• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.7
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• pp.138-143
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• 2016

The designed and fabricated millimeter-wave security screening system receives radiation energy from an object and a human body. The imaging system consist of sixteen array antennas, sixteen four-stage LNAs, sixteen detectors, an infrared camera, a CCD camera, reflector, and a focusing lens. This system requires high sensitivity and wide bandwidth to detect the input thermal noise. The LNA module of the system has been measured to have 65.8 dB in average linear gain and 82 GHz~102 GHz in bandwidth to enhance the sensitivity for thermal noise, and to receive it over a wide bandwidth. The detector is used for direct current (DC) output translation of millimeter-wave signals with a zero bias Schottky diode. The lens and front-end of the millimeter-wave sensor are important in the system to detect the input thermal noise signal. The frequency range in the receiving sensitivity of the detectors was 350 to 400 mV/mW at 0 dBm (1 mW) input power. The developed W-band imaging system is effective for detecting and identifying concealed objects such as metal or plastic.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.81-88
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• 2003

For driver's convenience, the ACC(Adaptive Cruise Control) requires a system which determines the direction of vehicles and controls the vehicle to keep the distance among the automobiles constant. This paper describes the microstrip array antennas designed to operate at 24 GHz, and used as a direction indicator of moving vehicles. 8${\times}$2 transmit array antenna with wide beamwidth, 8${\times}$4 receive center array antenna, and two 8${\times}$8 receive array antennas with narrow beamwidth were designed and fabricated. Measurement results for the arrays showed that the azimuthal beamwidth is 50$^{\circ}$and the gain is 16.7 dBi for the transmit array antenna. For the receive array antenna, the center, the left, and the right array antenna have beamwidths of 20$^{\circ}$, 13$^{\circ}$, 13$^{\circ}$respectively, and have gains of more than 20 dBi. The left and right array antenna have the beam tilt angle of ${\pm}$18$^{\circ}$. The measured radiation patterns showed a good agreement with the simulated patterns, and the designed array antennas are suitable fur detecting 3 directions of the vehicle within the scan angle area.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.2238-2248
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• 1994

In this paper, we analyze a Microwave Amplifier Ultra-Wideband charateristic to apply Multi-Giga b/s optical receiver preamplifier in high speed optical communication system. To obtain frequency expanding effect. we analyze the frequency gain degradation effects of capacitances in the GaAs MESFET small-signal equivalent circuit and design Feedback amplifier Module(FAM) which has inductor peaking elements to compensate its effects and to expand frequency band. We derive optimum inductor peaking values in order to get flat gain in frequency band. The input and the output impedances of FAM are matched by Real Frequency Method and we design one and two stage ultra wideband microwave amplifier. With simulation results, it show $6.36\sim6.86dB$ and $9.1\sim10.3dB$ gains and execllent gain flatness in $0.5\sim12GHz$ respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.35D no.9
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• pp.1-12
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• 1998

We have implemented receiver for a 3 Dimensional Phased-Array Radar detecting the azimuth angle, the altitude, the range of a target on real time. This system consists of high frequency module, which protects receiver and controls sensitivity, intermediate frequency module, monopulse detector, IQ phase detector, AGC controller. A two-channel receiver with same function is implemented for increasing accuracy of target altitude data by amplitude comparison monopulse method. The TSS sensitivity of the receiver is -98dBm. The bandwidth of the receiver is 500 MHz. We can control the system gain manually by 100 dB when be AGC off. The gain and phase unbalance of two channels is 5 dB and 30 degree, respectively. The image rejection rate of the IQ detector is 30 dB. We used duroid substrate and package- type device.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.664-672
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• 2009

In this paper we propose an on-glass antenna which consists of conducting dual center striplines and multi-loaded striplines. Multi-loaded striplines and dual center lines were employed for achieving a broad matching bandwidth and improving a vertical radiation gain, respectively. The detail design parameters were determined using the Pareto genetic algorithm with an full wave EM simulator. The optimized design was built and installed on a commercial vehicle, and the antenna performances such as the return loss and the radiation gain were measured in a semi-anechoic chamber. The measurement results showed the matching bandwidth($S_{11}$<-3 dB) of about 49 % in the T-DMB frequency band, the vertical gain of about -3 dBi along the bore-sight direction, and the average gain of about -10 dBi along the azimuth direction.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.1299-1308
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose the calibration method of monopulse slope to minimize the variation of angle estimate in frequency agile noncoherent monopulse system. We analyze the monopulse slope characteristics of antenna and RF receiver including the phase and gain imbalances of each receiving channel and present the calibration method to minimize the phase and gain imbalances of RF receiver channels including antenna. In addition, we present the calibration method using channel switching to minimize the gain imbalance of IF receiver channels. The measured average monopulse slope within the frequency bandwidth is -0.96, the maximum variation of angle estimate is similar to theoretical value, $0.15^{\circ}$ at ${\pm}2^{\circ}$ azimuth and $0.03^{\circ}$ at $0^{\circ}$ azimuth.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.88-94
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• 2004

The electrical design of the Ka-band antenna for the domestic Communications and Broadcasting Satellite (CBS) is described. The antenna has the offset Gregorian structure and is installed on the Earth-facing panel of the satellite. The electrical performance specifications for the antenna were determined from the required EIRP and G/T through the payload level performance analysis. This paper utilized the reflector shaping technology for the trade-off among the major performance parameters, resulting in compliance of all the parameters. The designed antenna shows 37.95 dBi EOC (End of Coverage) gain and 28.7 dB sidelobe isolation for transmit band, and 37.49 dBi EOC gain and 31.1 dB sidelobe isolation for receive band, The electrical performances of the antenna have been verified via the electrical testing of a manufactured EQM (Engineering Qualification Model) antenna.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.72-79
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• 2009

This paper describes a compact microstrip active antenna with dual polarization. The antenna, receiving both a left-hand circularly polarized wave and a right-hand circularly polarized wave, has a function of polarization diversity. A square-shaped empty room is located on the inside of the microstrip radiator so that the size has been reduced. And slots are added around feeding point to improve input matching. Also, amplifier and switching circuitry are placed at the empty room to increase antenna gain and to select one of the circular polarizations, respectively. The proposed antenna has been applied to GPS(global positioning system). The measurement results show that it has 10dB-impedance bandwidth, 3dB axial bandwidth of about 50MHz, 3dB beamwidth of 90degree, and gain of 13dBi, respectively, for RHCP. Also, it has 3dB axial bandwidth of about 50MHz, 3dB beamwidth of 84 degree, and gain of 12dBi, respectively, for LHCP.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.37.3-37.3
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• 2009

태양물리연구실에서는 춘 추분기를 전후한 일정 기간 사이에 수분 정도 발생하는 태양간섭 현상을 예측하기 위하여 프로그램을 개발하였다. TU 미디어에서 제공해준 3개의 통신위성 PAS-8, TELSTAR-10, MEASAT-1에 대한 2006, 2007년도 춘 추분기의 통신장애 자료와 계산한 자료를 비교 분석하였고, 이를 이용하여 2009년도 추분기의 태양간섭 현상 시간을 예측하였다. 태양위치변화 계산은 NASA/JPL에서 발행하는 DE406 역서 자료를 이용하여 정밀도를 높였으며, 지구 타원체 모델을 통해 기지국에서의 정확한 태양 및 위성의 고도, 방위각을 구하였다. 또한 기지국 안테나 이득률을 계산하여 기지국 안테나에서 예상 되는 태양 간섭 시간을 얻어 냈다. 기지국 안테나의 빔 패턴은 안테나의 중심 부근에서 가장 강하게 나타나며, 중심에서 멀어질수록 특수한 감쇄 형태를 보인다. 이러한 빔 패턴은 안테나의 이득률과 관련이 있으며, 빔 패턴의 적분을 통해 얻어진 이득률과 태양 디스크가 얼마나 안테나의 범위에 들어오는가에 따라 안테나에 수신되는 전파의 강도가 달라진다. 이러한 강도 변화량을 계산함으로써 태양 간섭 시간을 계산할 수 있다. 본래 안테나 빔 패턴은 개개의 안테나에 따라 다르며 직접 측정하여 얻을 수 있다. 사용한 빔 패턴 모델은 ITU에서 채택된 WARC-79 모델을 이용하였고 모든 위성 기지국 안테나의 빔 패턴은 이 모델에서 벗어나지 않는다. 이 연구에서는 빔 패턴 모델을 적용하여 기존의 TU미디어 성수기지국에서의 태양간섭 시간을 다시 계산하였다. 또한 새롭게 KT 용인 위성 관제센터의 자료를 추가하여 태양 간섭시간을 계산하고 예측하였다. 위성데이터는 기존의 PAS-8, TELSTAR-10, MEASAT-1 통신위성과 KT에서 운용하고 있는 무궁화 3호와 무궁화 5호 통신위성 자료를 사용하였다. 이러한 계산 방법은 전국 임의의 지역에서 춘 추분기에 발생할 수 있는 태양간섭 시간을 예측하고 적용할 수 있다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.129-133
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• 2020

In this paper, a temperature compensation circuit is presented in order to mitigate gain variability due to temperature in the W-band low-noise amplifier (LNA). The proposed cascode temperature compensation bias circuit automatically controls gate bias voltages of the common-source LNA in order to suppress variations of small-signal gain. The designed circuit was realized in a 100-nm GaAs pHEMT process. The simulated voltage gain of W-band LNA including the proposed bias circuit is >20 dB with gain variability less than ±0.8 dB in the range of temperatures between -35 to 71℃. We expect that the proposed circuit contributes to millimeter-wave receivers for stable performances in radar applications.