• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.691-699
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• 2012

In this paper, we present a Vt-DRO with a low phase noise, which is achieved by improving the coupling structure between the dielectric resonator and microstrip line. The Vt-DRO is a closed-loop type and is composed of 3 blocks; dielectric resonator, phase shifter, and amplifier. We propose a mathematical estimation method of phase noise, using the group delay of the resonator. By modifying the coupling structure between the dielectric resonator and microstrip line, we achieved a group delay of 53 nsec. For convenience of measurement, wafer probes were inserted at each stage to measure the S-parameters of each block. The measured S-parameter of the Vt-DRO satisfies the open-loop oscillation condition. The Vt-DRO was implemented by connecting the input and output of the designed open-loop to form a closed-loop. As a result, the phase noise of the Vt-DRO was measured as -132.7 dBc/Hz(@ 100 kHz offset frequency), which approximates the predicted result at the center frequency of 5.3 GHz. The tuning-range of the Vt-DRO is about 5 MHz for tuning voltage of 0~10 V and the power is 4.5 dBm. PFTN-FOM is -31 dBm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.30-38
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• 2015

In this paper, the design of a compact triple-mode bandpass filter using a high-Q cylindrical dielectric resonator is proposed. In detail, the triple $TE_{01{\delta}}$ modes along three orthogonal axes are used and novel coupling structure in the metallic enclosure is adopted to introduce the coupling between the resonant modes. Due to the cross coupling, the proposed bandpass filter has an asymmetric frequency response with flexible three transmission zeros, one of which can be located very close to the passband edge to provide an extremely sharp skirt characteristic with low insertion loss. The proposed filter is about 60 % miniaturized compared with conventional single-mode dielectric resonator filter. The proposed bandpass filter design is validated by the circuit and 3D EM simulations and measurements compared to the target specifications.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.407-413
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• 1999

The resonant frequency of dielectric rod resonator can be calculated very accurately by means of the concept of electric and magnetic walls from the symmetry. But in a real situation, when the supporter is placed in the cavity, asymmetry appears due to the supporter and its dielectric constant. Then we need research into the resonance characteristic of asymmetric dielectric resonator. In this paper, for the dielectric rod resonator which is placed in the asymmetric position in the conducting cavity, the equation for resonance characteristic was derived and the resonant frequency was calculated with the eigenfunction expansion method. We found that the calculated resonant frequency is very accurate when it was compared with the experimental result and that asymmetry affects the resonant frequency more in TM mode than in TE or in hybrid mode.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.27-34
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• 1995

In this paper, an X-band TDRO(transistor dielectric resonator oscillator) is designed and experimented with the oscillator constructed. Design of the TDRO is carried out by deriving analycally the coupling parameters between a microstrip line and a dielectric resonator. The coupling parameters take account of the relations among substrate material, ground plane, metallic boundaries surrounding the resonator, distance between a microstrip line and a resonator. Two criteria, external quality factor and coupling coefficient, have been chosen in order to evaluate the performance of the TDRO designed. TDRO studed in this paper may be useful for the application of a microwave system requiring a stable and effective oscillator frequency.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.1170-1175
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• 2003

In this paper, the output power improvement of Push-Push FET DRO by adding the identical DR at the drain port as one used in the gate port, has been theoretically investigated. The investigation shows that the DR located between two microstrip lines locks the phase difference of two FET's outputs at 180 degree and improves the output power of Push-Push FET DRO. Since this effect can be used for correcting the impedance difference between two FETs output circuits and the electrical length error of the power combiner at the output circuit of Push-Push DRO, which may occur when fabricate the oscillator, the oscillator with an additional DR can be useful structure for fabricating oscillator.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.105-105
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• 2000

현재 급격히발전하는 이동통신기술로 미루어 보아 앞으로는 모든 정보통신이 무선통신으로 이루어질 것이다. 그런데 무선통신은 이동성과 대용량의 정보전송에 초점을 맞추어 발전하고 있다. 많은 정보량을 전달하기 위해서 현재 사용되는 주파수 대역보다 고주파의 전파가 사용되어야 한다. 또한 이동성을 향상시키기 위해서는 통신기기의 소형화를 이루어야 하고 그러기 위해서 궁극적으로 모든 소자를 하나의 칩(chip)으로 집적화하는 것이 필요하다. 따라서 벌크상태로 사용되고 있는 유전체 공진기를 소형화, 즉 박막화해야만 한다. 결국 유전체 박막의 마이크로파 대역에서의 유전특성을 연구하고 그 특성을 향상시켜야만 한다. 통신기기에서 사용되는 유전체 공진기는 소형화를 위해 높은 유전율과 낮은 유전손실(tan$\delta$), 즉 높은 품질계수 (Q)를 가져야 한다. 마이크로파 대역에서 사용되고 있는 유전체 중에서 TiO2는 벌크 상태의 rutile 상에서 100정도의 높은 유전율과, 4 GHz에서 10,000 정도의 높은 품질계수를 나타낸다고 보고되어 있다. 따라서 본 연궁서는 TiO2 박막의 마이크로파 유전특성을 연구하였고 anatase 박막의 유전특성도 측정하였다. TiO2 박막을 RF magnetron reactive sputtering 방법으로 Ar (15 sccm)과 O2 (1.5 sccm) 기체를 사용하여 상온에서 증착하였다. 4mTorr의 증착압력에서 안정한 rutile 박막을 얻었고, 15 mTorrdo서 준안정한 anatase 박막을 얻을 수 있었다. 그리고 그 중간의 압력에서 두 상이 혼합된 박막이 증착되었다. 위와 같은 방법으로 형성한 TiO2 박막의 마이크로파 유전특성을 측정하기 위해 마이크로스트립 링공진기 (microstrip ring resonator)를 제작하였다. 마이크로스트립 링 공진기는 링의 원주길이가 전자기파 파장길이의 정수배가 되면 공진이 일어나는 구조이다. Fused quartz를 기판으로 하여 증착압력을 변수로 하여 TiO2 박막을 증착하였다. 그리고 그 위에 은 (silver)을 사용하여 링 패턴을 형성하였다. 이와 같이 공진기를 제작하여 network analyzer (HP 8510C)로 마이크로파 대역에서의 공진특서을 측정하였다. 공진특성으로부터 전체 품질계수와 유효유전율, 그리고 TiO2 박막의 품질계수를 얻어내었다. 측정결과 rutile에서 anatase로 박막의 상이 변할수록 유전율은 감소하고 유전손실은 증가하는 결과를 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.2397-2402
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• 2010

Dielectric resonator bandpass filters with various time-delay at 800MHz were designed and fabricated in this paper. from the results of this study. first of all, good response. characteristics were measured for all cases. The insertion loss was below 2dB and flatness for ripple was below 0.2dB, whereas return loss was over 20dB, respectively. The measured delay time of the fabricated prototype were 6ns, 12ns and 200s, respectively and the flatness characteristics did not exceeding Ins for all cases. Furthermore, 2~4ns of flatness were measured for 2-hole dielectric block and other dielectric resonator filters with various delay time by combination of each prototypes filters were also implemented.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.10
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• pp.41-49
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• 2013

This paper suggests the dielectric resonator antenna using LTCC process for mm-wave car radar system. In this paper, dielectric resonator antennas (DRA) operated in 76-77 GHz frequency band are designed. And, using the LTCC process, the structures of dielectric resonator with SRR (split ring resonator) inside and those of dielectric resonator with probe inside are suggested. Linear polarization antennas and circular polarization antenna are designed for the DRA with probe inside. Three kinds of the DRA antennas are designed and their characteristics are calculated using CST RF simulation tool. The designed antennas are fabricated and measured and the measured results are compared with calculated results. The measured operating frequencies of DRAs are within 76 GHz to 77 GHz, which are close to the calculated results, and the measured gains are about 8.15 dBi to 10.82 dBi.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.755-762
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• 2000

In this work, we present the resonant frequencies, Qrad, and impedance bandwidth of rectangular dielectric resonator antenna(DRA)for a broad range of aspect ratios using Dielectric Waveguide Model. These presented data are compared with simulation and measurement. The DRA having relative permittivities of 37.84 and 90 have been fed by a coaxial cable and fed using a aperture-coupled method for comparisions. The approximate resonant frequencies are shown to have the prediction error of about 8% and impedance bandwidth is found to have large prediction variation according to feeding method. The data presented in this paper can be used when the aspect ratios of DRA have to be determined for a given resonant frequency and impedance bandwidth.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.1982-1990
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• 1994

We implemented a PLDRO(Phase Locked Dielectric Resonator Oscillator) using the concept of the feedback property of PLL(Phase Locked Loop) for Ku-band(10.95-11.70 GHz). The conventional approaches to a PLDRO design use varactor diode tuning method.. But in theis paper, the PLDRO has the advantage of the frequency sensitivity to changes in the supple voltage of the oscillating device without the frequency-variable part by varactor diode voltage-control. and uses a SPD(Sampling Phase Detector) for phase-comparision. The PLDRO is composed of the DRO phase-locked to the reference signal of UHF band by using a SPD for high frequency stability and can be available for European FSS(Fixed Satellite Service) at 10.00GHz. The PLDRO generates the output power of 8.67 dBm at 10.00 GHz and has a phase noise of -81 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset from carrier. The hamonic and spurious characteristics have -42.33 dBc and -65dBc respectively. This PLDRO has much better frequency stability, lower phase noise, and more economical effect for a satellite system than conventional DRO.