• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2023

In modern wireless communication systems including beamformers or location-based services (LBS), which employ multiple antenna elements, estimating the number of signals is essential for accurately determining the quality of the communication service. Representative signal number estimation algorithms including the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and minimum description length (MDL) algorithms, which are information theoretical criterion models, determine the number of signals based on a reference value that minimizes each criterion. In general, increasing the number of elements mounted onto the array antenna enhances the performance of estimating the number of signals; however, it increases the computational complexity of the estimation algorithm. In addition, various configurations of array antennas for the increased number of antenna elements should be considered to efficiently utilize them in a limited location. In this paper, we introduce an efficient signal number estimation algorithm based on the beamspace based AIC and MDL techniques that reduce the computational complexity by reducing the dimension of a uniform circular array antenna. Since this algorithm is based on a uniform circular array antenna, it presents the advantages of a circular array antenna. The performance of the proposed signal number estimation algorithm is evaluated through computer simulation examples.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1050-1055
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 어레이 안테나를 구성하는 각 패치 안테나의 입력 임피던스가 비 균일하게 구성되어 있는 K 밴드(24.15 GHz) $3{\times}6$ 어레이 안테나를 제안하였다. 각 패치 안테나의 임피던스를 조절하기 위해 인셋 급전의 길이를 다르게 함으로써 설계하였다. 또한, 키르히호프 법칙에 의하여 각 패치에 동일한 전류를 인가시켰다. 제안된 비 균일 어레이 안테나의 대역폭은 균일 어레이 안테나의 대역폭보다 1.5배 넓음을 확인하였다. 이는 비균일 임피던스 어레이 안테나를 구성하는 각 패치의 인셋 급전의 길이가 다르기 때문에 다중 공진을 형성하여 대역폭이 넓어지는 것이라 사료된다. 제안된 비 균일 어레이 안테나의 대역폭은 5.07 %, 이득은 18.32 dBi로 측정되었다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.147-150
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• 1999

A T-shaped microstripline-fed printed slot array antenna having wide bandwidth, high gain, and narrow bandwidth is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna is analyzed by using the transmission line model method. We fabricated 4$\times$1 microstrip slot array antenna and measured its return loss and radiation pattern. The maximum bandwidth of this array antenna is from 1.43 ㎓ to 2.60 ㎓, which is 58.1% for the VSWR $\leq$ 2.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1141-1146
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 무궁화 3호 위성의 방송수신용 안테나를 설계 및 제작하였는데, 기존의 방송수신용 안테나보다 넓은 수신영역을 가지는 고이득 안테나를 제작하는데 중점을 두었다. 본 안테나는 급전 라인의 손실을 줄이기 위하여 급전 라인을 도파관 구조로 설계하였다. 또한 방사효율을 높이고 급전 구조를 간단히 하기 위하여 cavity backed slot array 형태의 방사구조를 제안하였다. 슬롯 배열 안테나의 최대 이득은 11.7 GHz$\~$12.75 GHz 대역에서 33 dEi 이상을 얻을 수 있었다. 임피던스 대역폭 또한 VSWR 2:1에서 $13\%$로 설계사양을 만족시켰다.

• 정보통신설비학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.41-58
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• 2007

A compact and broadband $4{\times}1$ array antenna was developed for 3G smart antenna system testbed. The $4{\times}1$ uniform linear array antenna was designed to operate at 1.885 to 2.2GHz with a total bandwidth of 315MHz. The array elements were based on the novel broadband L-probe fed inverted hybrid E-H (LIEH) shaped microstrip patch, which offers 22% size reduction to the conventional rectangular microstrip patch antenna. For steering the antenna beam, a commercial variable attenuator (KAT1D04SA002), a variable phase shifter (KPH350SC00) with four units each, and the corporate 4-ways Wilkinson power divider which was fabricated in-house were integrated to form the beamforming feed network. The developed antenna has an impedance bandwidth of 17.32% ($VSWR{\leq}1.5$), 21.78% ($VSWR{\leq}2$) with respect to center frequency 2.02GHz and with an achievable gain of 11.9dBi. The design antenna offer a broadband, compact and mobile solution for a 3G smart antenna testbed to fully characterized the IMT-2000 radio specifications and system performances.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.684-689
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• 1990

We design a circular microstrip array antenna using the admittance of circular resonator. We can design the array antenna, considering equivalent radius of circular microstdrip consistant with conductances which are obtained from excitation coefficeients of the array elements. The antenna with 10 array elements are made on teflon substrate from Tshebyscheff method. It's perfermence are the gain 8.9dB, half power beam width 11.3dge, max, side lobe level -19dB, and they are almost in agreement with the theoretical results.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.849-856
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• 2011

This research introduces three new fractal array configurations that have superior performance over the well-known Sierpinski fractal array. These arrays are based on the fractal shapes Dragon, Twig, and a new shape which will be called Flap fractal. Their superiority comes from the low side lobe level and/or the wide angle between the main lobe and the side lobes, which improves the signal-to-intersymbol interference and signal-to-noise ratio. Their performance is compared to the known array configurations: uniform, random, and Sierpinski fractal arrays.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2003년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.13 No.1
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• pp.501-505
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• 2003

There are many antenna array errors. They will distort the array beam pattern and result in an increased sidelobe level. A calibration technique is proposed for correcting the antenna array errors such as mutual coupling and unequal feeder characteristics. These are modeled as a matrix representing the interaction between the radiating elements. The matrix is estimated from the measured array response vectors. The antenna array errors are corrected by modifying the beamforming weight vector. It is verified by the electromagnetic simulation and experiment that the proposed technique reduces the sidelobe level and increases the antenna gain.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2004

배열 안테나는 많은 오차 요인을 포함하고 있는데 그로 인하여 빔 패턴의 부엽 레벨이 증가하고 안테나 이득이 감소하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 배열 안테나 오차 중 소자간 상호 커플링과 급전부의 불균일한 전달 함수 오차를 제거하는 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 이러한 오차들은 방사 소자간 상호 연동을 나타내는 행렬로 모델링하였고 이 행렬은 특정 각도들에서 측정한 배열 응답 벡터로부터 추정하였다. 배열 안테나 오차는 추정된 오차 보정 행렬을 이용하여 빔 가중치를 미리 왜곡함으로써 보정하였다. 전파 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통하여 제시된 보정 알고리즘이 부엽 레벨을 감소시키고 안테나 이득을 증가하는 것을 확인하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2019

This paper introduces a low-cost, high-performance mmWave antenna array module at 77 GHz. Conventional waveguide transitions have been replaced by 3D CPW-microstrip transitions which are much simpler to realize. They are compatible with low-cost substrate fabrication processes, allowing easy integration of ICs in 3D multi-chip modules. An antenna array is designed and implemented using multilayer coupled-fed patch antenna technology. The proposed $16{\times}16$ array antenna has a fractional bandwidth of 8.4% (6.5 GHz) and a 23.6-dBi realized gain at 77 GHz.