• 산업기술연구
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• 제28권B호
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• pp.251-255
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• 2008

Metamaterial are artificial structures that can be designed to exhibit specific electromagnetic properties not commonly found in nature. Metamaterial transmission lines are usually fabricated with a microstrip structure and it's equivalent circuit is composed of two series capacitances and a shunt inductance. However microstrip structure need a via hall for realizing a shunt inductance. To eliminate via hall, we proposed a CRLH transmission line using a CPW structure, and obtained equivalent circuit values, line parameters.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 높은 방사 효율을 갖는 co-planar waveguide(CPW) 급전 방식의 영차 공진 안테나를 제작하고 측정하였다. 제안된 안테나의 단위 셀은 직렬 metal-insulator-metal(MIM) 형태의 커패시터와 단락된 병렬 스터브 인덕터로 구성되어 있다. 안테나의 크기를 소형화시키는 동시에 방사 효율을 높이기 위하여 비아를 통하여 접지면과 연결되어지는 두 개의 $90^{\circ}$ 접혀진 단락 스터브 선로를 병렬 인덕터의 구조로 사용하였다. 두 개의 단위셀을 사용하여 설계된 안테나는 composite right/left-handed(CRLH) 전송 선로의 끝단을 개방하여 병렬부에서 주된 방사가 일어나도록 하였다. 제안된 안테나의 영차 공진 주파수는 3.05 GHz이고, 전체 크기는 $0.22\;{\lambda}_0{\times}0.22\;{\lambda}_0$이다. 제작된 안테나의 측정 결과, 영차 공진 주파수 2.97 GHz에서 안테나의 이득과 효율은 각각 3.04 dBi와 75 %로 향상되었다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.301-306
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• 2014

We proposed a new PCB-type 'common-mode current($I_c$) and differential-mode current($I_d$) detector' working for fast detection of $I_c$ and $I_d$ from the differential-mode signaling, with miniaturization effect and possibility of cheaper fabrication. In order to realize this device, we suggest a branch-line-coupler balun having a composite right- and left-handed(CRLH) one-layer microstrip phase-shifting line as compact as roughly ${\lambda}_g/14$. The presented balun obviously is different from the conventional bent-&-folded delay lines or slits on the ground for coupling the lines on the top and bottom dielectrics. As we connect the suggested balun output ports of the differential-mode signal lines via the through-port named U and coupled-port named L, $I_c$ and $I_d$ will appear at port ${\Delta}$ and port ${\Sigma}$ of the present device, in order. The validity of the design scheme is verified by the circuit-and numerical electromagnetic analyses, and the dispersion curve proving the metamaterial characteristics of the geometry. Besides, the examples of the $I_c$ and $I_d$ indicator are observed as the even and odd modes in differential-mode signal feeding. Also, the proposed device is shown to be very compact, compared with the conventional structure.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.37-40
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• 2016

We designed an antenna structure with the circular polarization metamaterial superstrate which increases the directivity of the primary antenna as a lens. The metamaterial superstrate removes the necessity of the array antenna and complicated feed. Plus, it provides the Fabry-perot cavity with the circular polarization. With regard to the primary antenna, a CRLH antenna is adopted to have the size-reduction from the conventional half-wavelength patch antenna.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.100-104
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• 2012

In this paper, a unit cell for low pass filter design by using composite right and left-handed transmission line in conductor-backed coplanar waveguide is proposed. The characteristics of the unit cell are analyzed in order to design a low pass filter in small sizes. By changing the sizes of the unit cell, the parameters of right-handed and left-handed immittance components are changed and the desired characteristics of the unit cell are achieved. The equivalent circuit of the unit cell is extracted and analyzed either. As a result, the simulation results of the unit cell and the equivalent circuit are almost identified. The movement and energy distributions of electromagnetic field are shown to confirm the property of the unit cell. In the end, a low pass filter is demonstrated by cascading three proposed unit cells, which shows cutoff frequency of 1.53GHz and deep attenuation from 2.23GHz to 4.49GHz lower than -50dB.

• 한국전자파학회지:전자파기술
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

본고를 통해 초고주파 이론과 공학 분야는 물론 물리학, 재료공학의 기초 학문 분야에서도 지대한 관심을 모으고 있는 Metamaterial(MTM) 구조에 대해 조명하고자 한다. 먼저 MTM의 핵심이라고 할 수 있는 Left-Handedness(LH) 왼손 전파 법칙과 LH 발생 재질인 Double Negative(DNG) 재질에서의 전파 특성을 상대 유전율과 상대 투자율 평면에서 확인하고, 일반 매질인 Double Positive(DPS)형인 오른손 전파 법칙 Right-Handedness(=RH) 매질과의 결합(Composite Right-and Left-Hnaded=CRLH)에서 얻어지는 특징들을 살펴본다. 특히 DPS와 DNC의 결합에서 얻을 수 있는 음의 공진과 0차 공진(Zero-Order Resonance)을 언급하고 ZOR을 응용한 RF 부품의 소형화와 특성 개선사례를 소개한다. 또한, 안테나와 전자파 산란 특성에 MTM의 특수한 성질을 이용하여, 크기를 줄이거나 표면파를 억제하거나 혹은 방사 개구를 확대 또는 렌즈 특성을 얻어낸 사례도 언급된다 그리고 LH 특성은 아니지만 MTM 계열인 ENG(Epsilon Negative), MNG(Mu Negative), ENZ(Epsilon Near Zero)를 응용한 예들을 보이고, MTM 관점에서 FSS(Frequency Selective Surface )의 특성을 논의하고, 그간에 발표된 대표적 MTM 연구 결과에 대한 소개를 마치고자 한다.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.166-170
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• 2012

This paper presents a tunable composite right/left-handed (CRLH) delay line for a delay line discriminator that linearizes modulated frequency sweep in a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar transmitter. The tunable delay line consists of 8 cascaded unit cells with series varactor diodes and shunt inductors. The reverse bias voltage of the varactor diode controlled the group delay through its junction capacitance. The measured results demonstrate a group delay of 8.12 ns and an insertion loss of 4.5 dB at 250 MHz, while a control voltage can be used to adjust the group delay by approximately 15 ns. A group delay per unit cell of approximately 1 ns was obtained, which is very large when compared with previously published results. This group delay can be used effectively in FMCW radar transmitters.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1343-1351
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 metamaterial CRLH(Composite Right- and Left-Handed) 구조 기반의 새로운 패치 안테나를 설계 제작하여 측정하였다. 일반 마이크로스트립 패치 구조의 기본 공진 모드인 반파장 공진이나 반파장 공진의 양의 정수배와 달리 제안된 안테나는 구조 전체에 전계가 같은 위상을 갖게 한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 안테나는 요구되는, $\lambda/4$ 모노폴 안테나의 전형적인 특성인 전방향 패턴을 갖는 동시에 low-profile의 장점을 가진다. 제안된 안테나의 전산 모의 실험에는 Ansoft사의 FEM(Finite Element Method) 방식의 HFSS(High Frequency Structure Simulator)를 사용하였다. 제안된 안테나는 두께 1.6 mm, 유전율 4.4의 FR-4 기판을 사용하여 제작하였다. 구현된 안테나는 S-DMB(Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) 서비스에서 사용되는 2.63~2.655 GHz에서 VSWR(Voltage Standarding Wave Ratio)$\leq$2임을 만족하며, 측정된 최대 이득과 효율은 각각 2.65 dBi와 81.14 %이다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권12호
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• pp.1706-1711
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• 2013

This paper presents the filter of a resonator comprising a shorted open gap ring(SOGR) and interdigital lines. The proposed filter has the ultra wideband characteristic operating from 3 GHz to 10.5 GHz. In order to achieve the remarkable improvement in the size-reduction of the overall filter structure, only one cell of the SOGR with the inter-digital lines is adopted. It is shown that this filter has the size of $18mm{\times}15mm$ using a metamaterial, the fractional bandwidth over 100%, the insertion loss much less than 1dB, an acceptable return loss performance in the results.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권8호
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• pp.1159-1163
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• 2012

In this paper, a new method is suggested to reduce the size of a wide-band array antenna. The power-divider for the feeding structure is made compact as ${\lambda}/8$ with the help of a novel Metamaterial UWB bandpass filter. This power divider is clearly different from others in that the proposed design uses microstrip structured Composite Right and Left-Handed (CRLH) filters, while others use two dielectric layers or long tapered transmission lines. In order to validate the proposed design method, the circuit and full-wave simulated results of the power divider with the Metamaterial UWB filters are compared to each other, and the Metamaterial properties of the structure are shown with the electric field at the ZOR and dispersion diagram. Furthermore, the antenna performance of the fabricated antenna with the power divider is measured and compared with the prediction. Also, the size reduction effect by the proposed scheme is addressed.