• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.10
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• pp.1036-1043
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• 2003

In this paper, novel lumped equivalent circuits for a conventional parallel directional coupler are proposed. This novel equivalent circuits only have self inductance and self capacitance, so we can design exact lumped equivalent circuit. The equivalent circuit and design formula for the presented lumped element coupler is derived based on the even- and odd-mode properties of a parallel-coupled line. By using the derived design formula, we have designed the 3 dB and 10 dB lumped element directional couplers at the center frequency of 100 MHz and 2 GHz, respectively a chip type directional coupler has been designed with multilayer configurations by employing commercial EM simulator. Designed chip-type directional couplers have a 3 dB-coupling value at the center frequency of 2 GHz and fabricated lumped directional coupler on fr4 organic substrate has a 3 dB, 10 dB-coupling values at the center frequency of 100 MHz. Excellent agreements between simulation results and measurement results on the designed directional couplers show the validity of this paper. Furthermore, in order to adapt to multi-layer process such as Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic (LTCC), chip-type lumped element couplers have been designed by using this method.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.2642-2648
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• 2010

The design of coupling and rectifying circuits for the maritime VHF digital modem is investigated in this paper. To monitor the transmitting power of the modem, a directional coupler which is used to extract a small fraction of the transmitter signal power, and a rectifying circuit which make DC voltage proportional to the coupled rf power are designed and fabricated. The parallel-coupled line coupler with directivity of above 25 dB at 160 MHz bands is designed and it is shown that the output voltage of the rectifying circuit is linearly changing from 0.85 V to 1.6 V when the transmitting power of the modem is varying from 1 W to 25 W. The proposed coupler and rectifying circuits are expected to be suitable for maritime VHF digital modem.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.295-302
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• 2007

This paper presents a rigorous comparison of the design characteristics of polarization-insensitive directional coupler (DC) and multimode interference (MMI) coupler based on rib type waveguides, by using longitudinal modal transmission-line theory (L-MTLT). It shows that the multimode mixing and interference property of MMI can be structurally designed through the continuous evolution of the two-mode coupling property of DC. It also compares and analyzes the coupling efficiency along with the coupling length and the wavelength between polarization-insensitive DC and MMI. From the design properties obtained, it demonstrates for the first time the integration of polarization-insensitive DC or MMI with a Bragg grating and evaluates precisely the filtering characteristics. The numerical results reveal that the DC, as long as it is designed to have the same coupling length for TE and TM modes, has better performance than the MMI in polarization-insensitive filtering behaviour. However, it shows that the MMI with much less coupling length than DC is preferred in the miniaturization of integrated devices.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.951-958
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• 1993

The coupling length is very important factor for the study of directional coupler and other intergrated-optic devices. And the calculation of coupling length is the fundamental process of studing various types of intergrated optical devices. But the calculation of coupling length, requires coupling coefficient n. and the evaluation of coupling coefficient f is very tedious because it requires the calculation of overlap intergral of the two modes. Because of above reason, we suggest the use of beam propagation method, We suggest the basic configuration of directional coupler, which has three different types of longitudinal to vertical ratio, and calculate the coupling length of sugested configuration by both coupled mode thery and beam propagation method and compare the results of each method.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.08a
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• pp.283-285
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 nonradiative dielectric(NRD) 도파로를 이용해 60GHz대에서의 $90^{\circ}$ 하이브리드 3dB 방향성 결합기를 설계하였다. 3dB 결합기의 설계 시 NRD 도파로의 기본 모드인 $LSM_{11}$ 모드를 여기 시키기 위한 변환기를 설계하였고 NRD 도파로의 특징인 밴딩에서의 모드 컨버젼 현상을 확인하고 이를 이용하여 $LSE_{11}$ 모드를 이용한 3dB 결합기를 설계하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.293-298
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• 2004

We investigate the effect of the wing width and thickness of a Double-Sided Deep-Ridge(DSDR) vertical directional coupler on the coupling length dependent on the polarization, We have found that the DSDR vertical directional coupler without a wing does not have polarization independent coupling lengths. The variation of the coupling length of TE and TM modes and the difference between the coupling lengths of the two modes are negligible as the wing width increases beyond the specific wing width for the same wing thickness. Thus, we can see that a DSDR vertical directional coupler has a wing width larger than the minimum wing width to obtain the polarization independent coupling length. The minimum wing width increases as the wing thickness increases for the same core thickness and as the core thickness decreases for the same wing width. Also, we have found that the minimum wing thickness is determined by the core thickness and the minimum wing thickness decreases as the core thickness increases.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.43-49
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• 2008

In this paper, new directional couplers for T/R switch of UHF RFID applications are proposed to overcome TX-to-RX leakage problem. The proposed method can remove TX-to-RX leakage caused by both imperfect isolation characteristic of the conventional directional coupler and the mismatch of antenna impedance. Two directional couplers are implemented using distributed elements and lumped elements respectively for the verification. The varactor tuneable circuits for compensation of the antenna mismatch is also proposed. The measurement result shows excellent TX-to-RX leakage suppression, more than 45dB in 910MHz.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.166-167
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• 2003

실리콘 기판 위에 제작되는 실리카 물질은 낮은 가격, 파이버와의 높은 결합 효율 그리고 고집적화의 장점으로 PLC(Planar Light Circuit)에 사용되고 있다. PLC 광소자 중에서 열 광학 스위치(Thermo-optic switch)는, NⅹN 매트릭스 스위치와 Add／drop multiplexer 등 비교적 낮은 속도를 갖는 광 신호 처리를 위해 중요한 소자이다. 기존의 열 광학 스위치의 경우, 방향성 결합기를 사용한 Mach-Zehnder 구조로써, 위상 제어단에서 두 도파로 간의 광 전력 교환을 막기 위해 방향성 결합기의 양쪽 끝단에에 굽은 도파로를 이용한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.344-347
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• 2000

We analyze the variation of coupling length as a function of the waveguide width for a directional coupler. It is interesting that the coupling length is not monotonic function of waveguide width for a given distance between the centers. The waveguide width for a maximum coupling length can be utilized for the optimum design of a directional coupler.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.1108-1116
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• 1993

Y-branch directional coupler optica1 switches with two different coupling lengths are fabricated on z-cut LiNbO3 and tested at r = 1.3 rm. The normal mode and coupled mode theories are utilized to calculate device coupling length and switching voltage. Simulation of the beam propagation method (BPM) is also performed to confirm the device coupling lengths. For dc operation, experimental results are in good agreement with the modee theories expectation.