• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.1050-1055
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• 2010

In this paper, the K band $3{\times}6$ array antenna having unequal input is presented. To control the input impedance of the patch antenna, the length of inset feed is adjusted. Also, the same current in each element is excited by Kirchhoff's law. The proposed unequal impedance array antenna is a nonuniform amplitude array. The bandwidth of the proposed unequal impedance array antenna is wider by 1.5 times than that of the equal array antenna. This broad bandwidth is thought to be due to multiple resonances of patches. The unequal impedance array antennas have fractional bandwidths of 5.07 % and gains of 18.32 dBi.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.75-82
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• 2003

이동체 탑재형 안테나는 설치 장소의 특성상 소형화와 경량화가 필수적인 요소이다. 그러므로 이동체 탑재형 안테나의 경우 반사판형 안테나보다 마이크로스트립 어레이 안테나가 널리 쓰이고 있다. 본 고에서는 마이크로 스트립 슬롯 어레이 안테나를 설계하였다. 만족스러운 고 이득을 얻을 수 있으며 동시에 패치 소자의 개수를 줄이기 위해 패치 단일 소자가 가급적 고 이득을 낼 수 있는 구조로 설계하였다. 본 고에서 설계한 슬롯 안테나는 기생슬롯을 가진 H 자형 타입의 소자이다. 설계는 제작상의 오차를 고려하여, 운용 주파수 11.7~12.75 GHz에서 VSWR 1.8:1 이하를 목표로 하였다. 제작된 안테나의 측정결과는 11.7~12.75 GHz대역에 걸쳐 VSWR < 1.8의 만족한 결과를 보이고, 단일 소자의 시뮬레이션 이득 결과는 10 dBi를 보였으며 $4\times4$ 어레이를 했을 경우 이득은 22 dBi의 값을 보였다. 제작되어진 안테나는 추후 급전 네트웍의 최적화를 통해 상호 간섭(Mutual Coupling)을 최소화하여 효율을 최대화한다면 직접 위성 서비스를 수신하기 위한 초소형 안테나로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.117-124
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• 2001

In this paper, the design of a U-slot array antenna for PCS base station has been implemented and studied. The U-slot antenna is a single layer type with an antenna volume smaller but a bandwidth lager than the designs utilizing parasitic patches, which exceed 17 % bandwidth, for the probe fed case. Designed U-slot array antenna has stable radiation patterns and an average gain above 12 dB across the PCS frequency band. In this paper, through the designing of a U-slot array antenna, we have presented the availability for PCS base station antenna.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.250-254
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• 2001

본 문에서는 Tschebyscheff 다항식 이론을 이용하여 상대적 전류 분포비가 1:2:2:1이 되도록 마이크로스트립 패치 어레이 안테나(MPAA) 설계 제작하였다. 지향성을 갖는 제안된 안테나는 작고 가벼우며 얇다. 또한 빔폭이 14。 인 어레이 안테나이고, 중심 주파수는 10.2553GHz이다. MPAA는 한 개의 마이크로스트립 패치 안테나(SMA:single microstrip antenna)특성과 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 MPAA는 SMA보다 보다 좁은 복사 전력 빔폭과 큰 최대 복사 전력 이득을 획득했다. PIN 다이오드를 이용한 위상 변환기를 적용하면 전자적 빔스케닝이 가능하고, 소형 레이더 시스템에 적합하다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.209-215
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• 2002

This paper describes beam-tilting characteristics of horizontally polarized EMCD (electromagnetically coupled dipole) array antennas. The result of one element radiator is used for array elements designs and is evaluated its characteristics. Theoretical frequency characteristics and radiation pattern of the horizontally polarized EMCD array antennas analyzed by FDTD method agree well with the measured results of the practically fabricated way antennas. The measured main beam tilt ang1e and 3 dB beam width of the fabricated 20-element array antennas are 47$^{\circ}$and about $\pm$7.5$^{\circ}$, respectively. A good radiation pattern and beam tilting characteristics are observed in experiments.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.71-79
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• 2014

In this paper, the microstrip array antenna is studied to replace the parabolic antenna in the direct satellite reception. A microstrip array antenna has been used in extremely limited area, but if it is applied to practical life like a direct satellite reception antenna, we expect that it will be used in various way. First of all, if we use a microstrip array antenna for a direct satellite reception antenna, it should be guaranteed characteristics of broadband frequency. Therefore, the goal of this paper is designing technique an antenna which guarantees broadband frequency band for a direct satellite reception. In this paper, the proposed microstrip antenna is fed by orthogonal two feed lines to a rectangular patch and a sequentially rotated feeding technique is designed proposed for a good axial ratio in broadband frequency band. The rectangular patch is designed to satellite reception band, and the width and length are W=L=8.9 mm ($0.352{\lambda}o$) respectively. The antenna's ground plane has dimensions of $250{\times}250mm$. The experimental results verify that the proposed antenna had the axial ratio of above 1dB broader than that of the conventional feeding antenna. In order to verify the performance, a $8{\times}8$ array having two pairs was fabricated and tested. The maximum gain is 20.8 dB, the sidelobe level confirm less than -10 dB. It is verified by link budget calculation that C/N=6.7 dB can be obtained for domestic use if this proposed antenna is used in Koreasat reception system.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.140-146
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• 2013

In this study, we discuss about the printed reflectarray antenna design for parabolic reflector volume reduction. For this, we simulated and measured the phase characteristics of the unit array element of reflectarray antenna using waveguide simulator. As a results, the maximum phase variation is $298^{\circ}$ by simulation, the average phase variation is $309^{\circ}$ by measurement in 10GHz. And the printed Reflectarray antenna gain is 28.3dBi, 3dB beamwidth is E-plane $5.1^{\circ}$, H-plane $5.2^{\circ}$, sidelobe level is E-plane -11.4dB, H-plane -17.6dB.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.26 no.11
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• pp.937-950
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• 2015

Microstrip reflectarray is an antenna which controls its radiation pattern with a number of reflective elements. Conventionally, the reflectarray has been researched to replace curved reflector antennas. In this paper, design theories of reflectarray is briefly introduced, and research trends of high gain and broadband reflectarrays are reviewed. To improve the gain of the reflectarrays, it is required that the reflection phase errors on the reflectarray surface be minimized. For this purpose, sufficiently wide reflection phase range and low phase sensitivity should be realized with the designed element. For bandwidth improvement, the reflection phase of the element should be linear with the frequency variation. In this paper, various researches to improve the reflection phase characteristics of the element for high gain and broadband reflectarrays, such as multi-layer and single-layer multi-resonant structures, are reviewed. Also, dual-reflectarray configuration for compact antenna design is reviewed. Finally, various applications of reflectarrays such as contoured beam, near-field focusing, and RCS reduction are reviewed.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.9-15
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• 2011

The microstrip reflectarray antenna is rapidly becoming an attractive alternative solution to the traditional parabolic reflector antenna. However, the bandwidth of the microstrip reflectarray using the single layer structure is very narrow. To obtain wide bandwidth characteristic, the microstrip reflectarray using the multi-layer structure has been used, but it has some disadvantages such as high cost and complicated design. In this paper, to obtain low cost and wide bandwidth, the microstrip reflectarray antenna composed of square patch with two U-slots using the single-layer structure is proposed. The proposed antenna demonstrate radiation efficiency closed to 55.5 % and 1 dB gain bandwidth over 14 % at 12.5 GHz.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.32 no.8C
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• pp.689-695
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• 2007

Wireline relay stations(RS's) are connected to cellular base stations(BS's) via radio-over-fiber(RoF) to enhance system capacity and to reduce shadow areas. Unlike wireless multi-hop systems, BS-to-RS signaling is transmitted out-of-band, thus reducing the effect of interference caused by frequency reuse. In this paper, antenna arrays used in addition to the wireline RS's are considered to evaluate the transmission capacity gain and performance variations according to the may structures. In particular, RS locations to maximize the gain, may distribution patterns for a given number of antenna elements, performance enhancement for a varying number of elements are experimentally determined to suggest a proper utilization of antenna ways in conjunction with wireline RS's.