• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.305-316
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• 1998

The impedance matching network with the simplfied real frequency technique (SRFT) is proposed as a method for bandwidth enhancement of microstrip antenna. The validity of the technique is based on the relative frequency insensitivity of the radiation pattern and gain characteristics as compared to the resonant behaviour of the input impedance. The most significant feature of this technique is that there is no need to find any analytical description of the antenna and generator, and it only utilizes directly real frequency generator and load data over the prescribed frequency band. Furthermore, it is not necessary to invent an analytic form of the system transfer function to assume a matching network topology in advance. In this paper, the transmission line model is used to investigate the rectangular microstrip antenna, and based on the Fano's bandwidth-enlargement theory, the SRFT is introduced to design the matching networks of microstrip antennas in order to obtain a constant gain over the frequency band of interest. Two representative microstrip antnnas with different structure are fabricated and tested. From these procedures, it is obtained that the proposed impedance matching networks of microstrip antenna improve the impedance bandwidth nearly three times compared to the antenna without them.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.11
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• pp.1034-1046
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• 2011

In this paper, a design and fabrication of 40 W power amplifier for the X-band using load-pull measurement of GaN HEMT chip are presented. The adopted active device for power amplifier is GaN HEMT chip of TriQuint company, which is recently released. Pre-matched fixtures are designed in test jig, because the impedance range of load-pull tuner is limited at measuring frequency. Essentially required 2-port S-parameters of the fixtures for extraction optimal input and output impedances is obtained by the presented newly method. The method is verified in comparison of the extracted optimal impedances with data sheet. The impedance matching circuit for power amplifier is designed based on EM co-simulation using the optimal impedances. The fabricated power amplifier with 15${\times}$17.8 $mm^2$ shows the efficiency above 35 %, the power gain of 8.7~8.3 dB and the output power of 46.7~46.3 dBm at 9~9.5 GHz with pulsed-driving width of 10 usec and duty of 10 %.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.499-505
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• 2015

To properly design and assess a piezoelectric vibration energy harvester, it is necessary to consider the application of an efficiency measure of energy conversion. The energy conversion efficiency is defined in this work as the ratio of the electrical output power to the mechanical input power for a piezoelectric vibration energy harvester with an impedance-matched load resistor. While previous research works employed the electrical output power for approximate impedance-matched load resistance, this work derives an efficiency measure considering optimally matched resistance. The modified efficiency measure is validated by comparing it with finite element analysis results for piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters with three different values of the electro-mechanical coupling coefficient. New findings on the characteristics of energy conversion and conversion efficiency are also provided for the two different impedance matching methods.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.26-30
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• 2004

Input impedance of the inverted L antenna which is modified from a monopole antenna varies to very high input impedance value when the ratio of vertical height to horizontal length is reduced. So its impedance matching becomes very difficult. In this paper, we analyzed the input impedance variation range depending on the ratio of vertical height to horizontal length in the normal and ferrite thin film added configuration for the input impedance control. For the exact analysis involving the permittivity, permeability and conductivity of ferrite material, FDTD numerical method is used.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1981-1983
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 고속전력선통신(PLC)을 위한 고압배전선의 임피던스 측정 방법을 소개한다. 현재 전세계적으로 고속 PLC를 위해서 1MHz${\sim}$30MHz대역을 사용하고 있다. 임피던스 특성을 실제 필드에서 측정하기 위해 본 연구에서는 휴대용 고압결합장치를 개발하였다. 임의의 고압 배전선에 일시적으로 결합할 수 있도록 고안된 고압결합장치로서 살아있는 전력선에 정전 없이 설치 가능하다. 이 장치는 고압용 커풀러(Coupler)와 60Hz 저주파를 차단하기 위한 드레인 코일(drain coil)로 구성되었다. 측정을 위해서는 벡터 회로망 분석기를 사용하였으며, 본 논문에서는 측정된 고압선 임피던스를 보여 주고 이 결과를 이용한 임피던스 정합 방법을 제시하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.1139-1146
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• 2001

A tapered impedance-matching line is designed by an inverse scattering method for the one-dimensional medium. The phase compensation factor(PCF) is introduced in order to reduce the error in the inverse scattering process to reconstruct the permittivity profile. By estimating the permittivity profile of the virtual one-dimensional dielectric medium whose reflection characteristic is the same as that of the specified matching line, the matching line is synthesized. The method can be used to design impedance-matching lines with arbitrary passband characteristics without any equivalent circuit analysis. The inevitable errors in the method using the time-domain reflection coefficient can be avoided by using the frequency-domain reflection coefficient.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.211-216
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• 2008

Gap fillar antennas are needed for serving the high quality of DMB through the cellular phone by eliminating the shadow regions among buildings or underground. We implement Quadrifilar Helical Antenna using phase difference with PCB feeding lines without coaxial cables and four impedance matching circuits. It is shown that the antenna characteristics is affected by the size and diameter through the simulation process using MicroWave Studio and it is applied for implementing QHA. Experiment results confirm that the performance can be gained as same as the simulation data by using the phase difference with PCB feeding lines without additional impedance matching circuits.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.75-77
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• 2018

최근 다양한 산업응용분야에서 가변커패시터의 필요성은 점점 증가하고 있다. 특히 고전력 RF플라즈마 시스템에서 임피던스 정합 회로에 사용되는 가변커패시터는 빠른 고전압 차단능력이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 RF플라즈마 시스템의 임피던스 정합 회로에 활용되는 단방향 스위치를 사용한 전기적 가변 캐패시터 (Electrical Variable Capacitor, 이하 EVC) 회로의 전압 스트레스를 저감하는 방법에 대해서 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 13.56Mhz의 주파수와 1kW이상의 고전력 RF플라즈마 시스템에서 단방향 스위치의 전압 스트레스를 양방향스위치를 사용한 EVC 회로를 활용하여 저감한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 방법으로 전압 스트레스가 감소하여 EVC 회로를 고전력 초고속 RF플라즈마 시스템의 임피던스 정합 회로에 좀 더 효과적 으로 적용할 수 있게 된다. 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통해 EVC 회로의 스위치에 걸리는 전압 스트레스가 40%이상 저감되는 것을 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.274-281
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• 2010

This paper proposes a DFPS (Dual Frequency Power Source) impedance matching device for uniformity improvement of a semiconductor plasma etching system. The DFPS consists of two parts for safe plasma processing on large-area substrates. The first part is an ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) for high integration by using ferrite core. The second part is a CCP (Capacitive Coupled Plasma) to control uniformity of whole cells. Proposed DFPS can achieve high productivity improvement required for semiconductor equipment industry. The proposed plasma system is analyzed, simulated and experimentally verified with a matching equipment at 27.12MHz and 400kHz.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.118-124
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• 2015

The design of radar absorbing structures(RAS) is a discrete optimization problem and is usually processed by stochastic optimization methods. The calculation of radar cross section(RCS) should be decreased to improve the efficiency of designing RAS. In this paper, an efficient method using impedance matching is studied to design RAS for minimizing RCS. Input impedance of the minimal RCS for the specified wave incident conditions is obtained by interlocking physical optics(PO) and optimizations. Complex permittivity and thickness of RAS are designed to satisfy the calculated input impedance by a discrete optimization. The results reveal that the studied method attains the same results as stochastic optimization which have to conduct numerous RCS analysis. The efficiency of designing RAS can be enhanced by reducing the calculation of RCS.