• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.17 no.4 s.76
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• pp.101-112
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• 2002

RF 부품의 설계는 이용분야에 따라 그 설계법 및 제조공정이 달라지게 된다. 상업적인 이용분야에서는 대량생산 및 저가격화를 목적으로 하는데 반해, 통신위성 및 군사분야 등에서는 고신뢰도 및 고성능을 요구하게 된다. 그동안 국내의 RF 기술은 기본적으로 이동통신 및 위성방송수신기 등의 상업적인 분야에 치중되어 왔기 때문에 높은 신뢰도를 요구하는 위성중계기용 RF 설계기술의 기술수준은 선진국에 비해 매우 낮은 수준이다. 2005년도에는 국내에서 독자적으로 개발되고 있는 중계기를 탑재하는 통신위성이 발사될 예정이므로, 현 시점에서 높은 신뢰도를 갖는 위성중계기용 RF 부품의 설계법 및 제조공정 등을 살펴보는 것이 필요하리라 판단된다. 따라서 본 고에서는 높은 신뢰도를 갖는 위성중계기용 RF 부품의 설계 및 제조공정에 대하여 고찰한다.

• 정보화사회
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• s.107
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• pp.75-77
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• 1996

위성통신에서는 위성에 실린 고가의 중계기를 가능하면 많은 지구국이 공용하는 편이 효율적이 된다. 그 때문에 중계기에 할당된 주파수 대역을 나누어 각 지구국에 할당해야 한다. 또 자동차와 휴대전화 등의 이동통신에서도 기지국과 이동기를 연결하는 무선회선에서는 다수의 가입자가 제한된 무선을 이용할 수 있는 것과 같은 방법을 사용할 필요가 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.12B
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• pp.1728-1735
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• 2011

In this paper, satellite data link waveform is proposed which is based on the waveform of Link-16 but LDPC code is studied instead of CCSK code in order to be optimized to satellite nonlinear channel environment and transmission characteristics. And the DSM (Demux, Selective CH switch, and Mux) transponder structure is suggested which can remove all of the jamming signal out of the transmission signal band and convert uplink hopping frequency to desired ones of downlink. The results of BER and anti-jamming performance analysis shows that the required Eb/No and processing gain in the worst case partial band jammer of the proposed waveform are 2.5dB and 52dB respectively and the anti-jamming capacity improvement of DSM transponder is maximum 2dB.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.27 no.4B
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• pp.372-378
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• 2002

In this paper, a narrow-band waveguide channel fitter has been designed and realized for Ku band satellite transponder. Group-delay and amplitude variations of the channel filter have been minimized using a 2-pole reflection type equalizer. The channel filter has been designed to have the 8-pole elliptic response for high frequency selectivity. Dual-mode technique has been adopted for reducing mass and volume of the channel filter and equalizer. The channel filter and equalizer have shown good performance for satellite transponder.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.7
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• pp.594-600
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• 2014

In modern warfare, securing communication channel by combatting opponents' electromagnetic attack is a crucial factor to win the war. Military satellite digital transponder is a communication payload of the next generation military satellite that maintains warfare networks operational in the presence of interfering signals by securely relaying signals between ground terminals. The transponder in this paper is classified as a partial processing transponder which performs cost effective secure relaying in satellite communication links. The control functions of transmission security achieve immunity to hostile interferences which may cause malicious effects on the link. In this paper, we present an efficient architecture for implementing the control mechanism. Two major ideas of pipelined processing in per-group control and software processing of blocked band information dramatically reduce the complexity of the hardware. A control code sequence showing its randomness with uniform distribution is exemplified and qualification test results are briefly presented.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.982-988
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• 2002

This paper summarizes the design concepts and implementation of a Ku-band channel amplifier's engineering model for the communication and broadcasting satellite applications. The selected architecture uses the analog gain control for the FGM(Fixed Gain Mode) and the output level limiting using automatic loop control for the ALC (automatic level control) mode. The Ku-band channel amplifier incorporates several state-of-the-art components including voltage-controlled PIN diode attenuators, and various temperature-compensation circuits. The measured characteristics of the Ku-band channel amplifier are in good agreement with the expected performance. The results show a fixed gain control of 28 dB, and an automatic level control of 16 dB over operating temperature range. The designed engineering model could be used as a channel amplifier for Ku-band communication and broadcasting satellite payload system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.1196-1202
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• 2007

In this paper, the effects of performance improvement far the OFDM based satellite communications are analyzed with applying the CI(Carrier Interferometry)-OFDM and channel coding scheme considering the group delay and gain ripple characteristic as well as the nonlinear characteristic of the transponder. Comparing the BER between traditional OFDM and CI-OFDM, the degree of performance improvement is presented in AWGN channel environments for specified backoff condition of HPA. The simulations are performed with the 36 MHz bandwidth of transponder channel, 120 Mbps transmission rate, and 16 QAM modulation scheme between ideal and worst case condition. It is shown that the improvement measure by the CI-OFDM and channel coding for the group delay and nonlinear characteristic outperforms that for the gain ripple in terms of performance degradation presented by the individual characteristics. And the simulation results show that the effects of improvement by the CI-OFDM outperforms the effect by the applied channel coding, particularly in worst case condition.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.226-237
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• 1998

In recent SATCOM systems, transparent transponders are widely used. The transponder is, however, the most vulnerable part in SATCOM systems against jamming interference. All signals within the transponder bandwidth are frequency-converted and retransmitted with IM(intermodulation) products. In this paper, the method is proposed that makes the SJR(Signal-to-Jammer ratio) better. The bandwidth spreading of the user signal can reduce the jammers effects. The geostationary satellite system is modeled to simulate and to certificate the capability of suppression of jammers by DSSS. If signal is partially-overlapped by jammer and PG(processing gain) is 16.9 [dB] for 2ASK jammer and about 16.8 [dB] for QPSK jammer, when BER is $10^{-3}$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.86-90
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 Ka-band 위성중계기에 사용되어지는 수신하향변환기(Receiver-Downconverter) 모듈의 설계 및 제작 그리고 시험 결과에 대하여 기술하였다. 개발된 수신하향변환기는 30.6~31㎓ 대역의 신호를 입력으로 받아들여 20.8~21.2㎓ 대역의 신호를 출력하는 일종의 Downconverter 이지만, 모듈의 입력단에 저잡음 증폭부가 포함된 수신기의 역할도 하고 있다. 개발된 모듈은 제작과정 및 시험과정에 있어 위성중계기 부품 제작 규정을 준수하였으며, 그 개발된 성능은 현재까지 알려진 국내외 유사 부품중의 최고의 성능을 보여주고 있다. 측정된 모듈의 성능은 상온에서 1.9㏈의 잡음지수, 55㏈ 이득, 58dBc의 C/l3 값을 보여주고 있다. 제작된 모듈의 크기는 93mm$\times$84mm$\times$26mm이며 무게는 240g으로서 국내외 유사 제품에 비해 소형이다.

• Satellite Communications and Space Industry
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.117-121
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• 1994