missile to minimize radar exposure at a high altitude is investigated in this paper. Two different types of performance cost are considered: the total sum of RCS and the total sum of SNR during the flight. Optimal solutions against multiple ground radars are found by using a SQP (Sequential Quadratic Programming)-based optimization technique.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.417-423
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• 2012

Radar Cross Section(RCS) is a measure of how detectable an object is with a radar. A larger RCS indicates that an object is more easily detected. Informally, the RCS of an object is the cross-sectional area of a perfectly reflecting sphere that would produce the same amount of reflection strength as the object in question would. In order to estimate RCS of aircraft weapons the external surface is modeled as a collection of simple shape elements. And the overall RCS is estimated as a vector sum of configuring elements' cross-sections which are well known given by analytic formulae. A RCS estimation code is developed for a typical shape of Air-To-Surface bombs and missiles. Size of weapons and location of fins are implemented in the code in addition to the presence of canards. The ability to predict radar return from flying vehicles becomes a critical technology issue in the development of stealth configurations. This simplified method of RCS estimation is known to be fast and accurate enough in an optical region of high frequency incident radio wave.

• Composites Research
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.13-17
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• 2022

RADAR Absorbing Structure (RAS), one of stealth technologies, is a multifunctional composite that is capable of supporting load and absorbing electromagnetic waves. In order to supplement the shortcomings of the existing RAS, a hybrid RAS in which the short carbon fiber layers were inserted has been proposed. However, the inserted short carbon fiber layers may affect the mechanical properties of the structure. Therefore, this study measured the interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of the hybrid RAS with the inserted short carbon fiber layer. The ILSS of hybrid composite with different areal densities of the short carbon fiber layer was measured to investigate the effect of changes in the areal density of the short carbon fiber layer on the ILSS of the structure. In addition, the ILSS of the 4 kinds of the hybrid RAS were measured and compared with the ILSS of glass/epoxy. As a result of the measurement, it was confirmed that the short carbon fiber layer did not significantly affect the ILSS of the hybrid composite and the hybrid RAS.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.765-767
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 단거리 레이더용 차량 추돌 방지 24-GHz CMOS 고주파 전력 증폭기 (RF Power Amplifier)를 제안한다. 이러한 회로는 class-A 모드 증폭기로서 단간 (inter-stages) 공액 정합 (conjugate matching) 회로를 가진 공통-소스 단으로 구성되어 있다. 칩 면적을 줄이기 위해 실제 인덕터 대신 전송선(Transmission Line)을 이용하였다. 제안한 회로는 TSMC $0.13{\mu}m$ 혼성 신호/고주파 CMOS 공정 ($f_T/f_{MAX}=120/140GHz$)으로 설계하였다. 설계한 CMOS 고주파 전력 증폭기는 최근 발표된 연구결과에 비해 약 22dB의 높은 전력이득 및 7.1%의 높은 PAE 특성을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.492-492
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• 2017

강수량은 지상에 내린 물의 총량으로 홍수 및 갈수량 산정에 있어서 유출특성을 파악하는데 중요한 자료이다. 부정확한 자료 및 수문분석기법에 의한 수자원량의 추정은 수공구조물의 설계 시과소 또는 과다 설계로 문제를 가져올 수 있으며, 수리 수문분석시스템의 효율적인 운영에 많은 지장을 초래하게 될 수 있다. 특히 강수량자료를 기초로 하는 홍수예보 및 갈수예보 모형들은 그 입력치인 강수량자료의 정확도가 큰 비중을 차지하게 된다. 강수량은 면적 강수량을 대표할 수 있는 위치에서 관측되어야 점 강수량을 면적 강수량으로 환산하는데서 발생하는 오차를 최소화 할 수 있다. 최근 강수 특성은 과거에 비해 시공간적으로 매우 불규칙해졌으며, 특히 짧은 지속시간 동안에 많은 양의 강우가 집중되고 있다. 강수량조사망은 이와 같은 강수 특성 변화를 충분히 반영할 수 있어야 한다. 강수 특성을 반영하여 수문조사, 홍수예보, 강우레이더에 활용하기 위해서는 기존 강수량조사망에 대한 재평가가 선행되어야 하며, 재평가된 결과를 토대로 강수량조사망을 설계하여야 한다. 또한 강수량관측소는 그 자체에 여러가지 오차를 내재하는데, 이는 바람의 영향, 증발, 주변 환경 변화 등 다른 여러 가지 오차들이다. 이러한 오차의 발생을 최소화하기 위해서는 관측시설의 유지관리가 매우 중요하다. 강수량자료의 품질 문제를 최소화하여 강수량자료의 품질을 향상시키기 위해서는 기존 강수량관측소 및 운영현황에 대한 명확한 고찰이 선행되어야 하며, 기존의 강수량조사망에 어떠한 문제점 등이 내포되어 있는지에 대한 객관적인 평가를 통하여 수문조사, 홍수예보, 강우레이더 활용에 적합한 강수량조사망 구축이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 영산강홍수통제소 관할 유역의 강수량관측소 67개소를 조사 평가하여 수문조사, 물관리, 강우레이더의 활용에 필요한 강수량조사망을 구축하였다. 이에 따라 신설 강수량관측소는 14개소가 필요한 것으로 나타났으며, 이 경우 평균 시강수량의 추정 불확실도가 0.2 이상인 영역은 19.3 %에서 10.6 %로 줄어들며, 연평균 강수량의 추정 불확실도가 0.2 이상인 영역은 9.0 %에서 4.7 %로 줄어드는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 강수량조사망 구축에 필요한 강수량관측소 설치, 위치선정, 배치 등에 관한 기준 및 유지관리에 필요한 사항을 제시하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.979-986
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• 2010

This paper presents an algorithm for retrieving precise radar cross sections(RCS) of various trihedral corner reflectors (TCR) which are external calibrators of synthetic aperture radar(SAR) systems. The theoretical RCSs of the TCRs are computed based on the physical optics(PO), geometrical optics(GO), and physical theory of diffraction(PTD) techniques; that is, the RCS computation includes the single reflections(PO), double reflections(GO-PO), triple reflections(GO-GO-PO), and edge diffractions(PTD) from the TCR. At first, we acquire an SAR image of the area that five TCRs installed in, and then extract the RCS of the TCRs. The RCSs of the TCRs are extracted accurately from the SAR image by adding up the power spill, which is generated due to the radar IRF(Impulse Response Function), using a square window. We compare the extracted RCSs with the theoretical RCSs and analyze the difference between the theoretical and experimental RCSs of the TCR for various window sizes and various backscattering coefficient levels of the adjacent area. Finally, we propose the minimum size of the integration area and the maximum level of the backscattering coefficients for the adjacent area.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.39 no.7
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• pp.97-103
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• 2002

In this paper, a Logarithmic Video Amplifier(LVA) for radar system or satellite communications is described. The proposed LVA is composed of a input stage, amplification stage, and output stage. As well as a novel series-parallel architecture is proposed for the purpose of wide dynamic range and high speed operation, a newly developed input stage is designed in order to control the voltage level between LVA and detector diode. The LVA is fabricated with a 1.5um 2-poly 2-metal n-well Bi-CMOS technology, and the chip area is 1310 um x 1540 um. From the experimental results, it consumes 190 mW at 10V power supply, the chip has 60 dB dynamic range and 100ns falling time.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.246-251
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• 2023

RADAR(Radio Detection and Ranging) is an important system for surveillance and reconnaissance by detecting a reflected signal which obtains the range from the radar to the target, and the velocity of the target. The magnitude of the reflected signal varies due to the radar cross section of the target, characteristic of the transmission and reception antenna, distance between the radar and the target, and power and wavelength of the transmitted signal. Thus, the RCS is the important characteristic of the target to determine if the target can be observed by the RADAR system. It is based on the material and shape of the target. We have measured the reflection signal of a simple square-shaped (20 × 20 cm) target made of a new material, a gallium-based liquid metal alloy and compared that of well-known metals including copper, aluminum. The magnitude of reflected signal of the aluminum target was the largest and it was 2.4 times larger than that of the liquid metal target. We also investigated the effect of the shape by measuring reflectance of the F-22 3D model(~1/95 ratio) target covered with/without copper, aluminium, and liquid metal. The largest magnitude of the reflected signal measured from side-view with the copper-covered F-22 model was 2.6 times greater than that of liquid metal. The reflectance study of the liquid metal would be helpful for liquid metal-based frequency selective surface or metamaterials.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.97-105
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• 2020

In order to set up radar cross section(RCS) reduction factors for a target, the scattering point position of the target should be identified through inverse synthetic aperture radar(ISAR) image analysis. For this purpose, ISAR image focusing is important. Maritime ship is non-linear maneuvering in the sea, however, which blur the ISAR image. To solve this problem, translational and rotational motion compensation are essential to form focused ISAR image. In this paper, hourglass and ISAR image analysis are performed on the collected data in the sea instead of using the prediction software tool, which takes much time and cost to make computer-aided design(CAD) model of the ship.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.117-122
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose 24-GHz CMOS radio frequency (RF) power amplifier for short-range automotive collision avoidance radars. This circuit contains common source stage with inter-stages conjugate matching circuit as a class-A mode amplifier. The proposed circuit is designed using TSMC $0.13-{\mu}m$ mixed signal/RF CMOS process ($f_T/f_{MAX}=120/140GHz$). It operates at the supply voltage of 2V, and it is designed to have high power gain, low insertion loss and low noise figure in the low supply voltage. To reduce total chip area, the circuit used transmission lines instead of the bulky real inductor. The designed CMOS power amplifier showed the smallest chip size of $0.1mm^2$, the lowest power consumption of 40mW, the highest power gain of 26.5dB, the highest saturated output power of 19.2dBm and the highest maximum power-added efficiency of 17.2% as compared to recently reported results.