• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.134-141
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• 2007

A series of experimental work has been conducted to evaluate the capability of microstrip patch antenna system in detecting delamination in fiber reinforced Plastic (FRP) sheet reinforced concrete. For that purpose, a prototype microstrip patch antenna was developed with 15 GHz center frequency and 1 GHz bandwidth. For the comparison, a horn antenna with 15 GHz center frequency and 10 GHz bandwidth was used for the measurements of the same specimens. The laboratory sire specimens have the dimensions of 600 mm (length) $\times$ 600 mm (width) $\times$ 50mm (thickness) with a series of delaminations of 300 mm (length) $\times$ 300mm (width) $\times$ 5, 10, 15 mm (thickness). FRP of 1.5 mm thickness and epoxy of 3 mm thickness were placed on the top of artificially created delamination to represent actual FRP reinforced concrete condition. In all cases, the delamination has deen successfully identified. Also, it was shown that imaging results in microstrip patch antenna were improved by signal processing.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.42 no.6 s.336
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• pp.59-66
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• 2005

CMOS LC VCO for tri-bind wireless LAN applications was designed in 1.8V 0.18$\mu$m CMOS process. PMOS transistors were chosen for VCO core to reduce flicker noise. The possible operation was verified for 5.8GHz band (5.725$\~$5.825GHz), 5.2GHz band (5.150$\~$5.325GHz), and 2.4GHz band (2.412$\~$2.484GHz) using the switchable L-C resonators. To linearize its frequency-voltage gain (Kvco), optimized multiple MOS varactor biasing technique was used for capacitance linearization and PLL stability improvement. VCO core consumed 2mA current and $570{\mu}m{\times}600{\mu}m$ die area. The phase noise was lower than -110dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset for tri-band frequencies.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.68-75
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• 2023

This paper discusses methods for increasing the germination rate of barley seeds using low direct and alternating current power below 110V. The experimental apparatus used here is a parallel plate, with the bottom surface of the plate designed to be wider than the top surface to increase the size of the electrostatic field. As a result, three different magnitudes of electrostatic fields were created on the plates: the first ranging from 400V/cm to 600V/cm, the second from 600V/cm to 900V/cm, and the third from 2200V/cm to 2400V/cm. The finite difference method was applied to analyze the electrostatic field inside the parallel plate. The plant seeds used in the experiments were barley seeds produced domestically. The average germination rate of barley seeds using the presented electrostatic field in this paper was 57%, while it was 65% when using a microwave of 2.45GHz, compared to a control group with a result of 31%. An important difference between using the electrostatic field and the 2.45GHz microwave is the dry method and wet method. When applying these two methods to practical seed germination, it is necessary to consider the advantages and disadvantages of each experimental approach and choose the appropriate method accordingly.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.06b
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• pp.181-184
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 600Hz 무선 LAN 시스템에 탑재를 위한 600㎓ 대역 전력증폭기 모듈을 개발 하였다. 600㎓ 대역 전력증폭기 모듈에 실장된 600㎓ 대역 전력증폭기 MMIC는 ETRI에서 설계 및 제작한 것으로 칩의 크기는 2.80 × 1.75㎟이며, on-wafer측정을 하여 얻은 결과는 동작 주파수 58~620Hz에서 소신호 이득은 12.4dB이고, 최대 소신호 이득은 59~60G보z에서 ISdB이며, 출력전력(Pldn)은 16.3~16.7dBm을 얻었다. 이와 같은 특성을 갖는 전력증폭기 MMIC를 사용하여 모듈을 제작하였으며, RF feed line을 위해 Rogers 사의 R03003 기판을 사용하였다. 모듈의 입출력은 동작 주파수 대역에 적합한 WRl5라는 waveguide 형태를 사용하였고, DC 바이어스 공급을 위해 3.5㎜ K-connector를 사용하였다 제작한 모듈의 크기는 40 × 30 × 15㎣이며, 최적의 성능을 얻고자 tuning bar를 상하로 이동하여 최적점을 찾았으며 나사로 고정하여 상태를 유지하도록 하였다. DC 바이어스 및 RF feed line과 칩의 연결은 본딩에 의한 인덕턴스를 최소화하기 위하여 3mil 두께의 리본 본딩을 하였다 전력증폭기 모듈을 측정한 결과, 동작주파수 600㎓ 대에서 소신호 이득은 6dB 이상, 입력 정합은 -lOdB 이하, 출력 정합은 -4dB 이하로 측정되었긴, 출력전력은 SdBm 이상으로 측정되었다. 동국대에서 제작한 600Hz 무선 LAN 시스템에 전력증폭기 모듈을 시스템 송신부에 탑재 시험한 결과, 동영상을 실시간으로 전송하는데 성공하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.138-144
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a novel single-feed dual-band circular polarization square patch antenna for GPS(global positioning system)/DMB(digital multimedia broadcasting) receiver. The proposed antenna has folded slots at the 4 corners and a diagonal slot at the center of the square patch. The measured -10 dB impedance bandwidths of the proposed antenna were 84 MHz ranging from 1.516 GHz to 1.600 GHz for the low frequency band(GPS) and 109 MHz ranging from 2.596 GHz to 2.705 GHz for the high frequency band(DMB). The measured peak linear antenna gains of the proposed antenna were 6.23 dBi at 1.575 GHz for GPS and 6.97 dBi at 2.642 GHz for DMB band.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.27 no.7B
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• pp.727-736
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• 2002

In this paper, the broadband microstrip antenna with small size, thin-profile, conformability and ease of manufacture is proposed for providing PCS(down link: 1.75GHz∼1.78GHz, up link: 1.84GHz∼1.87GHz) '||'&'||' IMT-2000(down link: 1.92GHz∼1.98GHz, up link: 2.11GHz∼2.17GHz) services simultaneously. By using double U-slots and matching stub, the bandwidth and operating performance of printed antenna was significantly improved, with need for a complex fabrication procedure. We have also studied the various parameters of the U-slot$_2$for the performances of the antenna. Impedance bandwidth of the wideband microstrip antenna with the double U-slots is about 30.45% (VSWR<2)

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.1337-1342
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a novel reconfigurable antenna that can change the electrical shape of the matching network using RF switches of PIN diodes. The designed antenna operates at two different modes that are Mode 1 (HSDPA band, 2.1~2.2 GHz) and Mode 2(WiBro WiFi band, 2.3~2.5 GHz). The antenna is built on both sides of a polyarcylate substrate. The measured reflection coefficient shows a matching bandwidth of 547 MHz($S_{11}$ <-3 dB, 2.035~2.582 GHz) for Mode 1 and 600 MHz($S_{11}$ <-3 dB, 2.2~2.8 GHz) for Mode 2, and it shows average vertical gains of -4.4 dBi and -4.5 dBi in x-y plane, respectively.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.24 no.7B
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• pp.1342-1350
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• 1999

In this paper, we have developed and analyzed the 2.45GHz microwave RFID system. Which is composed tag and interrogator using custom IC, and we have made the software driving the hardware for the bidirectional data transmission method. Using 3.6V power supply was used, the optimal identification range in the information transmission of the designed microwave RFID system operating at 9,600bps was l0m. In the control circuit of the tag, the low current consumption of 15$mutextrm{A}$ and the tag data transmission rate of 90% when the moving velocity was 80km/h.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.1243-1250
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• 2014

In this paper, a wideband DDS module covering the frequency range from 0.5 to 1.1 GHz was designed and fabricated. The clock frequency of the DDS was selected 2.4 GHz in order for 600 MHz output bandwidth. Multiple spurious cancelling signals having same amplitude and $180^{\circ}$ phase difference compared to the spurious were created at the additional path and added to the output signal within DDS for the spurious performance improvement. The fabricated DDS module showed better spurious performance than the commercial DDS one more than 10 dB and frequency tuning time was 340 ns below.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.46-52
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• 2009

In this paper, a novel VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) structure is proposed to achieve the characteristic of low phase noise and a wide frequency tuning range. The proposed scheme adopts an impedance transforming technique to change a series resonance into a parallel resonance for maximizing the susceptance slope parameter. The manufactured VCO shows a frequency tuning bandwidth of 600MHz from 10.1GHz to 10.7GHz with a tuning voltage varying from 0 to 9V, an excellent phase noise below -119dBc/Hz@1MHz offset. The harmonic suppression is measured above 28dB.