• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 ITC-CSCC -1
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• pp.519-522
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• 2002

An active phased array antenna consists of many channels. Each channel has a different initial phase shift and gain because of the inequality in the active circuits themselves, interface between radiators and active circuits, and beam-forming circuits and other antenna system configurations. This raises an inherent problem in active phased array antennas. To compensate for this problem the initial phase and gain of each channel should be calibrated. This paper presents an efficient calibration method for an initial phase variation of each channel in active phased array antennas. We tested our method in an active phased array antenna, and obtained good results in the radiation pattern and beam direction of antenna.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2004

In order to increase the coupling efficiency of the Power and Phase of the active Phase way antenna, we have fabricated the active phased-array antenna which is coupled by the transmission line, and investigated the relationship between the length of the coupling transmission line and coupling power and phase. The following three types of driving method -(1) giving the frequency difference between the two active antenna, (2) applying the input signal to the one side of the two antennas, and changing the eigen frequency of the other side antenna, (3) appling the different phase inputs to the active antennas was investigated. The experimental results showed that the interval of the antenna elements has not affected the power and the phase of the antenna.

• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• 제4C권6호
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• pp.306-309
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• 2004

This paper presents a new active antenna consisting of a microstrip patch for the passive radiator, a mixer for frequency conversion, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a phase detector for phase control. The microwave signal frequency has been converted into intermediate frequency (IF) on the antenna elements by the mixer. The active antenna consists of two ports, the IF port has a transmitted IF signal via power combined to the baseband and the dc control port is under the control of the phase-detector. The input voltage of the VCO is controlled by the phase detector. The scan range of the array is determined by the phase detector and the VCO and is obtained between 30$^{\circ}$ and - 30$^{\circ}$

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.393-397
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• 2013

This paper introduces the T/RX combined compact active channel module which is a key unit of the active phased array antenna(APAA) system. This module is mainly compoased of two parts for TX and RX fabricated on both sides of the active module for size reduction. The TX-part is primarily composed of a 3-stage amplifier, a microstrip phase shifter, a thermal compensation and a power detection circuit. The RX-part is composed of LNAs a microstrip phase shifter and BPFs for TX power rejection. Using the proposed design structure we can realized a compact active channel module having high performance.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.162-170
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 256 능동위상배열 기반의 연직바람 관측장비(RWP)의 송수신 채널의 크기 및 위상을 보정하는 방법등이 논의된다. 별도의 모듈 추가 없이 송수신 전단기 및 송수신 전환기에 커플러 및 스위치를 사용하여 송신 및 수신 보정 경로를 확보하였고, Gain 및 Phase Detector를 사용하여 256 송수신 채널의 크기 및 위상을 독립적으로 보정하였다. 보정된 256 능동위상배열 안테나는 근접전계 시험을 통해 5개의 빔 (연직, 동, 서, 남, 북)의 빔폭 및 사이드 로브가 시뮬레이션 계산 값과 일치함을 확인하였다. 제안된 보정방법은 실외 환경에서 운용되는 능동위상배열 기반의 시스템에 용이하게 적용이 가능하다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.153-156
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• 2004

A planar active retrodirective four-element array with subharmonic phase conjugation mixers based on anti-parallel diode pairs (APDPs) is proposed. As compared to previous phase conjugation mixers using twice RF frequency for LO frequency, the proposed conjugation mixers need only half RF frequency so that it can be easily applied for millimeter-wave applications. Receiving, transmitting, local oscillator, and intermediate frequencies are 5.79, 5.81, 2.9 GHz, and 10 MHz. Monostatic RCS and Bistatic RCS measurements at source locations of $0^{\circ},\;-20^{\circ},\;and\;28^{\circ}$ show good agreement with the calculated data.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.427-437
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• 2008

쌍방향 선로결합형 위상차 배열 발진기 결합계를 구성하고, (1) 쌍방향 주파수제어 방식, (2) 단방향 주파수 제어방식, (3) 쌍방향 주입위상 제어방식 등 3가지 방식에 대하여 구동실험을 하였다. 시험 제작한 발진기에 구형 패치 안테나를 부착하여 2요소 능동안테나를 제작, 안테나 사이를 전송선로로 결합하여 어레이를 구성하고 결합 위상과 전송선로 길이와의 관계를 측정하였다. 전송선로로 결합된 능동 위상차 배열안테나의 주사각도에 따른 방사전력을 측정한 결과, (1)의 방식에서 빔의 방사방향은 약$-9.8^{\circ}$에서 $+9.8^{\circ}$까지 $19.6^{\circ}R, 위상차는 $-0.31{\pi}$에서 $-0.36{\pi}$까지 (2)의 방식에서 빔의 방사방향은 약 $-3.8^{\circ}$에서 $+17^{\circ}$까지 $20.8^{\circ}$, 위상차는 $-0.085{\pi}$에서 $-0.65{\pi}$까지, (3)의 방식에서 빔의 방사방향은 약 $-17^{\circ}$에서 $+16^{\circ}$까지 $33^{\circ}$, 위상차는 $-0.63{\pi}$에서 $-0.59{\pi}$까지 변하여 모두 위상차 배열동작이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.981-989
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• 1997

In this paper, the 5-element active phased array antennas coupled through slotline between elements are designed and fabricated. A recent studies on the active phased array antennas using the transmission line coupling which can be designed to provide strong coupling and the appropriate coupling phase. But this sturucture has limitation of expanding in two dimensions for planar active phased array antennas and distortion of the radiation pattern caused by coupling network. Thus our work proposes the slotline coupling structure asthe broadband coupling network for the active phased array antenna. In experiment, 5-elements active phased array antenas have steering range from -30.deg. to 20.deg. off broadside as the free-running frequencies of end elements are controlled. The overall results show that the proposed slotline coupling structure is suited for the coupling network in the actie phased array antenna system. And the proposed coupling structire solves the expansion problem and eliminates the distortion of the radiation pattern caused by the spurious radiation of the transmission line coupling network. Thus thiscan be expanded to two dimensional coupling network for the planar active phased array antenna system.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.521-528
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• 2003

A varactor diode was utilized in order to expand variable range of the natural oscillation frequency of an active phased-array antenna. We have conformed experimentally that the variable range of the natural oscillation frequency was expanded about three times in the oscillator controlled by the varactor diode. When frequency difference was given to the oscillators in the two elements antenna system, phase difference was appeared between the oscillators. The 2-, 3-, 5-elements patch antenna array was composed for the beam scanning experiments. All the above patch antennas showed good phased array characteristics. The experimental results are as follows that the scanning angle of the 2-elements array antenna is 28.6$^{\circ}$, the 3-elements array antenna is 29.4$^{\circ}$, and the 5-elements array antenna is 26.2$^{\circ}$.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.215-216
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• 2006

In this paper, the antenna the with linear active phased array of $1{\times}16$ operated in DBS band was designed. The antenna was composed of sixteen radiating elements, sixteen active channels and five Wilkinson power combiners with 4-channel inputs, a digital control board and a stabilizing DC bias board. The radiating element of the array has the structure of a microstrip stack patch with a left-hand circular polarization. And, each active channel consists of a low noise ampilifier, a 3-bit digital phase shifter and a variable analog attenuator. The breadboard of linear active phased array antenna was also fabricated to test the electrical performances. The radiation patterns of the antenna were measured after correcting initial phases of each active channel in aechoic chamber. And also, the beam scanning chracteristcs of $10^{\circ}$, $20^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$ were measured.